Director, Site Director Engineering Operations
Core
Provide leadership and strategic direction to Engineering, Maintenance, Facilities, Utilities, and Environmental organizations to ensure robustness, reliability, and availability of equipment and systems for pharmaceutical production.
Role type
Director, Site Engineering Operations
Builds
Advanced-manufacturing ecosystem of connected assets (IoT, digital twins), predictive maintenance systems, and energy/sustainability solutions for a network reference site.
Domain
Pharmaceutical manufacturing / Industrial Engineering / Digital Transformation
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Strategic planning, organizational change management, reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), asset lifecycle management, data analytics, AI application, energy management, stakeholder leadership, project management, regulatory compliance (GMP)
Preferred skills
Advanced degree in Engineering, experience with digital twin technology, cybersecurity knowledge, sustainability strategy
Technologies
IoT, condition monitoring, digital twins, closed-loop analytics, AI, data analytics platforms
Responsibilities
Lead organizational change management and workforce upskilling for digital transformation; establish reliability as a core capability using RCM and predictive maintenance; champion application of AI and digital twins for engineering outcomes; own site energy management and decarbonization strategy; develop team members and succession plans; establish engineering performance KPI framework and governance.
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership & hands-on execution