API Engineering Manager

Sligo

1 year ago

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API Engineering Manager

Team Horizon is seeking a API Engineering Manager for a leading pharmaceutical company in Sligo.

Your team will be responsible for investigations, local projects and ensuring that day-to-day preventative and demand maintenance activity is completed to maintain manufacturing and utility equipment.

The API Engineering Manager’s team comprises engineers, technicians, and apprentices and the role requires cross-functional collaboration with contract maintenance providers, production, technical operations, quality and other personnel to ensure equipment performance is maximized.

Why you should apply:

• This is an excellent opportunity to join a world class manufacturing operation, with an outstanding track record of reliably delivering high-quality medicines to patients around the world suffering serious illnesses.

• There is a strong culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the company to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people’s lives.

• Our client is developing the capability to produce all its medicines, helping to ensure continuity of supply of our medicines as they expand internationally.

What you will be doing:

• Establish in conjunction with the Operations Engineering Manager the department goals, schedules and timetables for activities.

• Assist with the management and support of manufacturing equipment development.

• Support the API Engineering Team in ensuring that manufacturing equipment is maintained to meet the required legal, divisional and corporate standards.

• Prepare appropriate CAPA plans and implement timelines.

• Undertake specific investigations, and equipment monitoring, with a view to improve manufacturing performance e.g., reducing plant downtime and maximizing Plant output and yield.

• Implementation of equipment/process upgrade in an environment of continuous improvement.

• Develop monthly engineering metrics and provide management reports in a timely manner.

• Ensure relevant budgets are within target and prepare capital expenditure requests for plant as required.

• Ensure successful external, Division and Corporate audits.

• Ensure safety standards are met, and safe working practices are adhered to.

• Manage internal and external plant projects as needed.

• Supervise and manage relationships with external contractors.

• Attend relevant meetings and drive actions to closure.

What you need to apply:

• Honours Bachelor degree in chemical or biochemical engineering or a relevant discipline.

• Minimum of 6 years relevant experience with a minimum of 2 years’ experience as an Engineering Supervisor.

• Prior experience in an active pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, particularly within the Engineering Department, is required.

• High level of attention to detail and mental concentration, to ensure accuracy and total compliance with procedures.

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to make prompt decisions on engineering related issues

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