Associate Director, Engineering, GES Strategic Scheduler and Planner
About The Position
The Global Engineering Solutions (GES) Strategic Planner and Scheduler supports a portfolio of capital projects, conceptualizing and developing front-end-loaded schedules that support critical business objectives, primarily at U.S. sites. The Associate Director brings comprehensive experience and subject-matter expertise in company manufacturing, associated equipment, and facility design. Advanced knowledge of benchmarks and industry approaches is used to coach engineers in developing and executing project schedules using strategic lean solutions from business cases through commercial manufacturing. The role provides expertise to business studies, project peer reviews, and improvement initiatives that advance standard work processes within GES. It leads and collaborates with Integrated Capital Project Team members and evaluates and challenges engineering partners’ project deliverables across disciplines. The position includes flexible hybrid work and requires 25–50% travel.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
- Eight years of comprehensive experience and subject-matter expertise in the pharmaceutical industry or a related field, including associated equipment and facility design experience; six years with a master’s degree.
- Advanced knowledge of benchmarks and industry approaches.
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, collaboration, and communication skills.
- Strong understanding of the line of business, lean design and delivery, and standard work implementation.
- Required skills include Automation Systems, Capital Formation, Capital Planning, Capital Project Management, Change Management, Clinical Manufacturing, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Drug Product Manufacturing, Engineering Principle, Equipment Designing, Facility Design, HP PPM, Lean Manufacturing, Manufacturing Scale-Up, Production Planning, Project Controls, Regulatory Compliance, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Strategic Planning, Strategic Thinking, Teamwork, Technical Planning, and Technical Transfer.
Nice To Haves
- Experience coaching a team of engineers in developing and executing project schedules using strategic lean solutions from business case through commercial manufacturing.
- Experience providing expertise to business studies, project peer reviews, and improvement initiatives to advance GES standard work processes.
Responsibilities
- Support a portfolio of capital projects by conceptualizing and developing front-end-loaded schedules that support business objectives, primarily at U.S. sites.
- Provide expertise to business studies, project peer reviews, and improvement initiatives to advance GES standard work processes.
- Lead and collaborate with Integrated Capital Project Team members, including engineering, business, site, operations, quality, validation, regulatory, contractor, vendor, and service-provider representatives.
- Evaluate and challenge engineering partners’ project deliverables across biological, chemical, safety, process, utilities, technical services, construction, procurement, commissioning and qualification, and validation disciplines.
- Facilitate planning sessions and guide team members through planning strategies.
- Lead end-to-end scheduling workshops for capital projects.
- Plan engineering aspects by understanding scope boundaries, process and facility design, equipment design, lead times and complexity, vendor interaction, construction support, factory acceptance testing, equipment qualification, facility start-up, and technology transfer.
- Provide front-end planning schedule support to GES Business Integrators, Project Design Managers, and Project Managers during Business Case and Concept phases (FEL1 and FEL2), developing Capital Review Committee-level schedules.
- Develop end-to-end schedules during Concept and Basis of Design phases (FEL2 and FEL3) in partnership with the EPCM Service Provider and Project Controls schedulers, applying Strategic Scheduling Group best practices.
- Develop a High-Level Production Plan (or Production Planning Management) strategy document and follow up with the team to maintain best practices on business-critical projects.
- Conduct peer reviews and audits of in-progress project schedules to check adherence to standard work, alignment with project scope, and deliverability.
- Provide global “HyperCare” support to projects as directed by GSEC leadership.
- Implement standard work for schedule development and governance across all phases of capital execution.
- Coordinate with the GES Project Controls Group to ensure adequate progress measures are in place throughout all project phases.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision healthcare benefits and other insurance benefits for employees and family.
- Retirement benefits, including 401(k).
- Paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days.
- Eligible for an annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
