Associate Director, Engineering

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Associate Director – Global Engineering Solutions   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. 

Global Engineering Solutions (GES) executes a wide variety of capital and expense projects to ensure that our company has the capabilities and facilities to meet our goal to provide World Class Supply of Medicines . The GES group is seeking an Associate Director of Engineering to manage large capital projects independently or a series of smaller projects within a portfolio in the manufacturing, laboratory, packaging, and infrastructure lines of business. While the initial assignment is located in the North Carolina Region, future roles and responsibilities are dependent upon future project workload and locations.

Responsibilities include: • Manage large capital projects independently or manage a series of smaller capital and/or expense projects within a portfolio, delivering critical assets safely, on time, within approved scope, and within prescribed budget.

• Lead integrated project teams across GES, Site Engineering, Operations, Quality, EHS, Maintenance, Technology, Procurement, Finance, and external delivery partners, building effective working relationships to align assigned projects with site expectations, business priorities, and applicable project delivery standards.

• Lead development and execution of project execution plans for assigned projects including scope, delivery strategy, procurement, construction, commissioning/startup, risk management, communications, and closeout.

• Ensure assigned project scopes deliver effective business solutions aligned with business priorities, manufacturing needs, compliance expectations, safety requirements, applicable standards, and approved capital objectives.

• Manage project design development through scope definition, design coordination, constructability review, value management, and disciplined evaluations of project decisions and trade-offs.

• Develop/support project specific procurement and contracting strategies in partnership with Procurement, Legal, site stakeholders, and GES leadership to support schedule, risk allocation, and business requirements.

• Manage project budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, cost control, contingency, and change control processes, including appropriate evaluation, documentation, communication, and obtaining appropriate approvals for changes affecting scope, cost, schedule, quality, or approved business objectives.

• Manage project schedules, including planning, sequencing, milestone tracking, critical path management, shutdown/tie-in coordination, and recovery planning.

• Provide oversight for assigned projects, including field coordination, contractor performance, construction safety interface, execution quality, issue resolution, and alignment with site requirements.

• Prepare and coordinate project governance, funding, stage-gate, and decision materials for assigned projects for review by appropriate site, GES, and capital governance stakeholders, using applicable company processes, templates, and guidance.

• Manage project communications, reporting, and escalation of key issues to support timely decisions by project teams, site stakeholders, and senior leaders.

• Identify, manage, mitigate, and escalate project risks affecting safety, quality, compliance, cost, schedule, startup readiness, and business continuity.

• Coordinate project execution within active manufacturing environments, partnering with site teams on field verification, permitting, shutdown and tie-in planning, utility impacts, operational constraints, and business continuity.

• Manage or support commissioning, qualification, validation interface, turnover documentation, contract administration, closeout, lessons learned, and transition of completed assets to site operations.

• Provide project delivery guidance, coaching, and day-to-day project leadership to project team members and less experienced engineers or project managers, as appropriate, while respecting functional and direct-line management accountabilities.

The initial assignment is located in Wilson, NC. The Associate Director, Engineering will serve as a site-integrated project delivery leader for assigned capital and expense projects and may support future assignments in Durham, NC and other company sites, including domestic and international travel consistent with business and project needs. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to build strong site relationships, develop familiarity with Wilson campus operations, and contribute to a portfolio of meaningful projects that support safe, reliable, and compliance manufacturing operations.

Education Minimum Requirement: • A Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Required Experience and Skills: • A minimum of ten (10) years of experience executing and delivering capital and/or expense projects in manufacturing, laboratory, infrastructure, or similarly complex operating environments, including demonstrated experience independently managing capital projects within a site, business, program, or comparable capital delivery environment.

• Experience leading integrated, cross-functional project teams and influencing stakeholders in support of capital project delivery.

• Experience delivering projects in an active manufacturing or operating facility where safety, quality, compliance, operational continuity, and startup readiness are critical.

• Working knowledge of project controls, including cost, schedule, forecasting, change management, risk management, and project reporting.

• Strong oral and written communication skills, including experie

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