MSD Manufacturing Shift Engineer 

Ireland 

574212905

What you will do:

Bring energy, knowledge, innovation and leadership to carry out the following:

• Get actively involved by participating in inspections, GEMBA’s and Go-See’s.
• Complete COMMIT cards to highlight ways of working within our SDWT’s and Hubs and across our site that support our COMMIT culture.
• Provide immediate feedback to others at any time to reinforce good safety and improvement behaviours and acts.
• Routinely talk about any safety issues you are concerned about.
• Know the hazards of the tasks you are performing, actively conduct risk assessments for inclusion into operational SOPs.
• Challenge yourself before starting any task and identify safety improvements and be an active participant of our site safety standards challenging the status quo. If something is out of the ordinary, or something changes, step back and reassess, if in doubt do not do it.
• Ensure you are effectively trained for the work you need to do, challenge the safety training if it is not effective.
• Promote an environment where everyone speaks up for our culture of safety and looks out for one another.
• Be a visible leader of safety initiatives and stay actively involved in safety forums.
• Celebrate with use of proactive recognition tools that inspire teams and individuals you collaborate with.
• Provide coaching for your team members as part of the continuous improvement mindset.
• Role model the behaviours that creates a culture of dignity and respect.
• Act as technical coach and leader for the self-directed work team in areas relating to process, equipment, and automation knowledge.
• Identify improvement opportunities, perform technical troubleshooting and successfully implement solutions.
• Support the implementation of site strategy and business unit strategy by identifying appropriate initiatives for applicable improvements to the value stream. In some instances support corporate initiatives and projects as required.
• Lead approved projects and continuous improvement initiatives that are in alignment with the site strategies.
• Get actively involved in supporting the implementation of the lean management system.
• Act as an SME on activities involving the design, specification, selection, equipment performance, engineering CQV, technical drawings, vendor management, engineering assessment of changes, conducting and leading investigations.
• Play a key role in the commissioning and qualification activities on site, acting as a lead end user for systems as they transition across to the operations teams. Ensure consistency between recipe design and technical SOPs.
• Responsible for timely updates of site achievements and challenges.
• Engage in implementing innovative solutions that drive a high-performance organisational culture that accommodates rapid growth and highly dynamic expectations ensuring attainment of site operational and development goals.
• Create an environment of right first time in everything that we do through a focus on principles of lean, including simplification, standard work, visual management and a learning organisation.
• Be an SME on specific EBRs in the facility, providing technical input on changes required to meet the demands of the business or in response to any requirements for process changes that may occur. Pull together cross functional teams to troubleshoot issues, inform / consult stakeholders to reach consensus, and implement corrective actions that will move the production processes forward in the facility.
• Own the batch recipe on the PAS (process automation system), the BOM (bill of materials) and the EBR (electronic batch record) for specific process steps.
• Act as a key SME for the introduction of new process equipment into the facility, and provide technical training or support for the operations based manufacturing personnel as equipment is brought on line
• Play a key role in developing process engineering related documents, technical SOPs, reviewing automation related functional design specifications and generating technical reports

What skills you will need:

In order to excel in this role, you will more than likely have:

• Minimum of a Bachelors Level 8 degree in technical field (Science or Engineering) or equivalent
• At least 3-5 years’ experience in the biotechnology and/or pharmaceutical industry desirable, (preferably both) or equivalent.
• Organisation Skills – Ability to manage multiple priorities and know when to escalate issues for resolution.
• Proven record of accomplishments in a regulated industry.
• Experience with automated systems (PAS systems, MES systems) is desired
• Experience leading significant process or plant improvement projects
• Strong operations support background ensuring value added contribution and oversight.
• Experience working in a GMP manufacturing environment.
• Describe the decisions made by the incumbents on a regular basis. Include decisions within the Incumbent’s authority to make as well as those decisions that must be referred to a higher level.
• Establishes stretch goals for self to allow the SDWT or Hub Team deliver on their priorities.
• Identifying and communicating risks in area of responsibility and across the site.
• Creating strategies and plans to manage risk within the value stream and SDWT and Hub teams. Internal and External Contacts
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• Collaborates across the Network and continuous improvement teams across the Organisation.
• Key collaboration with the Self-Directed Work Teams and Hubs across the enterprise. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to deliver the site objectives.
• For continuous improvement collaborates with Business Excellence peers across the Biologics business unit in Our Company and through external forums to drive business excellence.
• Collaborates with Plant and Project Engineering groups on equipment issues and plant modifications
• Works closely with the Automation team on site to ensure that process recipes are fit for purpose and aligned with the technical procedures operating within manufacturing.
• Collaborates with MS&T on new product introductions to ensure that the plant is set up to deliver on new process introductions or process changes

So, if you are ready to:

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DS Manufacturing shift engineering.

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