Description

As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.

The Associate Director, Infrastructure & Clean Utilities is end-to-end responsible for all infrastructure & clean Utilities topics on the respective site, e.g. site engineering of processes, factories, buildings, facilities, infrastructure, or HVAC, etc. 

This includes:

• Responsibility for site production/business continuity and Research or more general: responsible for the site businesses by effective operation, maintenance and adaptations of Buildings, Facilities, Infrastructure and Centralized Clean Utilities in accordance with agreed KPIs and SLAs and following the global processes and in compliance with GMP/GEP and local regulations.
• Providing complete and up to date information, e.g. regarding site level technologies / generated knowledge about HVAC, BMS, Utilities, etc.
• Deployment and establishment of the engineering systems (BigMPS, BigCAL, EDDMS, CAD, BIMS, other) at the site.

The local Head of Infrastructure & Clean Utilities ensures:

• Implementation & control of a strong safety governance model as well as a strong safety culture at site level.
• Delivery of site engineering part of CAPEX projects on site.
• Site compliance with regulatory and BI standards and global processes and execution of the Infrastructure & Clean Utilities roadmaps at the site level.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensures the effective operation, maintenance and adaptations of buildings, facilities, and infrastructure in accordance with agreed SLAs and following the global processes and in compliance with GMP/GEP and local regulations.
• Delivers the site engineering part of CAPEX projects on site.
• Provides complete and up to date information, e.g. regarding site level technologies / generated knowledge.
• Accountable for site compliance with standards and global processes and execution of the Site Engineering roadmaps at the site level.
• Establishes engineering systems (BigMPS, BigCAL, EDDMS, CAD, BIMS, other) at the site.
• Manages site level risk management.
• Responsible for site GMP/GEP qualification and audit compliance in all areas of infrastructure & clean utilities site engineering responsibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree within engineering or other related fields.
• Strategic thinker and motivator; understands what delivers true value to the business function.
• Versatile in people management, cost control, project management.
• Strong communication skills in a complex global and cross-functional/culture environment, excellent social and networking skills.
• Collaborative and professional work ethic.
• Self-checks work for accuracy, omissions, and legibility.
• Continuous improvement and quality orientation.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to propose options and solutions.
• Leadership skills, strong customer focus, vendor management and negotiation skills.
• Must have a track record in implementing technologies and realizing business benefit in a local environment.
• Balancing priorities of multiple tasks to ensure timely delivery on business commitments.
• Open for innovation, passionate team player, cost conscious and economic orientation.
• Knows how Boehringer Ingelheim operates as an entity and within functions.
• Good understanding of requirements across each business unit and local specifics.
• In-depth knowledge of design, operations, and compliance requirements for computer-based systems in a cGMP environment.
• Understanding of manufacturing, building & infrastructure processes.
• Deep knowledge in compliance aspects of engineering systems (FDA & EMA Audits).
• Exceptional understanding of business processes and site engineering technology.
• Set direction, open for innovation, passionate team player, cost conscious and economic orientation.
• Solid understanding of all aspects of the biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry in terms of legal, compliance, GxP, Computer Validation and regulatory requirements.
• Result oriented professional experienced in delivery of standardization projects.
• Local network of peers within and outside the pharma industry.
• Ability to articulate goals/expectations and to communicate effectively to executive management.
• Acts as an agile change agent.
• Experience in change management.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
• Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required).
• Must be 18 years of age or older.