Sr Director - Engineering (Automation, Maintenance, Process)

Responsibilities

• Organizational Development: Collaborate with the Site Lead Team to build a capable, inclusive, and resilient organization focused on safety, quality, and operational excellence.
• Functional Strategy: Define priorities and roadmap for process engineering, automation, and maintenance. Develop systems and processes by leveraging internal expertise and external best practices.
• Safety Leadership: Actively contribute to the site HSE Lead Team to ensure safety is embedded throughout project delivery and startup.
• Project Support: Act as end user for process equipment—providing input on design, commissioning, and startup plans to align with both project and long-term site goals.
• Team Structure: Design and evolve the engineering organization to ensure the right resources and leadership are in place for GMP manufacturing.
• System Readiness: Ensure qualified and safe states for equipment, processes, utilities, and facilities are established and maintained.
• Corporate Alignment: Build strong technical relationships with corporate teams and champion strategic initiatives at the site level.

Post-Startup Phase

• Ongoing Strategy Execution: Continue refining and executing the engineering roadmap, aligning functional goals with site priorities.
• Compliance & Standards: Ensure adherence to corporate policies and standards across environmental, safety, and quality domains.
• External Benchmarking: Maintain an outward focus to identify and apply best practices from across the industry and internal network.
• Asset Management: Partner with Facilities Engineering to manage site investments—planning, prioritizing, and executing capital projects aligned with site objectives.
• Operational Integrity: Ensure equipment remains in a qualified and safe state, and that maintenance is performed and documented to the highest standards.
• Governance & Controls: Establish and maintain robust control systems to manage compliance and escalate issues appropriately.
• Leadership Development: Cultivate future technical and managerial leaders for the site and potential global roles.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in a leadership role managing teams within the pharmaceutical industry.

Additional Preferences

• Experience in API manufacturing, including implementation of a Process Safety Management program.
• Strong understanding of cGMPs and their application to manufacturing operations.
• Proven ability to build effective relationships across all organizational levels—from site leadership to frontline teams.
• Demonstrated success in leading projects from initiation to completion, meeting timelines, budgets, and performance standards.
• Track record of developing and managing high-performing, engaged teams with a focus on safety, quality, and strong team culture.

Qualifications

• Experience in process engineering, automation, and maintenance.
• Understanding of cGMPs and their application to manufacturing operations.
• Ability to build effective relationships across all organizational levels.
• Success in leading projects from initiation to completion.
• Track record of developing and managing high-performing, engaged teams.

Skills

• Strong leadership and project management skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Technical knowledge in process engineering, automation, and maintenance.
• Experience in API manufacturing and Process Safety Management.
• Understanding of cGMPs and their application to manufacturing operations.

Benefits

• Company-sponsored 401(k).
• Pension.
• Vacation benefits.
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug benefits.
• Flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts).
• Life insurance and death benefits.
• Time off and leave of absence benefits.
• Well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).

Pay

The anticipated wage for this position is $163,500 - $239,800.

Schedule

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance).