Sr. Manager, Engineering and Maintenance. Bloomington Move Collective

Overview

Simtra Bio Pharma Solutions (Simtra) is a world‑class Contract Development Manufacturing Organization, partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to bring their sterile injectable products to market. With facilities in Bloomington, Indiana, US and Halle/Westfalen, Germany, we provide a range of delivery systems including pre‑filled syringes, liquid/lyophilized vials, diluents for reconstitution, powder‑filled vials, and sterile crystallization.

The Sr. Manager of Engineering & Maintenance (E&M) leads a team of Process Engineers, Maintenance personnel and Equipment Coordinators to support all aspects of secondary packaging for parenteral pharmaceutical products. This position is part of a cell‑based building management structure, complimented by peer leaders from Operations, Quality, and Technical Services departments. The incumbent will be responsible for leading a department with foundational expectations centered on safety, quality, execution, collaboration, and process improvement to support cell operational metrics and overall plant goals & objectives.

The position reports to the Associate Director Engineering & Maintenance Operations.

• Responsible for maintaining departmental headcount and all associated administrative and planning functions, including interviewing candidates, hiring, onboarding & training, personnel development, performance management, scheduling, directing day‑to‑day activities and project oversight.
• Responsible for equipment performance, preventive/scheduled maintenance, emergency maintenance, vendor scheduling, and project management – including timely repair and sourcing of critical parts or components.
• Responsible for coordinating all activities and/or repairs related to facilities maintenance for building.
• Responsible for Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program focused on identifying overall equipment efficiencies to enhance production processes and quality.
• Supports identification and procurement activities related to new process equipment. Includes generation of user specification documents, installation, commissioning, and qualification activities. Provides oversight and management for process engineers regarding project ownership, including collaboration with CAPEX project engineers, and project timelines.
• Works closely with peer cell leaders towards common goals to track and report department specific metrics within the cell.
• Responsible for identification and implementation of corrective actions to improve performance and compliance.
• Complies with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), and rigorous quality standards and holds team to same expectation.
• Maintains a clean and safe work area using 6S (6 Sigma) principles.
• Ensures team is compliant with safe work practices and electrical requirements, including LOTO (Lock Out, Tag Out), safe work permits, and all Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required to safely complete assigned work.
• Lead and/or support a variety of complex issues & projects as applicable.
• Apply technical expertise and troubleshooting philosophies with a variety of technologies including: syringe & vial aseptic filling machines and related process equipment, autoclaves, lyophilizers, terminal sterilizers, isolator systems, Human Machine Interface (HMI), PLCs, clean utilities, HVAC, SCADA systems and electrical control systems.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex automated machinery and manual/mechanical based equipment or applications.
• Fully accountable for the performance of self and team.

• BS degree in Engineering or a related field of study.
• 7+ years of manufacturing experience.
• Prior experience and familiarity working in a cGMP environment.
• 3+ years of leadership / supervisory experience.
• Demonstrated examples of successful project execution.
• Track record in technical management of process equipment in a manufacturing environment, with experience in electrical, mechanical, and automated applications.
• Able to analyze and solve complex problems.
• Knowledge of GMPs, FDA guidelines, purchasing practices and process validation.
• Team building experience in…