Senior Specialist, Engineering

* Individual contributor role working with professional employees and/or contractors.
* Contributes to the performance and results of the department.
* Adapts departmental plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges.
* Decisions are guided by policies, procedures and business plan; receives guidance from manager.
* Provides technical guidance to employees, colleagues or contractors
* Anticipates and interprets client and/or customer needs to identify solutions
* Works as a liaison between Plant Engineering and other Site Business Partner’s
* Team member for small capital projects for plant engineering
* Ensures utility operations daily priorities and schedules project/work meeting the criteria established by site objectives.
* Support / lead major utility equipment related projects, scope including funding, change control, integration, commissioning, and equipment qualification
* Obtains bids, reviews contracts, supervises, and follows-up on contract work including.
* Actively Participates in and contributes to shutdown schedule including all maintenance, calibration, capital project work, and GMP Cleaning for all facility shutdowns
* Coordinates with Site Engineering and IPT production planners
* Attends daily shutdown meetings ensuring owned activities are tracked and completed
* systems and process equipment. Provides technical support and training to mechanics and other maintenance personnel.
* Interface with safety, production, and quality groups to ensure facility operations and systems comply with required standards.
* Lead/ participate in discussions with contractors, vendors, or other third-party organizations as necessary to ensure consistency with overall maintenance and reliability objectives.
* Participate in cross-functional teams for engineering Operations projects, or other plant activities as needed.
* Works to streamline and improve Maintenance department systems, procedures and ways of working with a focus on safety, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) compliance and efficiency.
* Define requirements and specifications for equipment.
* Manage the implementation of new equipment and/or the modifications to existing equipment
* Be the lead with regards to installation, upgrades, and dependability issues, and lead or assist in trouble shooting processes or equipment issues.
* Ability to work independently, set priorities, and drive results at the same time able to work on a production team driving team goals.
* Work hands on to troubleshoot and understand electrical system and equipment issues around the site.
* Assists in deviation investigations for maintenance instruments, equipment, and systems
* Applies skills to align work activities with department objectives
* Project management (manages project priorities – schedule & cost, installation).
* Extensive industrial experience involving utility system generation, distribution and controls are needed. Engineer must be have in depth experience (without further skills training) working with industrial utility generation equipment – Boilers, Chillers, Compressors, Pumping distribution systems, etc
* Must be fully aware of requirement specifications from a qualification perspective (IC/OC, IQ/OQ, CRs, etc.)
* Actively search for ideas and ways to reduce expenses and improve quality without compromising superior customer service.
* Lead in the identification and implementation of process improvement projects, productivity initiatives and corrective actions while focusing on equipment up-time, minimizing cost and maintaining process consistency
* Provide input to investigate deviations (both minor and major), with responsibility to interface with Operations, Global Vaccine Technology (GVTE), Automation, and Quality approvers.
* Perform a thorough review of design & engineering records and related Good Manufacturing Practices documentation, identifying and resolving discrepancies in a timely manner, and implementing corrective actions to improve the execution/review process for equipment.
* Develop training material. Working as a subject matter expert (SME), provide necessary training for system maintenance.
* Work alongside…