PHARMA ENGINEERING MANAGER

Description

Job Summary: Designs and implements construction and service projects, equipment, machinery, and facilities, collaborating in requirement definition and managing all project phases. Key Highlights: 1. Leads project phases from design through commissioning. 2. Collaborates with QA to ensure qualification of equipment and processes. 3. Promotes energy savings and regulatory compliance. **Job Mission:** Design and implement construction and service projects, equipment, machinery, and facilities—whether newly acquired, expanded, or improved. **Responsibilities and Duties:** * Collaborates with end users in defining and drafting "User Requirements" and leads the remaining project phases: design, procurement management (issuing purchase orders and certification), budget control, construction supervision, acceptance, testing, and commissioning. * Manages project documentation and planning. * Collaborates with QA to develop the validation strategy and define the Validation Master Plan (VMP) (where applicable), in parallel with project planning, to ensure equipment, facility, and process qualification meets established completion deadlines. * Identifies opportunities for energy-saving measures and analyzes their economic viability. * Ensures compliance with sector-specific regulations (GMPs, GLPs, GEPs, etc.). * Responsible for permits and legalizations with public authorities related to the project. * Codes and registers project-related assets. Coordinates with Maintenance to identify (label) new equipment requiring maintenance and include them in the Preventive Maintenance Plan (PMP). * Authorizes special work permits. * Proposes and evaluates necessary investments across all areas (production, open areas, utilities, safety, MA) for the annual investment budget. * Ensures personnel under their responsibility have appropriate training, information, and resources to guarantee their safety and health, and oversees general compliance with safety and environmental regulations within their area of responsibility. **Academic Qualifications:** University degree, preferably in a technical-scientific field: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Automation, or related disciplines. **Specific Knowledge:** * Experience in facility, civil works, and machinery procurement projects within the pharmaceutical, chemical, food, or cosmetics sectors. * Knowledge of industrial safety regulations. * Familiarity with pharmaceutical sector sanitary regulations. * Knowledge of engineering, management, governance, and advanced data analytics. * Advanced English proficiency. * Familiarity with Lean continuous improvement tools. **Experience:** Minimum two years’ prior experience in this role is preferred, ideally within the pharmaceutical, chemical, food, or cosmetics sectors. **Additional Information:** * Worksite: SAB * Working hours: Central Flex * Employment type: Permanent * Professional group: 6 Designs and implements construction and service projects, equipment, machinery, and facilities—whether newly acquired, expanded, or improved. *Why work with Almirall?* We are a **people-centric company** where employees perform at their best, patients and customers are at the heart of every decision, and our focus and agility enable us to deliver greater impact for all. Additionally, for the 17th year in a row, we have been certified as Top Employer Spain, and also Top Employer Germany for the first time. This strengthens our commitment to create a **unique work environment that helps our employees to develop their skills to fullest** and grow both professionally and as individuals. We are delighted to have a great team that is proactive, innovative, and eager to transform the world of people with skin conditions. We are **proud of each one of our employees**, their development, and growth: they are the success of the company. *Our purpose* "Transform the patients' world by helping them realize their hopes & dreams for a healthy life". *Our values* * **Care:** we listen & empathize, we value diverse perspectives & backgrounds and we help each other succeed. * **Courage:** we challenge the status quo, we take full ownership and we learn from our success & failures. * **Innovation:** we put the patient and customer at the center, we create novel solutions and we empower entrepreneurial mindsets. * **Simplicity:** we act decisively and avoid over-analysis, we understand why before we act and we are agile & keep things simple. At Almirall, it’s all about people! **#wearealmirall**