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Merck Associate Director, Engineering/Maintenance in Durham, North Carolina
Job Description
The Engineering, Maintenance and Site Services (EMSS) organization continuously strives to improve the reliability of the Durham site operations and provide the best-in-class services with the final goal of delivering our high-quality vaccines to the patients around the world with our core principle of Safety First and Quality Always.
The Associate Director, Engineering/Maintenance will support a new drug substance manufacturing operation’s engineering, maintenance, and calibration activities. This scope includes Sterile Supply, Fermentation, and Purification unit operations and associated clean utilities and process equipment. The Associate Director will manage tactical and strategic process, equipment, and qualification activities while ensuring product quality and optimized maintenance processes, regulatory compliance, employee and environmental safety, integration of new/existing technologies, customer service, resource utilization, financial performance and fiscal stewardship.
GENERAL PROFILE
Demonstrates leadership and provides direction to individual contributors (professional employees) and/or managers of 24/7 shift teams supporting maintenance/calibration activities
Provides technical expertise in the development of predictive and preventive maintenance programs
Executes functional business plans and contributes to the development of group or company strategies
Prioritizes based on departmental budget and profit plan to address resource and operational challenges
Decisions are guided by company strategies and policies
Leverages relationships with key clients and/or customers to support business needs
PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
Coaches/mentors direct reports accountable for their area within Engineering/Maintenance
Ensures proper team capabilities with appropriate training and project assignments
Manages the area succession plan
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
- Assists Engineering & Maintenance Lead with managing the Engineering & Maintenance cost center, including capital spend, creating and managing all profit plans and forecasts throughout the year
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Responsible for major equipment-related projects, including funding, change control and equipment qualification within their area
Responsible for obtaining bids, reviewing contracts, supervising, and providing follows-up on contract work including the auditing of time and material reports for their area
SHUTDOWN MANAGEMENT
Responsible for assisting with master shutdown schedules and shutdown execution including all maintenance, calibration, capital project work, and GMP Cleaning coordination for all facility shutdowns
Coordinates with Durham Site Engineering and Technical CoE
Participates in daily shutdown meetings ensuring activities are tracked and completed
PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT SUPPORT
Responsible for developing maintenance and calibration strategies for utility/process equipment within operating area
Responsible for project management of operational readiness workstreams for new drug substance facility (i.e. maintenance master data, HECPs, SOPs)
Responsible for the daily support of all production equipment to ensure area safety, compliance, production and financial goals are met
Supports the reliability engineers periodic RBAM assessments and owns area specific reliability actions
Responsible for spare parts risk-based assessments and identification of new parts to replace obsolete parts to ensure correct type and number of spare parts are available for all production equipment.
Responsible for establishing processes that ensure required Safety guidelines are followed and participates in divisional Safety Audit activities
Reports Area monthly metrics and any action plans to address gaps
Identifies, prioritizes, and champions improvement projects to improve planned/unplanned downtime and overall equipment reliability
Assists in deviation investigations for maintenance instruments, equipment, and systems, as needed
WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
Reports to Director, Engineering & Maintenance
Manages and interacts with employees within own department
Frequent interaction/partnership with employees from other departments (Operations, Technical, Automation, Quality)
Interacts with representatives from regulatory agencies
Interacts with external vendors/suppliers
Education Minimum Requirement:
Bachelor’s degree of science (BS) in Engineering, Science or related technical field with eight (8) years of progressive maintenance leadership experience in cGMP operations or in military positions listed; OR
Master’s degree of science (MS) in Engineering, Science or related technical field with six (6) years of progressive maintenance leadership experience in cGMP operations or in military positions listed; OR
PhD in Engineering, Science or related technical field with three (3) years of progressive maintenance leadership experience in cGMP operations or in military positions listed.
In association with educational requirement listed above, Military Service (US Navy, US Army, US Marine Corps, US Air Force, US Coast Guard) experience is required in the following functions or similar:
Maintenance Supervisor/Manager
Maintenance Planner and Scheduler
Reliability or Maintenance Engineering
Utilities Maintenance and Operations
Required Experience and Skills:
Minimum of 2 years of supervisory experience
Strong planning, scheduling, and time management skills
Working knowledge regulatory requirements in accordance with GMP manufacturing operations
Good oral and written communication skills
Project management, including change control and equipment qualification
Preferred Experience and Skills:
Experience with GMP compliant calibration and maintenance databases
SAP experience related to plant maintenance and spare parts procurement systems
Reliability engineering knowledge (including asset life cycle management) and CMRP certification
Asset condition monitoring experience using predictive maintenance tools such as vibration analysis, ultrasound, IR, etc.
Experience with formal problem-solving techniques, such as root cause analysis (RCA), failure mode effects analysis (FMEA), and/or Lean Six Sigma tools.
Working knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practices(cGMP) experience in a sterile, bulk or finished pharmaceutical environment
Demonstrated experience of interacting with site, divisional or regulatory audits
Green Belt/Black Belt Certification
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Employee Status:
Regular
Relocation:
Domestic
VISA Sponsorship:
No
Travel Requirements:
10%
Flexible Work Arrangements:
Not Applicable
Shift:
1st - Day
Valid Driving License:
No
Hazardous Material(s):
n/a
Job Posting End Date:
06/19/2024
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Job Posting End Date: 06/19/2024
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Requisition ID: R298335