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Director, Engineering and Maintenance, Springfield, MO

Build your future at Curia, where our work has the power to save lives.

Curia is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with over 30 years of experience partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to provide life-saving treatments to patients. At Curia, we are on a mission to advance our customers’ therapies from curiosity to cure and ultimately to improve patients’ lives.

We proudly offer

• Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment)
• Paid training, vacation and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment)
• Career advancement opportunities
• Education reimbursement
• 401K program with matching contributions
• Learning platform
• And more!

The Director, Engineering and Maintenance is responsible for providing leadership of the Project Engineering, Process Engineering, Utility Systems, Infrastructure, Automation, and Maintenance functions at Curia’s Springfield site. This position will direct and lead a team who support a 24 x 7 Bulk Pharmaceutical development and manufacturing facility. As a member of the Site Senior Leadership Team, the position reports directly to the General Manager/Site Head.

Essential functional duties of the position

• Ensuring the full compliance to OSHA and cGMP regulations at all times and working in concert with a cross functional team to ensure that Engineering & Maintenance projects and programs meet the required standards of the internal and external customers. Ensure Construction Management is in compliance with all applicable safety, regulatory and legal requirements.
• Organizing, managing, developing and implementing project plans, construction projects, designs, assembly of equipment, processes, and systems to ensure timely project completion, in compliance with regulatory agency requirements, internal company standards and current industry practices.
• Recruit top talent with every hiring opportunity and motivate/develop members of the department to be key leaders within the organization. Build and sustain employee engagement by creating a culture of efficient execution and an environment in which individuals and team can excel and continuously improve.
• Actively influence and participate in the site leadership team and establish effective cross-functional leadership relationships and presence.
• Direct responsibility for capital projects, as well as the site’s capital and expense budgets, cost control, project schedules, and direct/indirect expenses. Drive implementation of Engineering & Maintenance projects within budgets and timelines.
• Develop and regularly update the strategic capital improvement plan including site master plan.
• Maximize the success rate for production operations by instituting programs to minimize mechanical failure and enhance equipment performance. Establish maintenance KPIs like MTTR, MTBF etc.
• Support procurement strategy, equipment expediting/projects and FAT/SAT/IOQ/PQ.
• Ensure that appropriate training of all personnel for equipment, process and facility safety and operations is maintained and up-to-date.
• Maintain effectiveness of the Quality System components relevant to this position.
• Maintain regulatory compliance thru audits, validation, change management, risk assessments, qualified drawings, corrective action plans, FMEA, and deviation support.
• Utilize and promote Operational Excellence and continuous improvement.
• Provide oversight and technical expertise during the development of new strategic manufacturing platforms and products and implementation of new API processing technologies.
• Develop budget proposals. Control charges against approved budget and monitor/report expenditures.
• Has operational responsibility/accountability for site maintenance activities including the repair, maintenance and installation of equipment and the maintenance of buildings, grounds, utility systems with associated infrastructure.
• Recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of work product.
• Reviews new product plans, and discusses equipment needs, and modifications with engineering staff.
• Develop, implement & maintain effective preventive maintenance program in conjunction with engineering and maintenance staff, and supervisors to improve production uptime.
• Manages spare parts inventory to balance cost control with operational reliability.

Secondary responsibilities/accountabilities

• Analyzes and resolves work problems and assists in solving problems.
• Provides departmental leadership for safety and environmental activities, consistent with Curia policies on safety and environmental quality applicable regulations, Curia policies and procedures, and Curia’s commitment to continuously improve EH&S performance.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum ten years related experience
• Prior experience leading both Maintenance & Engineering teams
• Demonstrated success in robust Preventive Maintenance Program(s)
• Excellent communication skills, analytical skills, negotiation skills, problem solving skills, technical report writing, and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to learn and understand technical specifications and terminology.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office software, and in particular, EXCEL.
• Ability to internalize a variety of information, facts, and forecast a business impact.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast paced environment
• Knowledge of cGMP, safety and safety regulations (e.g. OSHA).

Preferred:

• Advanced (MS or MBA) degree, P.E. is a plus.
• Proficiency in applications software, particularly CMMS systems, with SAP knowledge preferred.
• Proven track record in leading organizational change.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, work with hands and reach above shoulder height and may occasionally use hands to finger and feel. The employee may occasionally climb or balance, and stoop, kneel and crouch. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 55 pounds. Specific vision abilities required in this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to work in a normal office environment and is frequently required to enter the production area of a typical pharmaceutical manufacturing facility which has moving mechanical parts, and may have fumes or airborne particles, extreme heat, wet and/or humid conditions, low levels of toxic or caustic chemicals. Occasionally the employee is exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level is usually moderate.

Job descriptions are not intended, and should not be construed, to be exhaustive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with a job: They are intended to be accurate reflections of those principal job elements essential for making fair pay decisions about jobs.

All interested applicants must apply online. Please be aware of scammers. Curia will only send offer letters and requests for sensitive personal information from a curiaglobal.com email address. Curia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Curia is an E-Verify employer.