Associate Director, Plant Engineering & Utilities

Key Skills

Design, Effective communication skills, Employee life cycle, Leadership Skill, Machine learning techniques, Management

Job Description

The Associate Director, Plant Engineering & Utilities is responsible for leading the plant engineering, utilities operations, and utilities maintenance teams supporting the 24/7 manufacturing operations on campus. This role is overall responsible and accountable for ensuring that site critical utilities are operated and maintained in accordance with all safety and compliance requirements while ensuring optimal equipment/system reliability and uptime. The Associate Director leads a team of utilities engineers, utilities operators, and technical experts responsible for the operations, maintenance, repair, and continuous improvement of the critical utilities equipment and systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Member of the Site Engineering Leadership Team.
• Member of the Site Engineering Safety Committee.
• Champions safety and compliance as a leader within the Site Engineering Department. Holds self and team personally accountable for safety and compliance.
• Collaborates with peers in EHS and Quality to ensure plant utilities, equipment, and systems are operated and maintained to ensure compliance with all safety and quality policies and regulations.
• Collaborates with peers in Asset Life Cycle Engineering, Manufacturing, and Site Engineering to ensure all utilities equipment and systems are operated and maintained to deliver optimal reliability and uptime.
• Represent Site Engineering on the Devens Business Continuity Team as the senior technical expert in plant engineering and utilities operations.
• Provide technical and strategic leadership to the Plant Engineering, Utilities Operations, and Utilities Maintenance teams.
• Provides coaching and mentoring to team members, supporting performance and development.
• Develop and implement engineering and maintenance programs designed to continuously improve utilities operations. e.g., condition-based monitoring, machine learning, predictive maintenance
• Implement and manage the Engineering Document Management system.
• Develops, communicates, and implements strategic goals to support uninterrupted utility operations.
• Develops, implements, and manages emergency response and recovery procedures for the critical utilities systems.
• Forecasts and manages operational and small capital expense budgets.
• Identifies and implements equipment and system improvements.
• Develops and monitors key performance indicators for utility operations. Drives appropriate actions to mitigate performance issues.
• Oversees the Central Utilities Building operations as well as the Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field, preferably Engineering.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience leading an Engineering and/or Facilities Team responsible for the critical utilities systems supporting pharmaceutical or biotech manufacturing operations.
• Experience managing the operations and maintenance of critical utilities supporting a large manufacturing campus.
• Experience with the commissioning and qualification of facility and utility equipment and systems.
• Experience with Quality Management Systems, specifically Change Control.
• Expert level understanding of codes and regulatory requirements applicable to utilities equipment and systems. e.g., Boilers, Chillers, HVAC-R, Electrical Distribution/Emergency Power.
• Expert level understanding OSHA and general Life Safety Requirements for industrial utilities operations.

• Experience interacting with regulatory agencies and local government officials.
• Expert level knowledge in project and program management.
• Extensive people management experience. Coaching, developing, and managing a staff of professional employees as well as contractors.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. Must be able to present complex technical information to peers and leadership to influence decisions.
• Experience managing contractors and contracted service s for a large campus.
• Experience developing and maintaining engineering, utilities, maintenance, and site services programs for a large campus.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

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On-site Protocol

Physical presence at the BMS worksite or physical presence in the field is a necessary job function of this role, which the Company deems critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, employee well-being and engagement, and it enhances the Company culture.

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