Manager, Maintenance and Engineering

Job Description

Job Description

Our Engineers support internal and external manufacturing operations remain operational, continuously improve and innovate. With our extensive range of facilities and environments, our Engineers have opportunities across many diverse areas including Biological, Chemical, Automation, Capital Projects, Maintenance, Safety, Process Development, Technical Services, Utilities and Validation.

We are seeking a Maintenance Manager in Durham, North Carolina to manage a team of Maintenance and Engineering personnel. The Manager will provide direction, coaching, and technical expertise to maintenance personnel for a capital project startup. In this role you will actively manage their team to reliably support customer demand (including employee development, routine coaching sessions, recognition, and performance management). To be successful in this role you will need to become proficient in the use of manufacturing systems and knowledgeable of site procedures in order to resolve process/equipment issues, minimize downtime, and ensure product quality.

Key Duties:

Employee Development / People Management:

• Hire, develop, motivate, and manage a team to ensure reliable manufacturing maintenance activities execution
• Assign yearly performance objectives for the team in alignment with department and site goals
• Provide regular feedback and coaching to employees on work performance
• Provide direction to the team as needed based on the team’s capabilities and maturity
• Ensure on time approval of payroll activities using site approved software like ADP.

Process Execution / Continuous Improvement:

• Partner across the facility and cross-functional teams including for the startup and design of plant engineering, reliability, and maintenance programs for the facility
• Provide a management presence on the manufacturing floor with maintenance
• Advocate standard work to drive consistent use of best practices across teams
• Regularly help the team troubleshoot issues to minimize downtime and maintain product quality
• Represent Maintenance on project teams as needed
• Strong sponsor for the problem-solving efforts and solutions offered by other shifts and teams
• Line clearance LOTO and permit writing for maintenance activities, Safety Management Information Systems (SMIS)
• Knowledge of electrical maintenance and repair of electrical systems and equipment
• Actively lead the daily Tier 1 Process and participate in the Tier 2 as needed for short-interval control board
• Initiate SOP/PM/Calibration redlines and revisions

Communication:

• Lead and support daily meetings to facilitate flow of information up/down through the organization
• Hold regular team meetings to cascade information and collect team feedback
• Provide clear consistent communication from shift to shift
• Escalate issues as needed to ensure the right support/awareness is given to issues as they arise
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert during tours to provide area/process overview information to visitors/auditors upon request

Quality & Safety Compliance:

• Foster strong safety culture on the team through actions, coaching, and prioritization
• Coach individuals when reporting safety issues and completing corrective/preventative actions
• Drive culture of compliance through actions, consistent quality-driven decision making, and coaching of the team (e.g. documentation, housekeeping, area 5S, etc.)
• Participate in safety and regulatory audits (i.e. tours, topic discussion)

Financial:

• Coach the team to ensure inventory transactions are complete, timely, and accurate
• Manage team staffing and overtime to support customer demand while meeting budget targets
• Recognize and communicate opportunities for cost savings

Required Education, Experience and Skills:

• High School Degree with six (6) years of maintenance, manufacturing, or military experience OR
• B.S. in Electronics, Engineering, Technology, Science or similar with four (4) years of maintenance, manufacturing or military experience

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Direct or indirect leadership experience of maintenance and/or manufacturing technicians.
• Safety focus in daily work
• Experience working in a clean room or GMP/regulated manufacturing environment
• Computer fluency, including knowledge of BMS, DeltaV, MES, SAP, etc. is preferred
• Leadership and interpersonal skills to motivate direct reports and peers to excel and "own" the process
• CMRP, CRL or any similar Maintenance related certification
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Flexibility to perform various tasks to support the business.
• Lean, Six Sigma, KATA problem solving skills
• Ability to prioritize, align and simply to focus on and obtain business results
• Previous experience training individuals in complex manufacturing / work environments
• Meeting Facilitation/Training/Presentation Skills
• Planning, Implementing, Directing, Control, Decision Making
• Ethics and Integrity

Our Manufacturing & Supply Division is dedicated to being the most trusted supplier of bio-pharmaceuticals worldwide. Our facilities, along with our external contractors, suppliers, and partners, create a reliable global manufacturing network that’s devoted to delivering a high quality, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time.

Who we are ...

Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA is known as “Merck” in the United States, Canada & Puerto Rico. We are known as “MSD” in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America & Asia Pacific. We are a global biopharmaceutical leader with a diverse portfolio of prescription medicines, oncology, vaccines and animal health products.

We are driven by our purpose to develop and deliver innovative products that save and improve lives. With 69,000 employees operating in more than 140 countries, we offer state of the art laboratories, plants and offices that are designed to Inspire our employees as we learn, develop and grow in our careers. We are proud of our 125 years of service to humanity and continue to be one of the world’s biggest investors in Research & Development.

What we look for ...

In a world of rapid innovation, we seek brave Inventors who want to make an Impact in all aspects of our business, enabling breakthroughs that will affect generations to come. We encourage you to bring your disruptive thinking, collaborative spirit and diverse perspective to our organization. Together we will continue Inventing For Life, Impacting Lives while Inspiring Your Career Growth.

INVENT.

IMPACT.

INSPIRE.

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Requisition ID:R71977