Location:  NJ

A dynamic international company with more than a century of leadership in the manufacture of health, agriculture and performance chemicals is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor. Their culture is built on mutual trust and respect for all employees so that we can focus on providing the best products and solutions to our customers.

Ideal Candidate: 

2+ to 5 years of experience
Management Experience Required – Yes
Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree
Willingness to Travel – Occasionally

Maintenance Supervisor/Engineer

The role of the Maintenance Supervisor/Engineer is to manage the plant maintenance systems in a safe work environment, within the quality standards, while meeting the production schedule within cost limitations.

Job Responsibilities:

- Maintains equipment and systems in functional, safe working condition while meeting all regulatory

  requirements

- Plans, organizes and coordinates work activities of   maintenance employees and boiler operators

- Manages and develops employees to meet performance expectations and company standards for personal safety, productivity, quality, environmental and regulatory compliance

- Manages predictive and preventative maintenance activities

- Improves equipment efficiencies. Identifies opportunities and projects to improve equipment and

  systems to optimize overall plant performance

- Maintains involvement and influence in the development and implementation of products, process and equipment changes

- Manages department capital project work

- Responsible for incident investigation and root cause analysis

- Troubleshoots and provides solutions to plant equipment issues to support plant manufacturing goals. Acts as technical resource on plant equipment and systems

Education and Qualifications: 

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (preferred) or equivalent experience.  A minimum of 1-3 years supervisory experience required.  Possess strong understanding of engineering, industrial safety, contractor management, and project management.  Knowledge of process improvement tools and techniques (Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, etc.) is desired. Must be successful at working in a team environment, demonstrated coaching, delegating, and possess problem solving and facilitating skills.  Operations and project management skills/experiences related to the following systems: Boilers, Steam, Condensate, Air Compressor, Chilled Water, Water, Waste Water, and HVAC are beneficial.

Location:  Delaware 

Ideal Candidate:

5+ to 7 years of experience
Management Experience Required – Yes
Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree

Manage automation activities directly or through subordinates, as necessary, to maximize OEE and to identify process optimizations by utilizing advanced process automation control technology and techniques to accomplish site objectives in the most safe, economical and technically feasible methods.

Continually monitor and modify departmental goals to insure compatibility with corporate goals and objectives.  Direct all automation activities so corporate goals are obtained in both the short and long-term.

Principal Responsibilities

Insure that all activities are performed in a safe manner. Support and adhere to the principles of the American Chemistry Council’s Responsible Care(r), OSHA VPP and EPA Performance Track initiatives by protecting the environment, health, safety and security of our employees, contractors, carriers, distributors, visitors, customers and neighbors.

Review, monitor, develop, modify and maintain process control systems to maximize contribution to profitability.

Review, monitor and take the necessary action to make the people in the department capable of joint performance, to make their strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.

Provide an example of leadership that is consistent with the common objectives and values throughout the organization.

Provide an atmosphere that allows each individual in the department and the department itself to grow and develop as needs and opportunities change.

Establish and maintain a communication system that ensures employees are aware of business objectives and conditions and allows each team member to know what is needed from others – and make sure that others know what is expected of them.

Establish the performance standards for process control systems utilizing KPI’s, develop the method of measurement utilizing OSI PI and provide timely and routine feedback to those responsible for the performance.

Maintain open and frequent communications with the customers of Maintenance to insure they are satisfied with the service.

Ensure that ongoing proficiency training is conducted to improve skills and to keep current with technology.  Ensure that adequate funding and staffing are requested to meet operational requirements.

Troubleshoot system and process problems in collaboration with production engineers, process engineers and others to ensure that all aspects of the process control system and equipment operation are managed.

-         Work environment

Identify opportunities to improve all aspects of the various process control systems utilized, ensure appropriate allocation of approved resources, determine appropriate discipline in concert with HR and administer as required

-         Business environment

Must increase operational effectiveness when essential resources are limited, delayed or denied.

-         Internal and external relationships 

Inside:  Other departments routinely e.g., Production, Purchasing, Human Resources, Accounting, Purchasing, Project Engineering.

Outside:  Consultants for training, control systems; contractors for maintenance services.

Position has 2 non exempt direct reports.

