Building Manager

Evonik•Lafayette, IN

About The Position

The Building Manager leads the safe, reliable, compliant, and efficient operation of a significant manufacturing facility within Evonik’s pharmaceutical manufacturing network. This high-impact leadership role supports a period of investment and transformation by ensuring the facility, infrastructure, manufacturing environment, and supporting systems meet current operational needs and are prepared for future growth. The role combines facility leadership, operational planning, technical expertise, capital-project coordination, safety, compliance, continuous improvement, and people leadership in a complex cGMP pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. The Building Manager works closely with manufacturing, engineering, maintenance, quality, EHS, supply chain, and project teams, while managing operational performance, resources, risks, and organizational change.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, operations, facilities management, or a related technical discipline.
Significant experience in facilities, engineering, manufacturing, operations, or a related technical environment; experience in pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology, or another highly regulated industry is preferred.
Demonstrated experience developing and executing strategic and operational plans within a complex organization.
Strong technical understanding of facilities, infrastructure, manufacturing processes, equipment, and operational systems.
Experience in a cGMP pharmaceutical manufacturing environment and applying quality and regulatory requirements to operational decisions.
Demonstrated ability to manage significant budgets, resources, projects, and competing priorities while meeting demanding timelines.
Strong knowledge of EHS/HS&E, risk management, quality systems, compliance, and safe systems of work.
Demonstrated continuous-improvement and problem-solving capabilities, including identifying root causes and implementing sustainable solutions.
Experience supporting or leading capital projects, facility modernization, automation, infrastructure upgrades, or expansion initiatives.
Proven people-leadership and organizational-development skills, including leading through change, developing talent, and establishing accountability.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage the overall operation and performance of the assigned building or facility, ensuring safe, reliable, compliant, and efficient execution of manufacturing and supporting activities.
Partner with manufacturing, engineering, maintenance, quality, EHS, supply chain, and project teams to align facility capabilities with production requirements and business objectives.
Develop and execute annual and longer-term operating plans, translating strategic objectives into priorities, resource requirements, project plans, and measurable performance targets.
Develop production and facility plans that account for capacity, equipment availability, infrastructure requirements, workforce needs, maintenance activities, projects, and organizational dependencies.
Monitor safety, quality, reliability, cost, capacity, and operational KPIs; identify trends and take corrective action when performance falls below expectations.
Assess facilities, infrastructure, processes, systems, and equipment to identify improvements in capacity, reliability, safety, quality, compliance, and efficiency.
Lead and support continuous-improvement and operational-excellence initiatives using structured problem solving and root-cause analysis.
Ensure facility and operational activities comply with applicable cGMP, quality, EHS, regulatory, and company requirements.
Identify operational risks and implement mitigation strategies to protect employees, products, equipment, facilities, and business continuity.
Manage significant financial and human resources, including operating budgets, staffing requirements, project resources, and business cases.
Partner with engineering and project organizations on capital improvements, facility upgrades, equipment installations, and modernization initiatives.
Establish accountability and performance expectations, develop employees, and build a culture focused on safety, quality, reliability, learning, and continuous improvement.
Lead organizational change related to facility modernization, new technologies, process improvements, and evolving business requirements.
Communicate facility strategy, priorities, performance, and required actions to employees, leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders.