Director, Engineering & Maintenance

Director, Engineering and Maintenance, Springfield, MO

Build your future at Curia, where our work has the power to save lives 

Curia is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with over 30 years of experience partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to provide life-saving treatments to patients. At Curia, we are on a mission to advance our customers’ therapies from curiosity to cure and ultimately to improve patients’ lives.

We proudly offer

• Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment) 
• Paid training, vacation and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment)
• Career advancement opportunities 
• Education reimbursement
• 401K program with matching contributions
• Learning platform
• And more! 

The Director, Engineering and Maintenance is responsible for providing leadership of the Project Engineering, Process Engineering, Utility Systems, Infrastructure, Automation, and Maintenance functions at Curia’s Springfield site. This position will direct and lead a team who support a 24 x 7 Bulk Pharmaceutical development and manufacturing facility. As a member of the Site Senior Leadership Team, the position reports directly to the General Manager/Site Head.

Essential functional duties of the position

• Ensuring the full compliance to OSHA and cGMP regulations at all times and working in concert with a cross functional team to ensure that Engineering & Maintenance projects and programs meet the required standards of the internal and external customers. Ensure Construction Management is in compliance with all applicable safety, regulatory and legal requirements.
• Organizing, managing, developing and implementing project plans, construction projects, designs, assembly of equipment, processes, and systems to ensure timely project completion, in compliance with regulatory agency requirements, internal company standards and current industry practices.
• Recruit top talent with every hiring opportunity and motivate/develop members of the department to be key leaders within the organization. Build and sustain employee engagement by creating a culture of efficient execution and an environment in which individuals and team can excel and continuously improve.
• Actively influence and participate in the site leadership team and establish effective cross-functional leadership relationships and presence.
• Direct responsibility for capital projects, as well as the site’s capital and expense budgets, cost control, project schedules, and direct/indirect expenses. Drive implementation of Engineering & Maintenance projects within budgets and timelines.
• Develop and regularly update the strategic capital improvement plan including site master plan.
• Maximize the success rate for production operations by instituting programs to minimize mechanical failure and enhance equipment performance. Establish maintenance KPIs like MTTR, MTBF etc.
• Support procurement strategy, equipment expediting/projects and FAT/SAT/IOQ/PQ.
• Ensure that appropriate training of all personnel for equipment, process and facility safety and operations is maintained and up-to-date.
• Maintain effectiveness of the Quality System components relevant to this position.
• Maintain regulatory compliance thru audits, validation, change management, risk assessments, qualified drawings, corrective action plans, FMEA, and deviation support.
• Utilize and promote Operational Excellence and continuous improvement
• Provide oversight and technical expertise during the development of new strategic manufacturing platforms and products and implementation of new API processing technologies.
• Develop budget proposals. Control charges against approved budget and monitor/report expenditures.
• Has operational responsibility/accountability for site maintenance activities including the repair, maintenance and installation of equipment and the maintenance of buildings, grounds, utility systems with associated infrastructure.
• Recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of work product.
• Reviews new product plans, and discusses equipment needs, and modifications with engineering staff.
• Develop, implement & maintain effective preventive maintenance program in conjunction with engineering and maintenance staff, and supervisors to improve production uptime.
• Manages spare parts inventory to balance cost control with operational reliability.

Secondary responsibilities/accountabilities

• Analyzes and resolves work problems