Metrology Manager

At West, we’re a dedicated team that is connected by a purpose to improve patient lives that has been at the center of our Company for more than a century. Our story began when Herman O. West solved the problem of supplying penicillin in mass quantities to the US Government during World War 2. Through our work to deliver thousands of life‑saving and life‑enhancing injectable medicines to millions of patients daily, West’s indelible mark on the healthcare industry has just begun.

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In this onsite role, you will be responsible for all metrology related activities, you will also be key to implementing new technology, developing, and introducing metrology process improvements, standards, life cycle management and validation in metrology process areas, helping to advance and transform West's growing business, supporting capital investments, and contributing to addressing complex assignments. With a global mandate and scope, this person has decision rights for his/her process area, and he/she will have the opportunity to drive the implementation of new innovative processes and technologies in cooperation with the engineering and quality assurance teams and the plants.

The Global SME is a member of the West Global Engineering Team and will report directly to the Global Metrology Manager.

• The SME process area of focus is Metrology Systems.
• Manages Metrology team, engineers and technicians to support metrology activities in a proper and timely manner.
• Ensures departmental KPIs metrics are in place to ensure proper monitoring and continuous process are in place.
• Establishes a Goals and Objectives set for the team members and a development plan.
• Initiate, lead, and coordinate continuous process improvement projects for existing metrology systems using the knowledge and best practices, even if this is outside the standard known/approved process frame.
• Manage Procurement, validation, set‑up and maintaining metrology and measurement systems/equipment
• Manages Validation process/strategy, set‑up and maintaining for new equipment introduced to Metrology lab.
• Prepare and obtain approval for project time schedules and ensure conformance to such plans and to the related budgets in implementation.
• Initiate and maintain appropriate communication with customers, facilities, and departments to support good relations and maximise achievements through a cooperative environment on large/multi‑site projects.
• Support the assessment of current Metrology process status in all relevant West locations, define best practices, perform a gap analysis, and manage the harmonization of this best practice to all sites involved.
• Document and review metrology system validation via protocols and reports using West procedures.
• Manages the calibration program for site equipment by ensures that all metrology equipment is correctly calibrated through auditing, managing, and scheduling the calibration of inspection equipment through external vendors.
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of specific processes to support the Global Operations organisation, as part of the Global SME network.
• Manage product, systems process, or technology transfer projects between plants from a metrology standpoint as assigned and including, but not confined to, supporting at a site level.
• Creates,evaluate and approve all change requests related to the area of expertise.
• Engage in solutioning product or process related issues as needed.
• Ensure that all projects and activities comply with local, regional, and best practice requirements on HSE and meet other applicable authority requirements. All internal…