Senior Engineer/Equipment Maintenance Manager

Who we are

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

The opportunity

This position is responsible for the leading of a team and its activities supporting production equipment maintenance, specifically in troubleshooting complex systems, resolving the issues, identifying root causes of repeat issues and identifying opportunities for increasing equipment uptime, efficiency and throughput. The position ensures technicians have the tools, resources and training needed to support production equipment in compliance with all regulatory requirements, company policies and site procedures. The position includes supervision of calibration/metrology. It may also support multi-disciplined teams to develop the requirements for needed capital equipment, support the acquisition process, and lead the installation effort on site.

Our East site is located in Research Park, near the University of Utah (Address: 577 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah. 84108) 

How you’ll spend your day

All areas of responsibility listed below are essential to the satisfactory performance of this position by any incumbents with reasonable accommodation if necessary. Any non-essential functions are assumed to be included in other related duties or assignments.

· Responsible for the daily management and development of direct reports to include recruitment and training, performance management and appraisals, scheduling of staff to meet Production plans, and addressing employee issues or concerns.

· Accountable for the overall performance and results of the Equipment Maintenance team.

· Responsible for overseeing scheduled and unscheduled equipment maintenance needs such regular maintenance, troubleshooting, resolving breakdowns and ensuring that equipment downtime is minimal.

· Responsible for managing and reporting site metrics related to equipment.

· Responsible for providing technical expertise and hands on machine intervention and project support as needed including interfacing with Engineering, vendors and contractors, and participating in the design and detailed engineering of new equipment and equipment modifications.

· Responsible for evaluating work in progress and resolving production, quality, equipment and other issues by working with appropriate departments and making real time decisions in response to unexpected events.

· Responsible for writing, reviewing and/or approving Standard Operating Procedures, Work Instructions, etc. required to operate in appropriate area.

· Responsible for leading and assisting with investigations into anomalies and results that do not meet expected results.

· Responsible for developing equipment service and project timelines based on input from end users as well as suppliers, then manages work and projects to meet established schedules.

· Responsible for soliciting and evaluating proposals from equipment vendors for equipment parts and service.

· Responsible for working with relevant stakeholders/departments to develop and lead an equipment reliability program.

· Responsible for investigating equipment performance and determining solutions.

· Responsible for supporting the qualification of new and modified equipment.

· Responsible for troubleshooting machine controls, electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.

· Responsible for completing training requirements and maintaining compliance with all assignments.

· Responsible for maintaining work areas and performing job functions in a safe and efficient manner in accordance with company policies and procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP’s), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and Batch Record instructions.

· Responsible for performing additional related duties as assigned.
 

Your experience and qualifications

Any equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience that fulfills the requirements of the position will be considered.

Education/Certification/Experience:

· Requires Bachelor’s of Science degree with a minimum of 7 years relevant progressive experience in mechanical maintenance and/or applied engineering.

· Requires a minimum of 3 years’ supervisory/management experience.

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