MSD Manufacturing Shift Lead – Upstream Operations 

Ireland 

88336042

Job Description

Manufacturing Shift Lead - Upstreamat our Dunboyne Biologics.

The Manufacturing Shift Lead will deliver key metrics through their designated shift for areas such as:
• Process engineering (EBRs)
• Utilities
• Clean equipment management team
• Logistics areas
• Non-daily maintenance works
• Sanitizations
• All manufacturing suite
• Significant investigations
• Supply chain logistics
• QC interactions
• Audit preparations with ES team
• Next generation digital and CI activities
• At all times this role is focused on delivery to the patient through living the our Manufacturing Division mantra of safety first, quality always and inclusion for all.

Bring your energy, knowledge, and innovation to:

Build safety as a value within every aspect of the value stream supporting operations.
• Partner with the EHS team to ensure sustainable EHS programmes are engrained and deployed, to develop effective integrated solutions to EHS requirements, to develop a valuable EHS learning programme for your people and to manage safety initiatives.
• See safety as an investment by committing the necessary resources (people, equipment, your time) to strengthen safety performance.
• Ensure adherence to all site performance and behavioural standards for all reports and initiates actions as necessary to correct deficiencies.
• Ensure that all operations are performed in conformance with site safety, environmental and quality procedures thereby ensuring department is audit/inspection ready.
• Manage production related schedule adherence, tasks and resources on shift team and cross functionally.
• Drive effective writing/revising/ rolling out of accurate operational procedures, training materials and standardized work for various Production systems.
• Ensure all work is completed in line with procedural requirements and real time documentation completion.
• Foster a culture of safety, quality, productivity, reliability, continuous improvement, and right first-time by identifying, evaluating, planning, and executing on production schedule while overseeing daily operator/maintenance work.
• Get actively involved by participating in inspections, GEMBA’s and Go-See’s.
• Complete "Good Catch" to highlight ways of working across our site that support our culture and actively coach your team to do the same, promoting the conversations that support their active participation.
• Provide immediate feedback to others at any time to reinforce good safety and improvement behaviours and acts.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with legal, EHS and all our company policies and procedures which are applicable to the site.
• Engage proactively with teams through active 1:1s, skip levels, development planning, and regular site updates that fosters a continuous learning and growth environment.
• Continually assess and develop the performance of each member of the shift team and provide timely feedback to members of the team on their performance and application of consequences (both positive and constructive) where required.
• Celebrate with use of proactive recognition tools that inspire teams and individuals.
• Drive an environment that ensures your team have clear workplans and development plans that gets each employee to their full potential through coaching and mentoring.
• Ensure that all employees on shift supporting manufacturing are working as one team to support the delivery of product to patients.
• Utilize continuous improvement tools, lean and six sigma methodology to 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.
• Lead approved projects and continuous improvement initiatives that are in alignment with the site strategies.
• Support detailed project planning including but not limited to schedule and resources and successfully execute cross functional projects.
• Work with the Enterprise Schedule team to ensure the Lean learning strategy is incorporated and the capability build is visible to support business needs.
• Support the implementation of the Lean Management System.
• Utilise real-time data analytics for making decisions on the value stream improvement initiatives.
• Support equipment reliability initiatives on site by ensuring equipment maintenance schedules are adhered to.

What skills you will need:

• Minimum of level 8 Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or science based discipline or equivalent.
• Proven leader capability in developing people and teams with at least 3 years experience leading teams to successful outcomes
• Proven record of accomplishments of working for a minimum of 5 years in a Pharma/Biopharma company or related/comparable industry is desirable.
• Proven ability around working cross functionally, focusing on meeting and tracking to schedules and embracing an interdependent work culture.
• Experience working in a GMP/regulated environment is desirable.
• Organization Skills – Ability to manage multiple priorities and know when to escalate issues for resolution.

Current Contingent Workers apply

Not Applicable

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