Engineering & Maintenance Manager

Job Description

We are seeking a Growth and Improvement minded Engineering & Maintenance Manager that can help drive our Strategic Operating Priorities.

• Invent | Pursue the Most Promising Internal and External Science to Address Significant Unmet Medical Needs
• Execute | Prioritize Resources Behind Our Key Growth Drivers (Oncology, Vaccines, Select Specialty Areas, Animal Health) While Optimizing Our Base Business)
• Adapt | Develop Our People, Culture and Business Model to Evolve with a Dynamic Landscape
• Diverse Talent | We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment with supporting leadership behaviors because having a high performing, engaged workforce is critical to our ability to deliver innovative solutions to patients and customers around the world
• Values and Standards | Our Steadfast Commitment to Our Values and Standards will Continue to Guide Us as We Take on New Challenges

Summary, Focus and Purpose

The Engineering and Maintenance Team enables our manufacturing operations to provide a reliable supply of medicine for our patients with opportunities to work cross functionally with many diverse areas including Biological, Chemical, Automation, Capital Projects, Safety, Process Development, Technical Services, Utilities, and Validation.

We are searching for a Maintenance Manager in Durham, North Carolina to manage a team of Maintenance and Engineering personnel. You will provide direction and technical guidance to maintenance technicians for a capital project startup. In this role you will actively manage your team to reliably support customer demand (including employee development, routine coaching sessions, recognition, and performance management).

To be successful in this role you will need to work cross functionally in a matrix organization, become proficient in the use of manufacturing systems, and knowledgeable of site procedures. The facility consists of biotech operations including end-to-end processing of drug substance, drug product, including biotech culture growth, harvest, lyophilization, product inspection, and quality control laboratories.

Key Functions

Employee Development | People Management

• Work Independently and as a Team member with Integrity | Precision | Accomplishment | Motivational Ambition | Respect | Inclusion
• Hire, develop, motivate, and manage a team to ensure reliable manufacturing maintenance activities execution
• Assign yearly performance objectives for the team in alignment with department and site goals
• Provide regular feedback and coaching to employees on work performance
• Provide direction to the team as needed based on the team's capabilities and maturity
• Ensure on time approval of payroll activities using site approved software like ADP

Process Execution & Continuous Improvement

• Partner across the facility and cross-functional teams including for the startup and design of plant engineering, reliability, and maintenance programs for the facility
• Provide a management presence on the manufacturing floor with maintenance
• Advocate standard work to drive consistent use of best practices across teams
• Flexibility to complete tasks to support the business
• Regularly help the team troubleshoot issues to minimize downtime and maintain product quality
• Represent Maintenance on project teams as needed
• Strong sponsor for the problem-solving efforts and solutions offered by other shifts and teams
• Line clearance LOTO and permit writing for maintenance activities, Safety Management Information Systems (SMIS)
• Actively lead the daily Tier 1 Process and participate in the Tier 2 as needed for short-interval control board
• Initiate SOP/PM/Calibration redlines and revisions

Communication

• Lead and support daily meetings to facilitate flow of information up/down through the organization
• Hold regular team meetings to cascade information and collect team feedback
• Provide clear consistent communication from shift to shift
• Escalate issues as needed to ensure the right support/awareness is given to issues as they arise
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert during tours to provide area/process overview information to visitors/auditors upon request

Quality & Safety Compliance

• Foster strong safety culture on the team through actions, coaching, and prioritization
• Coach individuals when reporting safety issues and completing corrective/preventative actions
• Drive culture of compliance through actions, consistent quality-driven decision making, and coaching of the team (e.g. documentation, housekeeping, area 5S, etc.)
• Participate in safety and regulatory audits (i.e. tours, topic discussion)

Financial

• Coach the team to ensure inventory transactions are complete, timely, and accurate
• Manage team staffing and overtime to support customer demand while meeting budget targets
• Recognize and communicate opportunities for cost savings

Education

• High School Degree with six years of maintenance, manufacturing, or military experience or B.S. in Electronics, Engineering, Technology, Science or similar with four years of maintenance, manufacturing or military experience

Experience | Skills | Knowledge

Required

• Experience working in a GMP/regulated manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of electrical maintenance and repair of electrical systems and equipment
• Principled verbal and written communications | Ethics and Integrity
• Planning, Implementing, Directing, Control and Decision Making
• Safety focus in daily work

Preferred

• Direct leadership experience of maintenance and/or manufacturing technicians
• Clean utilities experience
• CMMS experience, SAP and ProCal a plus
• Aseptic manufacturing experience, preferably with biological drug substance
• Computer fluency, including knowledge of BMS, DeltaV, MES, etc. is preferred
• Leadership and interpersonal skills to motivate direct reports and peers to excel and "own" the process
• CMRP, CRL or any similar Maintenance related certification
• Lean, Six Sigma, KATA problem solving skills
• Ability to prioritize, align and simply to focus on and obtain business results
• Training individuals in complex manufacturing work environments
• Meeting Facilitation | Training | Presentation Skills

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Employee Status:
Regular

Relocation:
Domestic

VISA Sponsorship:
No

Travel Requirements:
10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:
On-Site

Shift:
1st - Day

Valid Driving License:
Yes

Hazardous Material(s):
None

Requisition ID:R252440