Purpose 

Provide technical and operational leadership for the site’s engineering and maintenance teams, with a primary focus on reliable day-to-day manufacturing support. Ensure timely troubleshooting and resolution of equipment, facility, and process issues; effective execution of preventive and corrective maintenance; and delivery of continuous improvement projects. Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, EHS, and other functions to sustain safe, compliant, and efficient operations while developing a capable, accountable engineering and maintenance team. 

Responsibilities 

• Lead day-to-day engineering and maintenance support. Set priorities and coordinate team activities to support production needs, respond to operational issues, and minimize equipment downtime and disruption to manufacturing. 

• Direct troubleshooting and issue resolution. Lead or coordinate timely investigation of equipment, process, utility, and facility problems; apply structured problem-solving and root cause analysis; and ensure corrective actions are implemented and verified. 

• Oversee maintenance execution. Ensure preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance work is planned, prioritized, assigned, and completed effectively, with appropriate work documentation, parts availability, and coordination with production schedules. 

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives. Identify, prioritize, and execute projects that improve safety, quality, productivity, capacity, cost, and operational reliability. Define project scope, resources, schedules, and success measures, and track delivery through completion. 

• Ensure compliance and safe execution. Hold the team accountable for following applicable site policies, engineering standards, EHS requirements, quality procedures, and GMP or other relevant regulatory requirements. Ensure maintenance and engineering changes are appropriately assessed, documented, reviewed, and approved. 

• Assess and mitigate operational and project risk. Identify potential failure modes and impacts of equipment, process, or facility changes; conduct risk assessments; and establish appropriate controls, contingency plans, and fallback strategies. 

• Coordinate across site functions. Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, EHS, Supply Chain, Facilities, and other stakeholders to align maintenance priorities, resolve production-impacting issues, plan outages, and deliver engineering work with minimal operational disruption. 

• Manage team resources and performance. Assign work based on business priorities and team capability; monitor workload and execution; set clear expectations; and support hiring, coaching, performance management, training, and development of engineers, technicians, and supervisors. 

• Manage budgets, contractors, and work execution. Oversee assigned operating expenses, maintenance and project budgets, external service providers, and contractor work. Ensure resources are used responsibly and that work is completed safely, on schedule, and to required quality and technical standards. 

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