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BMS Cruiserath Biologics is seeking an experienced Engineering professional to lead a Drug Substance Operations Maintenance team. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Drug Substance GMP Maintenance. The GMP Maintenance Operations Manager will lead the Maintenance team in delivering a safe working environment for our colleagues and a reliable plant to ensure continuity of supply of medicines for our patients.

The GMP Maintenance Operations Manager will be tasked with managing the operations maintenance team. The shift operations team comprise of 24/7 shift Technician teams and a days Technician team. All of these teams will have a direct line manager who will report into this role.

The Maintenance teams will also focus on complying with good engineering practices, company policies, regulations, and codes, and is responsible for corrective and preventative maintenance and support services for all equipment in a Drug Substance Manufacturing Facility (as well as GMP equipment in WCL and LOC).

The GMP Maintenance Operations Manager will also support the Senior Manager Drug Substance GMP Maintenance in ensuring that the Drug Substance Operation Maintenance teams objectives are aligned with the wider Engineering and Site Objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring maintenance and calibration activities are executed in compliance with all Regulatory requirements including Quality (cGDP/GMP’s), EHS, Global Engineering procedures, as well as all Local Regulatory requirements.

• Oversee advanced troubleshooting and repair of equipment and systems, including diagnosis and faultfinding of automation and controls.

• Use knowledge of Drug Substance Manufacturing process equipment to support Manufacturing, Quality, Automation, Validation and EHS for deviation investigation, change controls and CAPA’s.

• Manage and oversee CMMS Work Order execution in the field.

• Work with site Reliability SME and Asset Life cycling to ensure maintenance programs are incorporated into site systems.

• Work with Reliability SME to develop trouble shooting skills and other foundational ‘ways of working’ to empower teams to problem solve in the field and advance the Reliability Excellence program.

• Work with the Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation SMEs and Technical Training to develop training programs, competency assessments and learning programs for the technical roles within the team.

• Manage and develop shift/days Technicians teams to support the 24/7 manufacturing operations. Perform all required People Manager duties such as regular 1:1s, coaching, performance management, objective setting, development plans etc.

• Work with site stakeholders on improving ways of working, scheduling, coordination with manufacturing operations teams.

• Understand and implement HSA and Safety requirements of Maintenance teams and how they apply in normal sustaining operations or major shutdown/overhaul situations.

• Work on building and maintaining relationships between key stakeholders, including Manufacturing Operations, Manufacturing Planners, Quality and EHSS by ensuring there is a collaborative culture.

• Where required, work with Quality/EHS teams ensuring the team support all deviations/investigations, change controls, CAPA’s etc in a timely manner, ensuring correct engineering rigor is applied.

• Ensure the Production Planning schedule is cognizant of the maintenance requirements in the short, medium and long-term, ensuring major maintenance driven equipment outages are factored into the site long range planning.

• Assist Senior Manager in identifying, hiring, and developing a team to support maintenance operations function within the Manufacturing processes.

• Assist Senior Manager in development of annual Budgets and Headcount management for year on year and manage cashflow with Finance support.

• Work to consistently meet site metrics reflective of team’s performance and equipment reliability.

• Champion a safety culture within the Maintenance teams through pro-active methods such as Standard Operating Procedure execution monitoring (i.e. in field GEMBAs and 1:1 coaching/support) and implementation of appropriate and effective training, ensuring operational activities are driven by the relevant Standard Operating Procedures.

• Ensure Technician Roster oversight (working in conjunction with Planning team), whilst constantly evaluating resource model to support WO execution/delivery.

• Model and embed expected performance/behaviours amongst the wider team. Support escalations from Shift Managers and coach on expected supervisory responsibilities (including but not limited to – time management, performance management, development and display of BMS values).  

Qualifications & Experience

Required

• A minimum of 8 years leadership experience in a similar scale pharmaceutical manufacturing site with 24x7 operations.

• A multi-skilled individual with craft qualification in Electrical, Instrument or combined trades.

• Experience in a regulated biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, medical device, facilities maintenance or FMCG facility is required.

• Proven ability to prioritize maintenance activities and resources to achieve a safe and reliable site.

• Experience of operating and faultfinding PLC based control systems.

• Understanding of HSA and Safety requirements of Maintenance teams and how they apply in normal sustaining operations or major shutdown/overhaul situations.

• Ability to read and interrogate mechanical/ instrumentation & process drawings.

• Demonstrated ability to influence work cross functionally in a matrix environment.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work as part of a multi-disciplined, cross functional team.

• High level of attention to detail in following procedures and must be flexible and open to change.

• Experience maintaining complex equipment in fast paced environment.

• Demonstrated experience and ability to effectively manage stakeholders.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Automation or equivalent experience in utilities or process controls, automation and/or information systems within manufacturing organisations in the Biotechnology or Pharmaceutical industries.

Why you should apply

• You will help patients in their fight against serious diseases

• You will be part of a company that encourages excellence and innovation, respects diversity, develops leaders and values its employees

• You’ll get a competitive salary and a great benefits package including an annual bonus, pension contribution, family medical assurance, 27 day annual leave, life assurance and on-site gym

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On-site Protocol

BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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