Are you ready to lead engineering excellence in a world-class Biologics manufacturing facility? We have an exciting opportunity at Dundalk for a Site Engineering Director to join our Site Leadership Team. In this role, you will provide engineering leadership with a safety-first, quality-always mindset. As the Director of Engineering, you will partner with various teams across the site and network on strategic business directions and decisions. This position offers a unique chance to drive engineering excellence and contribute to the future success of our company.
Your Core Responsibilities
- Serve on the Site Leadership Team to develop and deliver organizational priorities.
- Build, manage, coach, and mentor a diverse engineering team, including Maintenance, Utilities, Facilities, Engineering Center of Excellence, and Small Project teams.
- Build diverse talent with the capabilities necessary to enable the successful start-up of a state of the art vaccine facility across drug substance.
- Inspire, reward, and develop colleagues to help them reach their potential.
- Drive engineering excellence to ensure stable processes for commercial manufacturing.
- Develop the team, establish procedures, and create a long-term strategy.
- Own and drive the site and facilities strategic masterplan for future site investments.
- Ensure project milestones are achieved through integrated planning and execution.
Who You Are
You are ready if you have:
- Minimum Level 8 qualification (Honours Degree) in Engineering or Science.
- 8+ years of experience in a high-volume Pharmaceutical/BioPharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility/Site.
- Proven experience in leading skilled teams.
- Evidence of continuous professional/technical development.
- Effective leadership skills for team building, procedure establishment, and long-term strategy development.
- Knowledge of Environmental and Safety regulatory/code requirements to Irish, European, and International standards.
- Experience with continuous improvement and operational optimization techniques.
- Ability to manage results, track KPIs, and enhance team performance.
