Associate Director, Head of Production Engineering and Operations
4 weeks ago
We are seeking a highly experienced Associate Director to lead our Production Engineering and Operations team. As a key member of our leadership team, you will be responsible for directing technical staff to ensure company, site, and departmental goals are met within budgetary and schedule guidelines.
The successful candidate will provide general direction to technical staff based on technical expertise, utilizing their understanding of automation, MES, and various disciplines to manage an operational support function in compliance with all safety and quality regulations and procedures.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement new processes to support site manufacturing operations
- Coordinate, plan, and schedule tasks and activities for supporting site production activities
- Define scope of work for project teams
- Manage, hire, develop, and recognize technical staff
- Apply specialized knowledge in a creative way to a broad range of difficult problems
- Analyze proposals to determine if benefits derived and possible applications justify expenditures
- Approve and submit proposals to senior management
- Responsible for policy setting and defining procedures for staff in accomplishing and documenting work
- Approve protocols and support documentation to secure project release
- Develop staff members to assume technical approver roles
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in science, engineering, or other related technical field
- 8+ years of related experience with 3+ in a management role
- Well-versed in engineering disciplines, including automation, enterprise-wide software, MES, fluid flow, thermodynamics, heat transfer, statics, and dynamics
- Knowledge of GMPs, FDA guidelines, purchasing practices, and process validation
- Maintain industry contacts and be involved in industry interest groups
- Fluent with MS Office, MS Project, and MS Visio software
- Display a strong understanding of automation, information technology, and computer system administration good practices, industry standards, and regulations
- Oversee the development of systems to ensure they meet safety, industry regulations, and user requirements
- Oversee, motivate, and direct technical personnel
- Develop KPIs for responsibilities to help with continuous improvement and performance of the area
- Exhibit creativity and new ideas in completing divisional and departmental responsibilities
- Analyze and solve complex problems through creative thought and experience
- Manage multiple teams simultaneously
- Ability to design outside of immediate scope of responsibility
Working Conditions:
- May lift up to 50 pounds
- May work in a cold, wet environment
- May work in a loud area that requires hearing protection and other protective equipment to be worn
- May work around chemicals such as alcohol, acids, buffers that may require respiratory protection
- Can work more than 8 hours a day or 40 hours a workweek as required
- May work in a confined area as defined by the Environmental, Health, and Safety office
- Work in a controlled environment requiring special gowning and wear protective clothing over the head, face, hands, feet, and body
- Need to remove all makeup, jewelry, contact lenses, nail polish, and artificial fingernails while in the manufacturing environment
- Work in a cold, wet environment
- Work multiple shifts, including weekends, or be asked to work supplemental hours
- Work around chemicals such as alcohol, acids, buffers, and Celite that may require respiratory protection
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