Manager Engineering and Maintenance
Description
- Monitor all maintenance activities (Emergency, Preventive Maintenance, Calibration, Shutdown, etc.) required during day to day operations with a focus on maintaining production and compliance.
- Responsible for maintaining all plant utilities operational for production activities.
- Play a key role in providing maintenance resources required for commissioning of new equipment.
- Ensures the proper execution of engineering projects
- Provides technical expertise and supports QA during regulatory inspections
- Ensuring compliance of the engineering practices with the current GMP requirements and industry’s best practices.
- Develop annual budget for departments and perform monthly cost tracking activities to remain on budget
- Introduce and follow key KPI’s for his departments
- Oversee current Calibration and Preventive Maintenance programs with his responsible maintenance supervisors
- Resource person for responding to audit requirements
- Provide monthly departmental updates report to Director
- Review and formulate department’s preventive maintenance plans and standard operating procedures.
- Recruit and provide training to maintenance and engineering staff
- Manage the administration of performance management process including the performance review process, coaching and development of employees within the company culture.
- Can replace at times any of his direct reports
Specific knowledge
- Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in maintenance operations coupled with 5 years’ experience in a management role
- Pharmaceutical experience in manufacturing and facilities operations
- In-depth knowledge of GMP regulations and guidance documents of Canadian, US and European regulatory agencies
- Must have a thorough knowledge of validation principles, manufacturing processes, quality systems, engineering design fundamentals, regulatory agency expectations and industry trends
- Advanced computer and software skills
- Proven management skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated ability to facilitate, coach and lead cross-functional teams
- Analytical problem solving and relationship management skills
- Demonstrated initiative and innovation
- Bilingual