Senior Manager, Facilities Systems

COMPANY SUMMARY:

RESILIENCE is creating the first sustainable ecosystem for advanced biopharmaceutical manufacturing. We’re building a robust, dynamic, and diverse network of manufacturing capability and talent – investing in innovation every step of the way.

We provide high-tech, end-to-end manufacturing and development solutions to ensure the medicines of today and tomorrow are accessible to all in need. This includes complex medicines, such as cell and gene therapies, viral vectors, and vaccines; as well as proteins and the next generation of medicines.

RESILIENCE believes in access to quality and innovation for all. Our adaptive facilities serve partners big and small. We continuously invest in R&D for next generation manufacturing and development, freeing our partners to focus on the discoveries that impact lives.

We offer customized and scalable processes, the highest quality and regulatory capabilities, and world-class facilities. Through manufacturing that’s faster, more flexible, and less risky, we safeguard the quality of critical medicines and protect the resilience of a vital supply chain.

JOB SUMMARY:

·The Senior Manager Facility Systems is responsible for the new facility systems for the major and strategic site CAPEX projects that are linked to the company Strategy Plan and clients.

·The role represents maintenance and facility functions in the critical infrastructure, utilities and process systems to corporate and site leadership, regulatory and client auditors, and project management teams, while working closely with other technical functions, design firms, consultants, and contractors to ensure the top class facility operation standard, best practices are properly applied into the concept, design, construction installation and testing.

·The incumbent will build, lead, and motivate a high functioning team to achieve CAPEX facility and maintenance development and success, and meet the overall Resilience site objectives.

·The incumbent will establish High level of collaboration with CAPEX project leadership to ensure support to CAPEX project from concept to final CQV and operation.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implement system for world class equipment and facility uptime by seeking root causes of the failures and address them from repeating.

• Empower the team to drive the continuous improvement to reduce unscheduled breakdown activities.

• Initialize and manage the maintenance and calibration programs to ensure they are effective, minimizing business disruption and ensuring their compliance to SOPs and regulatory practice.

• Strategize planned facility shutdown programs to ensure maximum asset utilization is built by design.

• Provide SME support for facility, utility and process systems including PW, WFI, CS, CA, HVAC, BAS, SCADA.

• Ensure facility and maintenance operation systems are designed and built at highest standard with the best practices in the industry.

• Ensure GMP utilities are designed and built in at world class standard for construction and operation.

• Manage contracts with vendors, contractors. Services provider and individual consultant contracts and personnel will need to be negotiated, managed, and monitored for delivery.

• Ensure maintenance CMMS system, CCMS system and other system are designed and installed with deep considerations for user efficiency and compliance.

• Ensure work order and other systems are built properly to support a successful vertical start up.

• Setup facility and maintenance KPIs to drive continuous improvement.

• Select & manage qualified vendors for routine maintenance, and supply of equipment.

• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering.

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in Maintenance/Engineering Management, preferably within the Pharmaceutical or Biotech industry.

• Experience in successfully leading and managing engineers and maintenance personnel including but not limited to equipment mechanics, maintenance, building operations and others within a cross functional organization

• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and align departmental objectives with Resilience’s goals.

• Excellent interpersonal, technical writing, and oral communication skills.

• Strong scientific background and understanding of GMP commercial and clinical operations.

• Demonstrated experience in process characterization and product development, technology transfer, validation, continuous improvement and change management.

• Demonstrated ability to build effective and efficient teams, and drive change within organizations.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE:

• P Eng.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Pre-employment medical and medical re-examination; inclusive of eye examination, performed every 2 years or as per RESILIENCE’s SOPs

• This position requires vaccination for Hepatitis A and B

BEHAVIOURAL:

Demonstrated ability to apply the following behavioral competencies on the job:

Teamwork: Working effectively and productively with others

Interpersonal Skills: Effectively communicating, building rapport, and relating well to all personality types

Goal Orientation: Energetically focusing efforts on meeting a goal, mission, or objective

Organization and Planning: Utilizing logical, systematic and orderly procedures to meet objectives

Leadership: Achieving extraordinary operational results through inspiring, encouraging and developing people

Problem Solving: Anticipating, analysing, diagnosing, and resolving problems

This job profile provides an overview of the minimum requirements of the job and does not include all the duties inherent, included or associated with the job or with the performance of the job. The Company reserves the right to make changes to the job profile as it sees fit to meet the needs of the organization.

This job profile provides an overview of the minimum requirements of the job and does not include all the duties inherent, included or associated with the job or with the performance of the job. The Company reserves the right to make changes to the job profile as it sees fit to meet the needs of the organization.
- While we appreciate your interest in this opportunity, only qualified candidates will be contacted. Resilience Biotechnologies Inc. (RESILIENCE), will not be responsible for any agency referral fees arising from the use of resumes that currently exist in the recruitment database or have been forwarded to directly Resilience Biotechnologies Inc. (RESILIENCE), or indirectly without an authorized agreement. Agency referrals will not be accepted unless approved by the Resilience Biotechnologies Inc. (RESILIENCE), Human Resources team.

NOTE: All employment is conditional upon the completing and obtaining a satisfactory background check, including pre-employment medical (where applicable), educational, employment, references, and criminal records checks (for which a pardon has not been granted).

Resilience Biotechnologies Inc. (RESILIENCE), is committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants are asked to make their needs/requirements known to Human Resources.