Director Maintenance & Asset Lifecycle Management jobs at West Pharma in Ireland, Waterford

The Senior Manager, Eng., Facilities and Main will lead and develop a function which supports the needs of operations and other key functions, delivering a best-in-class, cost effective service to the site. Responsible for implementing the plant’s overall preventive and predictive maintenance programs for both equipment and facilities, while maximizing operational uptime and fostering a continuous improvement culture.

• Lead Engineering function for the site. team
• Define and implement comprehensive strategies to reduce costs, mitigate risk, improve quality, shorten downtimes and reduce unplanned interventions.
• Lead and develop the Maintenance and Facilities teams (set objectives, guide and engage the team, train, define development activities, follow-up, provide feedback, prepare appraisal and manage performance and delivery).
• Ensure that maintenance activities are carried out safely, according to company procedures and using relevant permitting systems.
• Provide plant maintenance services to support operations and manufacturing and deliver service and performance in line with company targets & standards.
• Lead and direct maintenance personnel to manage plant & equipment maintenance for reactive and planned works. Deliver preventative maintenance schedule to improve technical availability of assets in line with company targets.
• Build-up an agile team in respect to flexible sift patterns, developing people and training to maximize operational equipment uptime, implement new technologies and apply best practice in maintenance methods and systems.
• Inspect and evaluate physical plant and related equipment in order to manage asset life cycle in support of operations.
• Coordinate with outside contractors to perform service activities, repairs, preventive maintenance on plant and equipment
• Oversee and direct provision of all related maintenance supplies and plant spare parts.
• Lead and foster an environment of continuous improvement for initiatives/projects in the areas of Maintenance and Facilities processes. Providing leadership in supporting the team in identifying and implementing lean, efficiency, cost reduction, quality, and service level improvements
• Manage the team’s performance, conduct performance 1 to 1’s, support recruitment, training and development plans while addressing any issues that arise in a timely manner.
• Responsible for the identification and execution of training requirements and training for the team.
• Maintain a positive employee relations atmosphere. Ensure that there is good communication and co-operation by encouraging knowledge sharing.
• Monitor workload and manage resources in order to support company targets.

• Ensures work and equipment compliance, certification to all related regulatory & statutory directives, standards & guidance’s. Including all necessary regulatory service, permits, permissions, registers & calibrations certifications are controlled & up to date.
• Apply global Engineering standards and processes

• Take a lead role in the introduction and development of maintenance strategies and management systems company-wide.
• Manage and coordinate competing priorities with key stake holders to maximise plant performance and availability.
• Direct the communication of all planned and unplanned works with key stake holders in timely manner. Limiting the impact and reacting responsibly and in prompt and efficient manner.
• Plan and maintain all relevant plant & equipment to ensure that it operates efficiently while delivering this service on time, on budget and in a safe and responsible manner without adverse impact to site performance.
• Deliver to set departmental and site KPI performance levels.
• Serve as a member of the site leadership team and participate in the decision-making process.
• Demonstrates leadership and commitment with respect to the quality management system and with respect to customer focus as outlined in the ISO9001/15378 standards.
• Responsible for ensuring site compliance to ISO17665 standard.

• Act in accordance with the company’s Guiding Principles and adherence to the corporate Code of Conduct
• Compliance to all local site Environmental, Health and Safety regulations
• Compliance to all local site company policies, procedures and corporate policies
• Other duties as assigned

• Ensure that the validation requirements including CSV, are developed and documented to provide direction for meeting the validation needs of the customers & regulatory bodies.
• Provide guidance to system/process stakeholders for validation life cycle.
• Imbed global technical engineering guidelines to support and standardise facility and equipment engineering and to ensure that best practices are considered for all new project deliverables.
• Keep Site current with the industry standard practices and the various regulatory bodies requirements for validation.
• Oversee and define periodic reviews or re-qualification to maintain validated status of equipment, facilities and utilities as defined by West master plans and SOI’s.
• Responsibility for deliverables for all new engineering projects and contribute to risk assessment of the impact of new and existing systems and their validated state.

• Responsibility for the Management and monthly reporting on site CAPEX forecast and actual spend accuracy.

• Consulting with various global functions for the definition, Design, Execution and start-up of projects which the Waterford site has been selected.
• Ensuring that new installations or facility upgrades follow the correct asset and validation lifecycle.
• Resource planning to ensure projects are delivered in a safe, compliant, timely manner within forecasted budget milestones.

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Electrical/Mechanical/Chemical/Civil Engineering required
• Master’s in Engineering Degree or other related Engineering discipline is an advantage

• 5+ year of experience in a manager or senior manager level role
• 10+ years of experience in a maintenance / engineering role within the manufacturing industry, preferably in rubber, medical device or pharmaceutical operations.

• Good knowledge of LEAN and 6 sigma manufacturing principles
• Experience with continuous improvement of processes and validations of processes/equipment
• cGMP experience
• Self-motivated, results- and solution-oriented personality.
• Ability to combine and apply modern engineering / maintenance and manufacturing concepts to meet engineering goals
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good organizational and management skills.
• Ability to successfully collaborate with all levels within the organisational.
• Excellent written and communication skills - regularly presents on KPI’s, benchmarking results to all management levels.
• Proficient in planning to maximise resources and reduce expenditure.

In this role it is essential to support the day-to-day effective functioning of the site which operates on a 24 X 7 basis. In this role you will lead the Maintenance team/Facility team and be responsible for the planning, scheduling and execution all maintenance/facility activities and projects (including routine maintenance, PM, project, or capital expenditure types of work) to support the facilities or production operations and communicate status with site leadership.

• Ensure the day-to-day operations of the facility or campus, including custodial, life-safety, engineering, site services, and general maintenance, are implemented and carried out in a manner consistent with West policies.
• Work closely and proactively with Operations, Engineering and HSE teams to develop and deploy practices to ensure optimal operation of the site facility infrastructure and minimize impact on the environment.
• Assign, coordinate and supervise activities of the maintenance unit personnel including all plant shutdown related activities.
• Ensure there are sufficient preventive and corrective maintenance procedure in place for safe operation of all infrastructure systems such as electrical, mechanical HVAC and R/O water systems
• Monitor, take immediate action and report on PM related performance.
• Supervise all maintenance programs relating to the interior and exterior conditions and appearance of the property.
• Manage all contracts to ensure they are reviewed on a regular basis and are bid out as required; verify that invoices match contract pricing.
• Hire, train and motivate facility personnel. Maintain positive staff relations. Conduct or approve performance evaluations for staff.
• Coordinate the preparation and publication of the annual budget, quarterly reforecast, and capital budgets for the property.
• Ensure that GMP aspects, current technical standards, local building codes and regulations and safety standards for the buildings are being considered and met.
• Ensure that all site-specific documentation and reports are completed accurately and on time, and other reports and documentation, as required
• Ensure Maintenace back log is maintained and kept at a manageable state. Conduct downtime reviews of equipment failures, implementing activities or
• Other duties as assigned
• Lead the facility management team and supervice facilities support work
• Meeting regulatory and compliance requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Electrical / Mechanical/ Building Service Engineering or Buisness Administration. And required or
• Associate's Degree or Electrical/Mechanical and 5 years or more in leadership position required
• Master's Degree in Building Service Engineering or Business Adminstration preferred

• Minimum of 8 years in Pharma or Med device industry required

• Good understanding of design and construction, operations and maintenance of electrical and mechanical systems and equipment.
• Detailed engineering knowledge of HVAC and utilities with ability to assert technical solutions and standards.
• Strong engineering and trouble shooting skills (facility engineering, electrical systems)
• Detail knowledge of electrical standards.
• Good Interpersonal and Communication skills, Energy conservation knowledge
• Good business acumen and ability to think strategic.
• Strong in Project and Time Management
• Ability to drive change and to think outside the box.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Ability to work under pressure and coordinate numerous activities and groups of people.
• Able to be aware of all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description
• Office programs (particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint); and must possess good negotiating and conflict resolution skills.
• Knowledge of plant systems and related equipment/utilities as steam, compressed air, vacuum, HVAC, lighting systems, domestic and process water, fire alarm and sprinkler systems, fluid mechanics, dust collection.
• Able to comply with the company’s safety policy at all time
• Able to comply with the company’s quality policy at all times
• Ability to build relationships with stakeholders across muiltiple functions and all levels within and outside the company
• Strong organizational skills that refelct the ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly witj excellent attention to details
• Ability to build relationships with stakeholders across multiple functions within and outside the company

In this role, you will be accountable to lead and direct all Global Maintenance and Asset Management programs. Responsibilities include developing, implementing, and sustaining a global approach for Maintenance, Asset Management and Replacement Strategy, and Materials, Repairs and Operations inventory management. You will drive strategies and initiatives to successful execution and will assure achieving given targets in particular risk mitigation and indirect expenditures and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to drive best practices and optimize facilities and equipment repairs and maintenance. This role will report to Sr. Dir, Engineering, Capital Planning & Asset Management.

• Responsible for optimizing West Engineering and Facility assets through the Lifecycle Asset & Maintenance program including developing and implementing the governance process
• Responsible for Global Maintenance, Calibration, Reliability, Safety and Risk Engineering Strategy, Initiatives for all Engineering Assets including the replacement and life extension strategy
• Direct, maintain & sustain value to maintenance, calibration and spare parts management program include business ownership of the Computerized Maintenance Management System processes
• Optimize plant shutdown initiatives throughout the network and ensure consistency across the sites
• Responsible for Global Maintenance Documentation (Standards, SOPs, Guidelines, best practices) in driving best practices following Good Engineering and Good Manufacturing Practices
• Accountable for monitoring and measuring success and communicating to key stakeholders including site and value stream leadership
• Drive the annual Maintenance Capex budget process along with periodic reviews and measures
• Apply reliability engineering principles to achieve increase uptime and process capability across the network as well as drive creation and implementation of Global Spare Parts Management program
• Lead SAP PM projects for Global Engineering, work with the sites and the Engineering Network, being stakeholder in the SAP PM Project team
• You keep current on all relevant technological advancements and developments in the industry, and act as a technical expert
• Manage a team of committed employees and ensure that they execute their tasks in accordance with Safety, Health and Environmental standards. You are responsible for the motivation and management of the team
• You provide technical training and coaching to team members in order to ensure the competence and quality of the maintenance functions
• Prepare reports as may be required by ensuring reporting data is accurate and complete
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree with preference Engineering or equivalent technical field experience

• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in Maintenance, Engineering with at least 5 years of global team management
• Track record of leading teams and building effective working relationships both internally and externally.
• Proven experience in managing cross-functional projects
• Ability to work with senior leadership teams at manufacturing sites and global headquarters
• Demonstrated experience managing difficult engineering challenges and communicating with peers, subordinates and superiors on technical issues

• Master’s in engineering or equivalent technical field experience
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite software and project management software
• Advanced working knowledge of maintenance Systems
• Able to be aware of all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description
• Support and contribute in Lean Sigma programs and activities towards delivery of the set target
• Able to comply with the company’s safety policy at all times
  • Working knowledge of applicable federal and international regulations such as 21CFR Parts 210, 211 preferred. GLP and GMP experience preferred
  • Knowledge of Safety standards including CE, OSHA and other similar applicable standards based on regional requirements
• Able to always comply with the company’s quality policy.
  • The job holder is aware of his/her special responsibility for quality according to the company’s quality policy and conducts his/her activities in accordance with the company quality policy at all times
  • The job holder respects all specifications arising from the cGMP requirements and from the specifications DIN ISO 15378 and DIN EN ISO 9001 as per its current state and also as it applies to any future amendments

• Proven ability to work in a virtual environment in a global organization and to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Make independent and sound judgments.
• Multitask, work under time constraints, problem solve, and prioritize.
• Excellent communicator with ability to maintain confidentiality and resolve conflicts and ambiguity.
• Read and interpret data, information and documents to analyze and solve problems.
• Learn and apply new information and new skills.