Head of Facility and Engineering Standards, Maintenance & Asset Management
On-siteResearch Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Set the enterprise engineering and maintenance strategy, aligning reliability, efficiency, and sustainability targets with business goals. Build and lead a global Community of Practice spanning facilities, engineering, and maintenance to drive consistency and best practices. Serve as business process owner for reliability, calibration, preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance to maximize uptime. Define and govern facility and utility engineering design standards in partnership with metrology, maintenance, and site teams. Lead integrated facilities management to optimize supplier strategy and outsourcing. Drive continuous improvement and digitalization, including CMMS/EAM and analytics, to elevate performance. Champion safety, quality, and compliance while embedding a proactive culture aligned to regulatory standards. Own the asset strategy and lifecycle plan to inform expansion and sustainability impact. Partner with executive leadership to influence policy, investment, and enterprise decision-making. Lead, mentor, and scale high-performing teams with clear P&L accountability.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field
- Minimum of 12 years of experience in project controls, cost management, and scheduling within a Biotech/Pharma industry
- At least 10 years leading, managing, and developing people, including a minimum of 4 years leading leaders (Managers/Supervisors)
- Proven experience in implementing integrated project controls systems and leading cross-functional project teams
- Experience working in a changing, project-driven organization
- P&L oversight/responsibility
- Change management/large transformations or greenfield environment
- Outstanding organizational and leadership abilities
- Proven experience managing maintenance operations and driving engineering improvements in a regulated industry
- Executive presence with a track record of influencing enterprise policy and capital strategy
- Mastery of engineering and maintenance best practices, asset lifecycle management, and reliability methodologies
- Proficiency with maintenance management systems and engineering technologies
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Thrives in cross-functional, multi-site settings
- Passion for safety, quality, and sustainability
Desired Qualifications
- An advanced degree or professional certification in engineering or maintenance management
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