Site Engineering Manager, Manufacturing (Isotopes)

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Level 4

Job Description Summary

Location: Indianapolis Indiana

Imagine leading the engineering strategy behind a state-of-the-art radioligand therapy isotope manufacturing facility and helping deliver life-changing medicines to patients around the world. As the Site Engineering Manager you will play a critical leadership role in ensuring equipment reliability operational excellence and manufacturing readiness across a highly regulated GMP environment. This is an exciting opportunity to build and develop a high-performing technical team drive innovative engineering solutions lead key capital and equipment improvement initiatives and partner across Operations Quality Automation Supply Chain and other site functions to support safe compliant and reliable manufacturing operations.

Job Description

• Provide strategic and day-to-day leadership for the Process Engineering and Maintenance departments supporting manufacturing process equipment including applicable QC-adjacent equipment.
• Coach and develop engineers maintenance professionals reliability resources and external service providers while remaining directly engaged in equipment troubleshooting investigations execution and recovery when needed.
• Ensure equipment remains safe compliant qualified reliable and fit for intended use while owning site maintenance and asset-management programs including preventive predictive and corrective maintenance activities.
• Drive equipment reliability strategies to improve performance and reduce unplanned downtime. Lead process and equipment engineering initiatives that improve process capability equipment performance throughput yield safety product quality and manufacturability
• Provide governance and oversight for commissioning qualification and validation activities including lifecycle documentation risk-based qualification periodic review requalification and maintenance of the validated state.
• Lead engineering investigations deviations change controls corrective and preventive actions and technical risk assessments ensuring timely closure and sustainable corrective actions.
• Maintain continuous inspection readiness for Engineering and Maintenance; serve as the site engineering subject matter expert during internal audits health authority inspections and regulatory commitments.
• Manage departmental operating and capital budgets contractor performance technical service agreements and procurement activities to deliver compliant cost-effective engineering support.

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Computer Science Automation or a related technical field.
• Minimum 5 years of engineering maintenance reliability process or equipment experience within the chemical pharmaceutical biotechnology or other regulated manufacturing industry.
• Experience hiring leading and developing technical resources in a cGMP environment including a minimum of 3 years of people leadership experience managing and developing technical teams.
• In-depth knowledge of FDA regulations Title 21 CFR Part 11 GAMP5 and GMP systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate equipment status risks priorities and recommendations to diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to travel up to 10% as required.

The salary for this position is expected to range between $114100 and $211900 per year. The final salary offered is determined based on factors like but not limited to relevant skills and experience and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors. Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and depending on the level of the role eligibility to be considered for annual equity -based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health life and disability benefits a 401(k) with company contribution and match and a variety of other addition employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation personal days holidays and other leaves.

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EEO Statement:

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment hiring training promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race color religion gender national origin age sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital or veteran status disability or any other legally protected status. We strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.

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Range

$114100.00 - $211900.00

Skills Desired

Business Continuity Cost Management Decision Making Operational Excellence Problem Solving Project Management Quality Compliance Risk Management Stakeholder Management Vendor Management