Engineering Projects Manager

Job description

Engineering Projects Manager

About the Opportunity

Reporting directly to the Head of Innovation, Digital and Engineering and as a leader for Sanofi, you will play an integral role within the Waterford extended leadership team, ensuring reliable delivery of capital investment projects to meet our site operational and program transfer needs.

About the Sanofi Business Unit

The Sanofi Waterford biopharmaceutical and medical device campus is located in Waterford on Ireland’s southeast coast. Established in 2001 and now with more than 700 employees, the multiple national award-winning site has seen more than €600m invested in state-of-the-art infrastructure and technology. Diversification continues to bring new products to Waterford and the expanded site portfolio continues to create new opportunities. Sanofi is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on human health. We prevent illness with vaccines, provide innovative treatments to fight pain and ease suffering. We stand by the few who suffer from rare diseases and the millions with long-term chronic conditions. With more than 100,000 people in 100 countries, Sanofi is transforming scientific innovation into healthcare solutions around the globe.

 

About growing with us

Responsibilities

·  Provide leadership to the Engineering Projects team and management of external services contracts.
·  Portfolio Management of all tiers of Capital Projects at Waterford.
·  Builds and maintains a strong network of external stakeholders within Sanofi and within industry in Ireland.
·  Responsibility for delivery of site SBO’s pertaining to Capital Projects and realization of cash-out and SPE approval budgets and budget forecasting.
·  Key partner and accountable for the engineering components of NPI activity in transferring new products to site.
·  Maintain and strengthen relationships with department team leaders and team members and ensure a strong emphasis on the development of these resources.
·  Encourage team member & team innovation with a strong emphasis on team member personal responsibility.
·  Manage department spending and invest in opportunities to improve spend performance.
·  Support operational performance through participation on the site’s APU and APT teams.
·  Ensure cGMP compliance is paramount in all department maintenance activities and systems and ensure area regulatory compliance, audit readiness and post-audit finding implementation.
·  Demonstrated knowledge of capital project.
·  Play an active leadership role in Health, Safety and Environmental compliance at all times. Actively support and promote HSE initiatives that target HSE compliance.
·  Provide strong contribution to site Engineering leader forums and projects to ensure consistency of approach across site.
·  Provide leadership to the Engineering Projects team and management of external services contracts.
·  Portfolio Management of all tiers of Capital Projects at Waterford.
·  Builds and maintains a strong network of external stakeholders within Sanofi and within industry in Ireland.
·  Responsibility for delivery of site SBO’s pertaining to Capital Projects and realization of cash-out and SPE approval budgets and budget forecasting.
·  Key partner and accountable for the engineering components of NPI activity in transferring new products to site.
·  Maintain and strengthen relationships with department team leaders and team members and ensure a strong emphasis on the development of these resources.
·  Encourage team member & team innovation with a strong emphasis on team member personal responsibility.
·  Manage department spending and invest in opportunities to improve spend performance.
·  Support operational performance through participation on the site’s APU and APT teams.
·  Ensure cGMP compliance is paramount in all department maintenance activities and systems and ensure area regulatory compliance, audit readiness and post-audit finding implementation.
·  Demonstrated knowledge of capital project.
·  Play an active leadership role in Health, Safety and Environmental compliance at all times. Actively support and promote HSE initiatives that target HSE compliance.
·  Provide strong contribution to site Engineering leader forums and projects to ensure consistency of approach across site.
·  Provide strong management and control of equipment vendors and contractors.

To excel in this role you will need to have:-

 

Essential requirements:

·  Higher Level Degree in Third level engineering qualification or equivalent.
·  Minimum 3 years’ experience in an Engineering Leadership role or equivalent.
·  Full understanding of Health &Safety and legal requirements for the safe operation of their team, contractors and vendors under their control.
·  5 - 8 years’ experience of pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
·  Minimum of 1 year experience on at least 1 significant Tier 1 Capital Project.
·  Technical knowledge of relevant manufacturing technology.
·  Detailed knowledge of cGMP and how it relates to engineering and validation lifecycles.
·  Comprehensive knowledge of the capital projects lifecycle and project controls - Gate 0 through PQ and operational readiness, associated quality systems, automation and validation.
·  Excellent interpersonal skills – active listener.
·  Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
·  Effective facilitator.

 

It would be advantageous to have (not essential):

·  Has lead a team of engineers supporting the deployment of capital projects within Sanofi.
·  Has a proven track record in managing a diverse portfolio of a wide range of projects or activities.

Inspire your Journey: what Sanofi can offer you:

·  A role where you are instrumental to creating best practice and as the organisation grows, you can too.
·  We offer a generous package including flexible benefits, and are committed to helping you have a healthy work-life  balance throughout your career with us.
·  Leadership opportunity.
·  A newly refurbished gym is available onsite.
·  You will be based in our Waterford site which is accessible from M9.
·  Parking available onsite.
·  This is a full time role and we support flexible working.

This is our Sanofi. Discover yours.

At Sanofi diversity and inclusion is foundational to how we operate and embedded in our Core Values. We recognize to truly tap into the richness diversity brings we must lead with inclusion and have a workplace where those differences can thrive and be leveraged to empower the lives of our colleagues, patients and customers. We respect and celebrate the diversity of our people, their backgrounds and experiences and provide equal opportunity for all.