Operational Engineering Director

We're looking for a candidate to fill this position in an exciting company.

As a Operational Engineering Director Reporting, you will have overall responsibility for the leadership and management of the Operational Engineering Department by ensuring that the plant meets expectations in terms of customer service and financial control. You will also ensure the departments within the function are directed so that their respective priorities are achieved. The Operational Engineering Manager is a core member for the Site Senior Leadership Team (SLT).

Responsibilities

• Active member of the Senior Leadership Team contributing to the overall success and direction of the Cork site.
• Lead a large team of Engineering professionals and craft group to achieve Engineering and company goals and objectives
• Lead the Maintenance, Facilities, Utilities, Calibrations, Automation and Technical Operations functions to support the Operations delivery
• Set up governance systems and processes to ensure best in class project prioritisation, escalation and ways of working
• Lead a safety and quality culture within the Engineering team
• Provide technical engineering direction for the site
• Responsible for having the necessary trained engineering resources with the appropriate skills available to maximize operational equipment uptime.
• Trouble shooting and giving continuous technical support to the site.
• Responsible for plant shutdowns and timely startups.
• Manage all operational engineering activities so plant output targets are achieved in a compliant environment (GMP), and engineering activities comply with laws, regulations, and standards both internally and with external statuary bodies.
• Manage the team to break out each component part of the sterility assurance system to define review and optimise the data and controls in place and the internal knowledge opportunities presented, to meet these requirements
• Responsible for having Preventive Maintenance plans in place and agreed with Planning and Manufacturing using plant planning process that deliver increased reliability.
• Take the overall responsibility for delivering the departments functional goals including operational uptime, compliance, financial, and people development.
• Continue to develop Lean methodologies and in particular a GE Professional Maintenance (GPM) strategy
• Partner with the Process and Technology Leader to develop strategic direction and resource allocation between the 2 engineering teams on site

Qualifications and experience

• Degree or equivalent in Engineering and/or in a related business discipline.
• Solid people management experience in a pharmaceutical, device, process, or regulated industry
• Significant development, maintenance, process, or validation experience in a pharmaceutical, process or regulated industry.
• Solid experience of budget management.

Desired Skills

• Excellent knowledge and experience of documentation, standards, and guidelines.
• Excellent communication skills and a proven track record in managing people on a wide range of tasks.
• A strong working knowledge of processes such as project management, validation, automation, maintenance systems, 6 sigma, lean methodology, cost centre management, and change management processes.
• A strong working knowledge of site plant processes including Production, Packaging, Facilities, Utilities, Logistics, Finance, ESH, Quality.