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Position Summary:
The incumbent is responsible for leading global engineering including site master planning, major capital projects, asset reliability and efficiency, automation and process control systems, evaluation of advanced manufacturing technologies, site engineering support, and establishing communities of practice globally.
Position Responsibilities:
1. Engineering Leadership:Lead the Global Engineering team – unifying the global, regional, and site based teams to support the engineering needs of Zoetis GMS.Develop and coach engineering teams to build a high performing culture and deliver business objectives.Harmonize standard operating processes for the engineering team across regions and sites, and ensure sharing and implementation of best practice across the Zoetis manufacturing network.Accountable for development and/or recruitment of technical subject matter expertise and provision of adequate engineering resources (internally and externally) to ensure system reliability, robustness, and maximum availability.Drive standardization of performance metrics for the Global Engineering team and report results.Accountable to develop and achieve budget for all aspects of the engineering organization.Drive site engineering maturity and gap assessments – offer recommendations / solutions.Partner with the global sustainability lead to support the implementation of energy and water efficiency projects at sites.
2. Capital Program Planning & Execution:Standardize approach to Site Master Planning and ensure each site maintains an active SMP – to prudently manage capital funding while ensuring sufficient capacity and business continuity planning.Partner with Global Network Strategy to drive standardization in capacity planning and network studies.Assist sites w/ large capital project proposals and subsequent routings for approval.Provide support for execution of capital projects based on specific project needs, ranging from high level support of site engineering teams through to direct management of major projects.Assist with value engineering to maximize return on investmentsPartner with Global Strategic Sourcing to procure equipment and EPCM services for capital projects to deliver the best value for Zoetis.
3. Asset Reliability & Efficiency:Develop the Zoetis reliability engineering program including good practice guidelines, reliability metrics, site assessments and continuous improvement to increase operational efficiency and effectiveness.
4. Advanced Manufacturing Technologies:Evaluate and make recommendations for introduction of advanced manufacturing technologies such as robotics, automation and process control systems, and other modern technologies to support GMS sites.Partner with Global Manufacturing Technology to execute projects related to new technologies in manufacturing and packaging.
Education and Experience:
5. Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related technical discipline.
6. MBA or other Masters degree preferred.
7. At least ten years of biological, vaccine and/or pharmaceutical experience preferred.
8. Demonstrated successful leadership of teams required.
9. Experience leading major capital projects (including facility start-ups) and site maintenance operations.
10. International experience preferred.
Technical Skills and Competence Required:
11. Demonstrated strengths in the following capabilities: Team leadership, Operational Management, Capital Projects management, EHS management, Data and Financial analysis.
12. Strong oral, written and interpersonal communication skills including strong presentation and community relations.
13. Ability to develop close working relationships with relevant stakeholders and to be able to positively influence them to help achieve his/her goals.
14. Able to navigate a matrixed organization and build productive working relationships with peers and stakeholders.
15. Demonstrated record of innovation, change management, continuous improvement with development and implementation of best practices.
16. Proven history of effective performance management, coaching, mentoring and a commitment to mutual accountability, with track record of talent development and succession planning.
17. Experience interfacing with contractors, sub-contractors, public officials, regulatory agencies, and others.
18. Demonstrated ability to provide clear direction and prioritization to colleagues in times of conflicting requirements and insufficient resources.
19. Demonstrated ability to organize and analyze complex data.
20. Demonstrated record of achievement of objectives.
Physical Position Requirements
21. This position is based in Parsippany, NJ (US) or Cherrywood, IRE.
22. Ability to travel up to 20% of working time.
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