Title:  Global Facility Engineering Lead - Contract Manufacturing & Drug Delivery Devices

At West, we’re a dedicated team that is connected by a purpose to improve patient lives that has been at the center of our Company for more than a century. Our story began when Herman O. West solved the problem of supplying penicillin in mass quantities to the US Government during World War 2. Through our work to deliver thousands of life-saving and life-enhancing injectable medicines to millions of patients daily, West’s indelible mark on the healthcare industry has just begun. A name started our story. How will yours help write our future?  

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This role is open in either Grand Rapids, MI or Tempe, AZ

This is a fully onsite role

Job Summary: 

In this role, as part of the Global Facilities Engineering team, you will lead the interface between Global Facility Engineering and Contract Manufacturing & Drug Delivery Device operating units. You will support these operating units with strategic planning, development of engineering guidelines, bidding, capital expenditure planning, development of design & construction delivery partners, and engineering governance of project expenditure requests. You shall ensure a consistent approach on how Contract Manufacturing & Drug Delivery Device facility projects are delivered and ensure a harmonized approach is followed by Facility Work Package owners to monitor costs, schedule and construction quality. You will take the lead in ensuring best in class construction safety standards are maintained on all sites. You will guide and support site teams and give direction through the construction phases of the projects up to final handover to the end users for successful project delivery. You shall interface with customers and external support services, e.g. suppliers and contract vendors, to facilitate the development and execution of assigned projects. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Lead the facility engineering element of strategic planning / master planning for Contract Manufacturing & Drug Delivery Device operating units. 

• Lead the development of engineering guidelines for Contract Manufacturing & Drug Delivery Device facilities to drive standardization & harmonization. 

• Lead the facility engineering work package at bid stage to deliver cost estimates, schedules and layouts suitably detailed for bid stage utilizing global and local engineering resources to assist. 

• Lead the development, review and critical analysis of annual strategic plan capital expenditure forecasting related to facility engineering to support leadership teams for Contract Manufacturing & Drug Delivery Device operating units.  

• Lead the technical element of the continuous development of design and construction delivery partners to support the Contract Manufacturing & Drug Delivery Device operating units in conjunction with other global stakeholders such as Procurement and Legal. 

• Ensure technical reviews of capital projects within Contract Manufacturing & Drug Delivery Device operating units are carried out in accordance with global facility engineering procedures for project expenditure requests.  

• Represent global facility engineering at weekly Tier 4 meetings within Contract Manufacturing & Drug Delivery Device operating units as required by leadership teams. 

• Represent global facility engineering at monthly CAPEX meetings within Contract Manufacturing & Drug Delivery Device operating units as required by leadership teams. 

• Define, drive and manage a harmonized approach to facility engineering work package management to fulfill deliverable requirements for Contract Manufacturing & Drug Delivery Device programs.  

• Oversee and support all facility engineering work packages to ensure consistency of approach which is in accordance with the Global Engineering Project Execution Strategy. 

• Participate in all facility work packages at steering level and provide feedback to Contract Manufacturing & Drug Delivery Device operating unit leadership. 

• Ensure Project Management Plans for each facility work package under your supervision are developed clearly identifying how schedule, resources, costs, quality, and safety shall be managed and reported on. 

• Ensure program facility engineering work packages capital forecasting is monitored & kept updated on a monthly basis by work package managers to support capital expenditure monitoring. 

• Drive good change management practices to deliver projects within approved parameters. 

• Drive completion of facility project milestones by ensuring project schedules (e.g. MS Project, Dashboards) are maintained by work package managers including all facility work tasks and identifying project critical path(s), risks, etc. and status is communicated on monthly basis through project dashboard. 

• Ensure health and safety plans on projects are established in accordance with West Contractor Management procedures and are followed throughout projects. Take the lead in ensuring best in class construction safety standards are maintained on all sites. 

• Drive the development of commissioning, validation and handover plans for all programs. 

• Ensure the drive for West standardization and harmonization is maintained and any deviations are identified once they arise and are aligned with the Global SME teams while working closely and proactively with facility & equipment engineering teams, Operations, Program Management, Process Engineering, HSE and end user teams in order to develop an integrated facility & equipment engineering solutions for planned expansions and other projects. 

• Ensure that GMP aspects, current technical standards, local building codes and regulations and safety standards for the buildings are being considered and met. 

• Other duties as assigned. 

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.  

• 10+ years’ experience in Engineering for the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical device or manufacturing industries. 

• 5+ years’ of experience in facility engineering projects including project and construction management. 

• Proven general leadership and project management experience which includes operational planning and analysis. 

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills 

• Good working knowledge of MS office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook etc. 

• Ability to read and interpret documents and drawings, specifications, safety rules, operating instructions, procedure manuals and regulatory documentation. 

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 

• Master’s Degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.  

• 15+ years’ experience in Engineering for the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical device or manufacturing industries. 

• 10+ years’ of experience in facility engineering projects including project and construction management. 

• Recognized project management qualification e.g. IPMA, PRINCE2, PMI. 

• Experience working with ISO 9001, ISO 13485 and FDA cGMP requirements. 

• Detailed knowledge project scheduling tools e.g. MS Project. 

• Experience of construction project cost & quality management systems.  

• Knowledge of global safety regulations & approaches, manufacturing and process automation. 

• Deep knowledge and experience facilities design, construction & handover practices.  

• Understanding and experience in use of Lean Manufacturing principles. 

• Ability to work independently with minimal guidance.  

• Able to support the development of facility engineering organizations at sites. 

• Able to be aware of all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description  

• Support and contribute in Lean Sigma programs and activities towards delivery of the set target.  

• Able to comply with the company’s safety policy at all times. 

• Able to comply with the company’s quality policy at all times.  

Travel Requirements: 

• Must be able to travel up to 20% of the time  

Physical & Mental Requirements: 

• Good business acumen and ability to think strategically. 

• Strong project and time management abilities. 

• Strong people management & development abilities. 

• Strong problem-solving abilities. 

• Ability to drive change and to think outside the box. 

• Ability to facilitate project delivery through international teams. 

• Ability to work under pressure and coordinate numerous activities and groups of people. 

• Must be able to communicate with, coordinate and present to global stakeholders. 

• Must be able to build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders. 

West embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We foster an environment where all individuals are safe, treated fairly, valued and respected. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Where permitted by law, employment with West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. or any of its subsidiary or affiliate companies, is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of post-offer background screening and/or drug screening.