Engineering Lead

ROLE SUMMARY

This position functions as an active member of the KAEC site Leadership Team and provides leadership for the day to day site engineering support, which includes equipment maintenance, site services, utilities/facilities operations, integrated facilities management (IFM), reliability engineering, capital project engineering and automation.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for planning and managing the Engineering Department budget.
• Actively support all engineering team members in successful planning and implementation of growth plans in current and/or future goals.
• Drives the personal development and succession planning processes in the context of the future headcount/manpower needs of the engineering teams.
• Responsible for driving engagement, effective communication, and development of Direct reports.
• Responsible for engineering/maintenance and process engineering staff hiring, training and development.
• Provides direction for the site's maintenance operation in the areas of manufacturing, utilities, and facilities, ensuring maintenance is operating per Pfizer/industry accepted best practices.
• Embed and sustain IMEX processes and tiered governance, empowering teams to deliver continuous improvement and operational performance. Support and foster Supportive Leadership among people leaders within the team through active coaching.
• Collaborates and consults with appropriate Center functional groups (i.e. Global Engineering, Global Technical Services, and Procurement) to ensure alignment with Corporate and/or Divisional requirements regarding corporate guidelines, recommended best practices, and reporting requests.
• Optimizing organization effectiveness such that it meets current and future business and customer needs. 
• Define and manage the strategy for the development of the site infrastructure, Automation and Utilities systems.
• Support site’s management in the strategic planning and preparation of the site for future business and production plans.
• Development, execution, and management of capital project engineering, reliability engineering, maintenance, IFM and department objectives, and direct expense budgets.
• Development, execution, and management of the site's Capital Project Portfolio.
• Provides direction of capital site engineering projects for equipment and/or renovations at the site, which includes design, construction, budget and schedule management, commissioning, and completion.
• Ensures all projects are designed and constructed in accordance with current GMP, safety, environmental, energy conservation, and local, state and/or federal regulations.
• Responsible for the life cycle of all facilities systems, utilities systems and production systems – design, implementation, operation and maintenance, modifications, expansions, replacement, and decommissioning activities.
• Responsible for ensuring all Engineering and Maintenance work performed in the Production areas is performed in accordance with EHS procedures.
• Responsible for maintaining and ensuring reliability of all Manufacturing and Packaging equipment.
• Develop mechanisms for monitoring, trending, and reporting all equipment and systems performances.
• Ensure compliance with Site Quality management policies, in accordance with Pfizer Quality Standards (PQS).

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education requirement – Bachelor of Science in Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering degree or the technical equivalent. Preferred M.S. in Engineering or M.B.A. Experience – Minimum of 10 years of related experience in project engineering and/or maintenance and facilities experience in a pharmaceutical, cGMP, or healthcare product manufacturing environment. Preferred drug product manufacturing experience. Minimum of 5 years at the managerial level successfully directing and developing staff level colleagues.
• Demonstrated leadership, management, supervisory, and technical capabilities, track record for developing strong leaders, demonstrated change management skills, and a commitment to mutual accountability.
• Strong knowledge of GMPs regulatory standards in Saudi Arabia and the requirements applicable to Engineering within a pharmaceutical production facility.
• Strong interpersonal, communication skills (written, verbal, presentation) and fluency in English language are a must.
• Understanding of a broad variety of capital project management practices, such as, but not excluded to, conceptual design, project cost assembly, project schedule assembly, value engineering, commissioning and qualification, etc.
• Understanding of a broad variety of maintenance practices such as, planning and scheduling, reliability based maintenance, spare parts inventory management, etc.

  
Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.

 
Work Location Assignment: On Premise

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