Senior Project Engineer

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Team Horizon is seeking a Senior Project Engineer for a leading pharmaceutical company in South Dublin.

The Project Engineer will be working on New Syringe and AVI Lines Operations. They will report to the Operational Readiness Programme Lead within the Operations Function. They will be responsible for providing project management and engineering support for projects in the Operations Readiness Programme for the new syringe and AVI lines at ADL. The successful candidate will have five to eight years of experience within the pharmaceutical or biotech industry and will have demonstrated project management skills.

Why you should apply:

• This is an excellent opportunity to join a world class manufacturing operation, with an outstanding track record of reliably delivering high-quality medicines to patients around the world suffering serious illnesses.
• There is a strong culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the company to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives.
• Our client is developing the capability to produce all its medicines in Dublin, helping to ensure continuity of supply of our medicines as they expand internationally.

What you will be doing:

• Experience in a project engineering and management role in a pharmaceutical or biotech manufacturing facility engaging with site SMEs and managers along with global functions.
• The ability to influence and lead cross functional teams to deliver their projects that ensure a smooth start-up of the new vial filling line.
• The ability to work independently and identify risks and mitigation pathways to ensure project delivery.
• A passion for continuous improvement applied to project management.
• Arrange agreement among the project team, customers, and management on the goals of the project.
• Work with workstream leads to develop and maintain the Project schedule/plan that aligns with the overall goals of the Programme.
• Effectively communicate with everyone involved in the project.
• Have a controlled scope in place, which is understood by all stakeholders and maintained throughout completion of the project.
• Execute prudent risk and issue management.
• Maintains Actions/Risk and Decision logs.
• Generates and owns the GMP change control.
• Motivate, support and direct project team members to deliver on project plan.
• Leads Team meetings and cross functional collaboration.
• Works with resource managers from across the organisation to effectively obtain and allocate resources to complete programs and projects on time.
• Always ensure compliance to cGMP
• Ensure safety & compliance standards are maintained to the highest standards.
• Ensure financial compliance in line with Business & Financial guidance.
• Support a culture of personal responsibility within reporting structure.
• High Energy and Commitment.
• Ability to work independently.
• Comfortable leading across multiple stakeholders & multinational teams.
• Strong ability to influence and affect change.
• Capable of resolving issues of conflict effectively.
• A proven track record to transfer goals and objectives into measurable plans.
• Ability to identify gaps/risks and put appropriate remediation plans in place.
• Uses strong relationships to identify requirements and potential opportunities.
• Employs project management techniques and Problem Solving.
• Provides leadership, guidance, and advice in own field of project management.
• Knowledge or experience with MES and EMBR projects.
• Knowledge or experience with validation of Aseptic Filling Lines

What you need to apply:

• Technical Degree and/or Masters' or equivalent.
• Experience in a Life Science / Pharmaceutical / Biotechnology Environment.
• Preferred Experience: Project Engineering & Management, Aseptic Filling Line Operations, MES/EMBR, Validation, Greenfield / Brownfield start up.