Director, Maintenance & Asset Lifecycle Management

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Title:
Director, Maintenance & Asset Lifecycle Management

Requisition ID:
69583

Date:
May 13, 2025

Location:

Exton, Pennsylvania, US

Description:

This is a hybrid position with a requirement of 3 days per week in our Exton, PA office.

At West, we're a dedicated team that is connected by a purpose to improve patient lives that has been at the center of our Company for more than a century.
Our story began when Herman O.
West solved the problem of supplying penicillin in mass quantities to the US Government during World War 2.
Through our work to deliver thousands of life-saving and life-enhancing injectable medicines to millions of patients daily, West's indelible mark on the healthcare industry has just begun.
A name started our story.
How will yours help write our future?

There's no better place to join an inclusive community of professionals with opportunities for lifelong learning, growth and development.
Supported by benefit programs, we empower the physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our team members and their families.

We believe in giving back to help those in need in the communities where we live and work.
And are equally committed to creating a healthier environment and planet through our sustainability efforts.

Job Summary

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining the strategic roadmap and driving priorities and alignment through strategy deployment
• Serving as a nexus; developing, naturing and acting as partner between the needs of our manufacturing locations, across our manufacturing enterprise to provide the most appropriate digital technology solutions, and resource allocations delivering optimum End to End business
• Responsible for driving Engineering strategies and initiatives
• Responsible for optimizing West Engineering
• Develop and implement and lead a governance model Organization that engages all key stakeholders, makes best use of our internal capability, drives accountability and ensures optimum program prioritization
• Direct, maintain and sustain value of Engineering programs and applications.
  
• Apply reliability engineering principles to achieve increase uptime and process capability across the network as well as drive creation and implementation of programs
• Optimize plant shutdown initiatives throughout the network and ensure consistency across the sites
• Responsible for Global Maintenance Documentation (Standards, SOPs, Guidelines, best practices) in driving best practices following Good Engineering and Good Manufacturing Practices
• Accountable for monitoring and measuring success and communicating to key stakeholders including site and value stream leadership
• Drive the annual Maintenance Capex budget process along with periodic reviews and measures
• Prepare reports as may be required by ensuring reporting data is accurate and complete
• Manage a team of committed employees and ensure that they execute their tasks in accordance with Safety, Health and Environmental standards.
  You are responsible for the motivation and management of the team
• Provide technical training and coaching to team members in order to ensure the competence and quality of the maintenance functions
• Collaborate and partner teams to design systems and enabling the tools
• Keeps abreast of new manufacturing use cases, new technologies/solutions and financial supports by building and sustaining collaborative relationships globally with solution providers, Government and state funding bodies and other companies
• Keep current on all relevant technological advancements and developments in the industry, and act as a technical expert
• Other duties as assigned

Education

• Bachelor's Degree with preference Engineering or equivalent technical field experience; Computer Science and/or Information Systems, Manufacturing Automation and Technology required and
• Master's Degree In engineering preferred or
• Equivalent technical field experience preferred

Work Experience

• Minimum 10 years A minimum of 10 years' experience in Maintenance, Engineering with at least 5 years of global team management; New:
  A minimum of 10 years of experience in manufacturing, engineering, automation and/or information technology in an automated production manufacturing operations environment required and
• Proven experience in managing cross-functional projects required and
• Demonstrated experience managing difficult engineering challenges and communicating with peers, subordinates and superiors on technical issues required

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Track record of leading teams and building effective working relationships both internally and externally.
  
• Ability to work with senior leadership teams at manufacturing sites and global headquarters
• Self-starter and independent worker with proficiency in English.
  An additional language would be a plus
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite software and project management software
• Advanced working knowledge of maintenance Systems
• Able to be aware of all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this
• Support and contribute in Lean Sigma programs and activities towards delivery of the set target
• Able to comply with the company's safety policy at all times• Working knowledge of applicable federal and international regulations such as 21CFR Parts 210, 211 preferred.
  GLP and GMP experience preferred• Knowledge of Safety standards including CE, OSHA and other similar applicable standards based on regional requirements
• Able to always comply with the company's quality policy.
  • The job holder is aware of his/her special responsibility for quality according to the company's quality policy and conducts his/her activities in accordance with the company quality policy at all times• The job holder respects all specifications arising from the cGMP requirements and from the specifications DIN ISO 15378 and DIN EN ISO 9001 as per its current state and also as it applies to any future amendments
• Expertise in the following Manufacturing capabilities such as SAP, MES, OSI Pi, Connected Worker, Manufacturing Training Platforms, and Advanced Analytics

Additional Requirements

• Proven ability to work in a virtual environment in a global organization and to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Make independent and sound judgments.
  
• Multitask, work under time constraints, problem solve, and pr.