Engineering Operations Manager

Pfizer • McPherson, KS

16h • $116,000 - $193,400 • Onsite

About The Position

Use Your Power for Purpose Whether you are involved in the design and development of manufacturing processes for products or supporting maintenance and reliability, engineering is crucial to ensuring customers and patients receive the medicines they need when they need them. By collaborating with our forward-thinking engineering team, you'll contribute to delivering medicines to the world more swiftly by envisioning new possibilities and taking decisive action. Your technical and leadership skills will be crucial in ensuring our plants, utility systems, buildings, and equipment are operational. Pfizer depends on you for the maintenance, redesign, and repair of utilities in our facilities and fabrication shop (back shop), including electrical, plumbing, carpentry, air conditioning, heating, painting, and general upkeep. You will be responsible for taking preventive and corrective actions, setting priorities, forecasting, and allocating resources for maintenance tasks. Your dedication and focus will enable Pfizer to reach new milestones and support patients worldwide. What You Will Achieve In this role, you will: Lead and manage people, technology, and financial resources within the department in compliance with cGMPs, SOPs, and all federal, state, and local environmental and safety regulations. Actively share knowledge and identify potential improvements in processes or products, taking risks to develop innovative ideas. Solve moderately complex problems within your expertise and assist with issues outside the department. Oversee operational activities to support the department's short-term goals and manage multiple projects involving cross-functional representatives. Recognize development needs in others, collaborate to create development plans, and manage the performance of direct reports through goal setting, coaching, and ongoing assessment. Solicit input, explain complex concepts, and persuade others to adopt a point of view while effectively sharing your own perspective and rationale. Support programs and systems with procedures and training, ensuring compliance with regulatory and company requirements, including SOPs, cGMP, safety, quality, OSHA, and other standards. Develop strategies and methods to improve maintenance processes and procedures, enhancing equipment performance and conducting equipment evaluations for new or replacement needs. Facilitate equipment-based Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations, govern maintenance planning and scheduling, foster teamwork, encourage colleague development, and provide salary planning and change management recommendations. Conceptualize unique solutions to problems or repairs requiring the use of machining and fabrication methods and tools. Interpret complex machining and fabrication drawings. Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives related to compliance, safety, and production to minimize risk, ensure product quality, and reduce waste. Ensuring adequate communication with key stakeholder groups. Championing a safety culture by aiding in the establishment of safety rules and instructions, reporting events to EH&S, and ensuring appropriate steps are taken to mitigate risk.

Requirements

• BA/BS with at least 4 years of experience or MBA/MS with at least 2 years of experience or PhD/JD with any years of experience or associate's degree with at least 8 years of experience or high School Diploma (or Equivalent) with at least 10 years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency in Enterprise Asset Management Solutions or other CMMS applications.
• Thorough knowledge of cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices), FDA regulations, and current pharmaceutical industry standards.
• Strong people management experience.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree with relevant pharmaceutical experience.
• Industry experience with preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Experience in equipment-based Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations.
• Strong understanding of Process Safety Management elements.
• Ability to develop and establish strategies and methods that improve preventive maintenance processes and procedures.
• Experience using common AI tools, including generative technologies such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, to support problem solving and enhance productivity.
• Demonstrated curiosity for exploring how these tools can improve outcomes and understanding of responsibleAI practices, including risk management and ethical use

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage people, technology, and financial resources within the department in compliance with cGMPs, SOPs, and all federal, state, and local environmental and safety regulations.
• Actively share knowledge and identify potential improvements in processes or products, taking risks to develop innovative ideas.
• Solve moderately complex problems within your expertise and assist with issues outside the department.
• Oversee operational activities to support the department's short-term goals and manage multiple projects involving cross-functional representatives.
• Recognize development needs in others, collaborate to create development plans, and manage the performance of direct reports through goal setting, coaching, and ongoing assessment.
• Solicit input, explain complex concepts, and persuade others to adopt a point of view while effectively sharing your own perspective and rationale.
• Support programs and systems with procedures and training, ensuring compliance with regulatory and company requirements, including SOPs, cGMP, safety, quality, OSHA, and other standards.
• Develop strategies and methods to improve maintenance processes and procedures, enhancing equipment performance and conducting equipment evaluations for new or replacement needs.
• Facilitate equipment-based Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations, govern maintenance planning and scheduling, foster teamwork, encourage colleague development, and provide salary planning and change management recommendations.
• Conceptualize unique solutions to problems or repairs requiring the use of machining and fabrication methods and tools.
• Interpret complex machining and fabrication drawings.
• Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives related to compliance, safety, and production to minimize risk, ensure product quality, and reduce waste.
• Ensuring adequate communication with key stakeholder groups.
• Championing a safety culture by aiding in the establishment of safety rules and instructions, reporting events to EH&S, and ensuring appropriate steps are taken to mitigate risk.

Benefits

• participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 15.0% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program
• 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution
• paid vacation, holiday and personal days
• paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
• health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees