Engineering, Maintenance, Utilities & Automation Lead

at  Viatris

Upjohn Manufacturing Ireland Unlimited
At VIATRIS, we see healthcare not as it is but as it should be. We act courageously and are uniquely positioned to be a source of stability in a world of evolving healthcare needs.
Viatris empowers people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life.
We do so via:
Access – Providing high quality trusted medicines regardless of geography or circumstance;
Leadership – Advancing sustainable operations and innovative solutions to improve patient health; and
Partnership – Leveraging our collective expertise to connect people to products and services.
Our global portfolio includes best-in-class, iconic brand-name products as well as global key brands; generics, including branded and complex generics; and other offerings across a wide range of therapeutic areas. We are committed to helping create healthier communities worldwide through education, outreach and better access to treatment.
For those driven to live their lives with purpose, Viatris helps employees realise their full potential by creating a collaborative culture that fosters courage and resilience. Viatris is more than just a place to work. This is a place to make a difference in the world.
The Role & What You Will Be Doing
As the Engineering, Maintenance, Utilities & Automation Lead at Viatris Little Island, you will lead, manage and co-ordinate the engineering team on-site to ensure that manufacturing capability and efficiency is optimized in line with Viatris business requirements and values.

Every day, we rise to the challenge to make a difference and here’s how the Engineering, Maintenance, Utilities & Automation Lead role will make an impact:

• Provide leadership and direction in project management, maintenance and automation to engineering staff and set standards in line with Viatris corporate requirements and site needs.
• Act as a senior advisor to site management on all issues relating to change and development where they are likely to be of an engineering consequence/input.
• Manage cost and expenditure in line with agreed capital and operational budgets taking remedial action as and where appropriate.
• Establish mechanisms and procedures to ensure that the engineering operation is fully compliant with Viatris procedures, GMP and regulatory requirements.
• Recruit, retain, motivate and lead the engineering department to ensure it maintains an up-to-date, well-timed resource capable of meeting site needs.
• Ensure that adequate resources and expertise are deployed to effectively scan new developments/ innovations in the engineering and automation market evaluating their application on-site to enhance Viatris capabilities.
• Establish and review mechanisms to ensure that all suppliers, consultants and contractors provide a service in line with agreed specifications.
• Work with other departments on site to ensure an effective preventative maintenance program is established.
• Participate as a member of the site leadership team to ensure that site objectives are fulfilled in line with long term strategy.
• Ensure consultation with relevant internal and external personnel regarding the design and installation of new plant and processes with a view to ensuring compliance with all GMP and EHS guidelines and in line with best practices in project management.
• Ensuring a system is in place for the safe management and execution of projects and routine maintenance on site.
• Responsible for Water and Energy Conservation for the facility.

About Your Skills & Experience

For this role, we’re looking for a candidate who has an effective combination of the following qualifications, skills and experiences:

• Third Level Degree qualification in a suitable Engineering discipline.
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in chemical processing / in the pharmaceutical sector.
• Significant supervisory and project management experience.
• Experience in budgetary responsibility.

At Viatris, we are dedicated to building a truly diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t fully align with every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.
Benefits at Viatris

At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others. Some of our benefits include the following on top of a competitive salary:

• Excellent career progression opportunities
• Work-life balance initiatives
• Bonus scheme
• Health insurance
• Pension

Diversity & Inclusion at Viatris
At Viatris, diversity and inclusion are essential to our mission. The diversity we foster in all aspects of our business can be one of our greatest strengths in redefining healthcare not as it is, but as it should be. If you would like to know more about what diversity, equity and inclusion means to us, please visit
https://www.viatris.com/en/Careers/Diversity-and-Inclusion
Sustainability at Viatris
Corporate social responsibility is fundamental to the Viatris mission. We work to advance responsible and sustainable operations and leverage our collective expertise to empower people to live healthier at every stage of life, recognizing that our actions affect the stakeholders and communities we serve. To learn more about our efforts, please visit
https://www.viatris.com/en/about-us/corporate-responsibility
At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others.
Viatris is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Every day, we rise to the challenge to make a difference and here’s how the Engineering, Maintenance, Utilities & Automation Lead role will make an impact:

• Provide leadership and direction in project management, maintenance and automation to engineering staff and set standards in line with Viatris corporate requirements and site needs.
• Act as a senior advisor to site management on all issues relating to change and development where they are likely to be of an engineering consequence/input.
• Manage cost and expenditure in line with agreed capital and operational budgets taking remedial action as and where appropriate.
• Establish mechanisms and procedures to ensure that the engineering operation is fully compliant with Viatris procedures, GMP and regulatory requirements.
• Recruit, retain, motivate and lead the engineering department to ensure it maintains an up-to-date, well-timed resource capable of meeting site needs.
• Ensure that adequate resources and expertise are deployed to effectively scan new developments/ innovations in the engineering and automation market evaluating their application on-site to enhance Viatris capabilities.
• Establish and review mechanisms to ensure that all suppliers, consultants and contractors provide a service in line with agreed specifications.
• Work with other departments on site to ensure an effective preventative maintenance program is established.
• Participate as a member of the site leadership team to ensure that site objectives are fulfilled in line with long term strategy.
• Ensure consultation with relevant internal and external personnel regarding the design and installation of new plant and processes with a view to ensuring compliance with all GMP and EHS guidelines and in line with best practices in project management.
• Ensuring a system is in place for the safe management and execution of projects and routine maintenance on site.
• Responsible for Water and Energy Conservation for the facility

For this role, we’re looking for a candidate who has an effective combination of the following qualifications, skills and experiences:

• Third Level Degree qualification in a suitable Engineering discipline.
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in chemical processing / in the pharmaceutical sector.
• Significant supervisory and project management experience.
• Experience in budgetary responsibility