Recognize institutions of Higher Education which are accredited by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or equivalent

Knowledge and Experience

5 to 10 years technical experience in Chemical industry; strong exposure to automation systems controlling, both batch and continuous operations.  The candidate will have demonstrated success in positions of increasing managerial responsibilities, understanding and applying process control techniques.

ABB, DeltaV, DCS experience – required

Engineering degree in Chemical, Electrical, or Industrial.  Science or Business degrees may be considered depending on associated experience.  

Working knowledge of the following:

chemical processes both batch and continuous operations

advanced process automation systems, programming, developing and maintaining the software of such systems

Location:  Indianapolis, IN

The Ideal Candidate:

5+ to 7 years of experience

Management Experience Required – Yes

Minimum Education –Master’s Degree

 Willingness to Travel – Occasionally

The Clinical Trial Support Operations (CTSO) team is responsible for providing clinical trial study drug management services and supporting the Demand Management side of the business by providing the following support services:  Distribution, Study Order Management and Ownership, and Business Systems Support & Operations. The Clinical Trial Support Operations team partners with appropriate business partners to ensure study order ownership and support to successfully enable clinical research.

The Director is responsible for developing and implementing the strategy for the Clinical Trial Support Operations department, effectively managing the capacity and capabilities of the organization, ensuring strong cross functional partnerships exist in support of the portfolio, and overseeing compliant business processes and deliverables that lead to the on time delivery of Investigational Products that enable Clinical Research.  The Director provides appropriate oversight to ensure full compliance with GxP, corporate standards/policies/procedures, operational excellence, continuous improvement, personnel development and overall leadership.

KEY OBJECTIVES/DELIVERABLES:

Execute all position responsibilities in a way that integrates ethics and compliance and follows all applicable regulations, the Corporate Integrity Agreement, The Red Book, and policies related to job content.

Management

• Accountable for the global business operation process and execution of the CTSO group
• Provide leadership, direction and oversight for -50 people in Indianapolis, Indiana and Brussels, Belgium
• Organize the department so as to reach the fixed objectives.  Recruit the necessary employees and ensure their training.  Foster the development of technical and organizational expertise.  Forecast adequate budgets and manage the department accordingly.
• Ensure that CT material is produced and supplied on time and in compliance with the quality standards and regulatory requirements (FDA, EMEA, ICH)
• Ensure the appropriate facilities, buildings and equipment are available
• Develop effective relationships with the customers and business partners
• Accountable for delivery of information and services to support the global clinical development strategy.
• Drive continuous process improvement and increased efficiency
• Accountable for all aspects quality and compliance
• Effectively manage all communication channels
• Anticipate and resolve issues with the organization and key stake-holders
• Accountable for operational leadership and excellence
• Accountable for development and communication of objectives as well as execution against the objectives
• Accountable for ensuring development of operations skills and capabilities.
• Accountable for implementation and utilization of all supply chain management principles and practices.
• Strategy
• Develop the Vision and associated strategy and plans to successfully deliver all CTSO responsibilities
• Responsible for contributing to and leading the organization to deliver the CTMS vision and strategy.
• Foster and support continuous process improvements
• Support all aspects of the CTMS transformation agenda

External Focus

• Maintain and foster contacts with the other global functions in Indianapolis and ELECTS (CTMM, outsourcing, packaging, quality, manufacturing, etc.)
• Create relationships with customers and external organizations or other pharmaceutical companies (benchmarking).
• Leverage the academic environment to foster innovation.
• Promote the participation of employees in external activities, congresses, seminars that will allow them to exchange professional information.
• Actively manages relationships with external business partners to ensure a positive and productive working environment and enable a FIPNET working environment 
• Provide an external focus through appropriate interaction with other departments; seek to understand trends in the CT supply business.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

B.S. in Scientific, Operations or related field with 7-10 years experience in pharmaceutical drug development with expertise in at least 1 of the following areas: Product Research and Development (PR & D), Manufacturing, Clinical and 5-7 years experience in people management

OR

Advanced degree (e.g., PhD, PharmD, M.S. Management, MBA) with 5-7 years experience in pharmaceutical drug development with expertise in at least 1 of the following areas: Product Research and Development (PR & D), Manufacturing, Clinical and 3-5 years experience in people management