Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them
The Director, Global Engineering will be a member of the Global Engineering group. This position leads a team that supports all Pharma Services Group (PSG) manufacturing sites globally. This includes all product modalities (API, OSD, Biologics, Viral Vector, Cell Therapy, Drug Product).
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This leadership role will partner with commercial operations, business and site leaders, technical teams, finance and customers to develop engineering strategies to support new business and capacity expansion opportunities globally. This position combines a deep process engineering understanding with project management, global collaboration and influencing skills.
This role may also support mergers and acquisitions by leading technical assessments of facilities for strategic investment. Responsibility for management of architectural, engineering and construction firms.
What will you do?
- Develop and present a strategic vision to executive management for major Capital investments across PSG
- Lead the global engineering team in providing capacity expansion analysis, conceptual design, and preliminary engineering (BOD) development, building project execution plans (resource planning, procurement planning, construction phasing options, cashflow planning)
- Lead the development of capital project scope and objectives. This is in support of the business strategy concerning clients and partners and oversee total project delivery from concept to validation/commissioning and startup process
- Oversee the development and maintenance of a global construction database for the benchmarking of PSG projects, to include with regards to schedule, cost, and resources
- Manage the implementation of strategic master-planning lead (site master plan development). Partner with local site leadership teams to develop executable 5-year capital plans, space planning, infrastructure (end-of-life replacement), manufacturing capacity, office, lab, warehousing, sustainability
- Build and maintain relationships with business leadership, site leadership and technical SMEs at various PSG sites
- Promote a safety-first culture through use of design and construction safety standards, leading HAZOP reviews and partnering with EHS
Experience
- Bachelor's degree in engineering (preferred Chemical or Mechanical), EIT/PE desired
- 10+' experience with large scale pharmaceutical projects, especially with Manufacturing, Laboratories, and/or Pilot Plant facilities. Additionally, 10+ years of demonstrated ability in delivering life science capital projects
- Experience leading projects > $100 million
- Experience with evaluation and design of process equipment and manufacturing processes, project cost estimation, and scheduling
- Expertise in pharmaceutical Engineering Project Management. Validated experience in leading a portfolio of capital projects with emphasis on GMP manufacturing platforms (Drug Substance, Drug Product, and Advanced Therapies)
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Experience in negotiation and management of contracts and agreements with engineering contractors, vendors, regulatory and government agencies
- Experience in change event analysis and estimating, and technical transfer of technology and concepts
- Demonstrated success in partner management and leading multi-disciplinary and multi-functional teams
- Excellent communicator, including written, oral, and presentation-giving skills.
- Ability to travel up to 25% (domestically and globally) to various PSG facilities.
Benefits
We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation.
Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Reasonable Accommodation Statement:
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.