Engineering Manager- Wicklow.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:

To lead the engineering team in areas of design, process and contract engineering and maintenance programs; to manage the support aspects of such a role (project management; capital expenditure applications and management; budgets and finances, personnel etc) and to ensure the efficient running and continuous improvement of all the sites facilities, utilities and services.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Health & Safety: To ensure that all engineering work and designs are carried out to appropriate standards of health and safety.
• Design Engineering: Manage design engineering work of the engineering team to deliver efficient, cost-effective engineering solutions to manufacturing issues, process problems and continuous improvement efforts.
• Process Engineering: To lead participation of engineering team in process design, development and continuous improvement. Provide on-going manufacturing upgrade and support.
• Technology Transfer: Lead engineering aspects of technology transfer projects from other sites or customer sites.
• Contract Engineering: To identify contract engineering requirements, to select, manage and oversee contract firms/personnel.
• Utilities Management: To ensure that utilities plant (including environmental management plant and equipment) provides support required to manufacturing and operates within limits set by relevant authorities.
• Maintenance Management: To ensure delivery of high quality maintenance program to manufacturing and to the whole site; organise and lead maintenance shutdowns; and ensure breakdowns are swiftly, safely and adequately responded to.
• Project Management: Create, present and lead engineering projects, providing direction and guidance to project teams.
• Equipment Commissioning and Validations: Oversee equipment installation commissioning and validation to required standards (cGMP, FDA, IMB, EPA, Has, Customer, Corporate and other relevant standards.)
• Capital Expenditure: Manage capital expenditure program for the site.
• Engineering Budgets: Create and submit engineering budgets, manage within budgets, and seek cost improvements wherever possible.
• Personnel: Manage all aspects of engineering and maintenance personnel including training, recruitment, employee discipline, performance development/appraisals and employee relations.
• Record Keeping: Maintain all records associated with engineering work.
• Communications: Participate in appropriate meetings; submit appropriate reports to site management and corporate leaders.
• Regulations: Ensure engineering team understand and operate within relevant health, safety, quality assurance, environmental and other legislation and regulations.

QUALIFICATIONS and EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education:

   Essential: Engineering Degree Qualification (Mechanical preferred).
   Desirable: Management/Supervisory undergraduate or postgraduate qualification.
    
Experience/key achievements:

Significant industrial and experience in a lead or senior engineering role in a pharmaceutical/bulk chemical FDA regulated environment.

Skills/Knowledge:

Essential:

• High level of computer literacy required: Project Manager, DCS Systems, PLC’s PEMAC etc.
• Previous experience of people management.
• Proven ability to manage projects (including large scale contracts) on time and within budget.
• Ability to lead, motivate and influence others to achieve objectives in a team based environment.
• Mature judgment, problem solving and decision-making ability. 
• Ability to identify, develop and deliver on process improvement opportunities.
• Energetic committed individual who is used to working to tight deadlines, and can work in a flexible way when necessary.