West Pharma Manufacturing Engineer Manager 

United States, North Carolina 

98585067

Job Summary:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the site Manufacturing/Project Engineering Department to ensure full alignment with the company and site strategies which includes significant growth utilizing new and existing technologies.
• Manage and coordinate plant and capital projects, properly document work, and maintain the history of projects in appropriate project files.
• Propose and lead equipment and process improvement initiatives to improve operating performance
• Create strategic plans to eliminate waste within the business by utilizing lean processes, best practices and enterprise resource management.
• Provide engineering guidance to ensure plants, machinery, and processes are optimized. Set up or participate in continuous improvement teams related to establishing a process or process improvement.
• Collaborate and interface with internal and external global teams and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) as needed to maintain relationships and global process alignment.
• Maintain ownership of assigned equipment, or business processes.
• Lead/support validation activities including equipment validation and process validation. Improve processes and procedures to manufacture a quality product at a minimum cost. Provide technical expertise to other plant personnel.
• Research and analyze data such as vendor design proposals, specifications, and manuals to determine feasibility of design or application.
• Assist in installation of new products, tooling and related processes; investigate tooling and process problems; make new product/process recommendations.
• Provides engineering assistance to ensure plants, machinery, tooling and processes are at optimum.
• Continuous coaching of team members and assist with developing/implementing team member growth plans.

Basic Qualifications:

• BS in Engineering or a related field with 8 years of experience in a technical engineering role or related areas including direct experience in equipment design, procurement, FAT, SAT, and IQ/OQ required

Work Experience:

• Minimum 8 years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotech manufacturing, or medical device manufacturing environment required.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Direct knowledge and experience in project management within a biopharmaceutical or pharmaceutical cGMP environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with all levels of employees. Must exhibit a positive and professional upbeat tone and manner.
• High proficiency problem solving in teams and as an individual contributor. Exceptional verbal and technical writing skills; ability to provide focus and clarity. Independently motivated, detail oriented and have a good problem-solving ability.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multi-task in an extremely fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
• Knowledge of Computer Aid Design such as AutoCAD or Solid Works.
• Strong essential skills including high emotional intelligence
• High sense for the business; strong business acumen
• Strong coordination and Project Management skills
• Engages others, builds relationships, and creates networks outside team. Checks in with different people to understand the bigger picture.
• Ability to perform root cause analysis and corrective action solutions. Follows through on actions.
• Is curious, agile, engages in new experiences and looks for different perspectives
• 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 to Lean Sigma programs and activities towards delivery of the set target
• Able to comply with the company’s safety policy at all times
• Able to comply with the company’s quality policy at all times.
• At least 3 years of supervisory or leadership experience.
• Sterilization or Aseptic processing experience.

Licenses and Certifications:

• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)-PMI preferred
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt preferred

Travel Requirements:

• 10%: Up to 26 business days per year

Physical Requirements:

• Medium - exerting up to 50lb/22kg of force occasionally and/or up to 20lbs/9kg of force frequently, and/or up to 10lbs/4kgs of force constantly to move objects.

Additional Requirements:

• Proven ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Must also be able to maintain confidentiality and resolve conflicts.
• Comfortable working in a manufacturing environment.
• Specific vision abilities may be needed by this job including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• 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.
• Use written and verbal communication skills effectively.
• Read and interpret data, information and documents to analyze and solve problems.
• Learn and apply new information and new skills.