Sr. Director - Engineering; Automation, Maintenance, Process

Role Summary

The Senior Director leads the site’s process-facing engineering functions—including process engineering, automation, and maintenance—to ensure the team has the capacity, capability, and leadership to support site startup and long-term manufacturing goals. This role provides both administrative and technical leadership for engineering operations. As a member of the Site Lead Team, the Senior Director contributes to shaping the site’s strategic direction, building organizational capability, and managing cross-functional issues, with emphasis on startup, GMP systems, and site culture.

• Organizational Development:
  Build a capable, inclusive, and resilient organization focused on safety, quality, and operational excellence.
• Functional Strategy:
  Define priorities and roadmap for process engineering, automation, and maintenance; develop systems and processes leveraging internal expertise and external best practices.
• Safety Leadership:
  Contribute to the site HSE Lead Team to ensure safety is embedded throughout project delivery and startup.
• Project Support:
  Act as end user for process equipment—provide input on design, commissioning, and startup plans to align with project and long-term site goals.
• Team Structure:
  Design and evolve the engineering organization to ensure the right resources and leadership are in place for GMP manufacturing.
• System Readiness:
  Ensure qualified and safe states for equipment, processes, utilities, and facilities are established and maintained.
• Corporate Alignment:
  Build strong technical relationships with corporate teams and champion strategic initiatives at the site level.
• Post-Startup:
  Refine and execute the engineering roadmap, align functional goals with site priorities; ensure compliance with environmental, safety, and quality standards; benchmark best practices; manage site investments and capital projects; maintain operational integrity and robust governance; develop future leaders.

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline

• Required:
  
  Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline; 10+ years of experience in a leadership role managing teams within the pharmaceutical industry
• Preferred:
  Experience in API manufacturing, Process Safety Management implementation; strong understanding of cGMPs; proven ability to build relationships across all organizational levels; track record of leading projects from initiation to completion; demonstrated success in developing high-performing, safety- and quality-focused teams