Site Engineering Manager

Kelly Engineering is seeking a Site Engineering Manager for one of our leading clients in the Pharmaceuticals industry at their Birmingham, AL location.

Relocation assistance available for non-local candidates

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• 7+ years industry experience in Engineering Management
• Experience managing Maintenance (Technicians and Reliability)
  and/or Process Engineering (Process and Chemical)
• cGMP experience

$150,000 - $180,000/yr + bonus

• The Site Engineering Manager is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the Engineering department.
• Ensuring departmental operations meet business requirements, operational budgets and that all processes are compliant with Safety, Health, Environmental (SHE) and cGMP rules defined by Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of the Group, Region, Business Sector as well as guidance from recognized regulatory bodies.
• Accountability for administrative and technical oversight, spend, and strategic direction of Capital Program & Maintenance Program.
• Serve as a member of the local Site Leadership Team that has the functional responsibility for developing and implementing a site-specific operational strategy ensuring organizational capability and appropriate management of the site.
• Collaborating with peers in SHE and Quality to ensure plant utilities, equipment and systems are operated in a cost‑effective manner that are compliant with all safety and quality policies and regulations.

• Provides administrative and technical oversight for maintenance, utilities, plant and project engineering, validation, site engineering competencies and information technology functions.
• Ensures departmental operations meet business requirements, operational budgets and that all processes are compliant with SHE and cGMP regulations.
• Is accountable for departmental capital spend, engineering expense budget, determination and performance of engineering providers, reliability of assets over short and longer term, and maintenance of engineering standards.
• Determines the strategic direction of site engineering, setting the plan for processes and manages interdepartmental relationships to increase efficiency and profitability.
• Develop and adapt processes and organizational structure to provide necessary management, capabilities, and resources to create a culture of operational excellence with the aim being to achieve growth plans through capex and continuous improvements.
• Collaborates with peers in SHE and Quality to ensure plant utilities, equipment and systems are operated in a cost‑effective manner that are compliant with all safety and quality policies and regulations.
• Determines and implements the maintenance philosophy for the site to ensure all utilities, equipment, and systems are operated and maintained to deliver optimal reliability and uptime.

• Ensure departmental adherence to all SHE programs and rules.
• Instill a culture of personal accountability for individual behaviors related to SHE activities.
• Provide feedback and coaching to coworkers on safe and unsafe behaviors and conditions.
• Actively participate in the SHE management system.

• Responsible for the performance management, coaching and mentoring of direct reports.
• Create well‑defined performance plans and development opportunities for direct reports and hold them accountable for the successful completion of predefined goals and objectives.
• Provide training resources and professional development opportunities for staff to improve manufacturing operations as they relate to safety, operational excellence, process optimization, risk management, usage of new equipment and industry best practices.
• Seek opportunities to coach, mentor and influence all staff, including peers, for the purpose of developing future leaders.
• Develop a succession planning strategy for the production team and champion the career interests of appropriate employees.
• Establish and maintain functional training curriculum for the production department.
• Ensure departmental resource utilization and staff readiness with respect to…