Senior Manager, Commissioning Engineering

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION:

The position, Sr. Manager Commissioning Engineering will be part of the Validation team reporting to the Associate Director, Validation Engineering and support clinical and commercial Devens manufacturing facility. This position may lead contractors for complete asset life cycle onboarding oversight of commissioning and any other effort arising from design and implementation of new/modified asset(s) as part of capital projects at the Devens site. The incumbent will apply existing and new knowledge of Engineering Project Management to support multiple, high-pace projects across multiple functions as part of the commissioning phase of asset introduction and/or modifications.

The position is responsible for organizing and completion of commissioning program documents and deliverable templates in accordance with BMS project practices and GMP qualification policies. Other responsibilities of this position include but are not limited to: contractor management, vendor qualification, scheduling of vendor qualification, factory acceptance testing, and assisting in asset onboarding to the site cMMS system and other duties as assigned.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESONSI-BILITIES

1. Leads functions responsible for commissioning, vendor installation, operational and performance qualification (I/O/PQ) of systems arising from projects.

2. Draft / oversight of commissioning protocol, execute and write commissioning reports.

3. Work with vendors and project engineering to ensure systems are ready for installation, and start-up testing. Work with support department such as Digital Plant, Facilities, Metrology and Maintenance to ensure systems are installed adequately and ready for qualification (for GxP direct impact system) or released to system owners for system use (for non-GxP systems).

4. Manage multiple projects while serving as a point of contact for capital execution projects. Partner with project managers to determine project priorities, track progress toward project milestones and deliverables, and provide regular project status updates to site management.

5. Works collaboratively with Engineering, Digital Plant, Manufacturing and Quality.

6. Effectively manages assigned resources to address priorities, meet schedules, maximize productivity, reduce costs, and increase efficiencies.

7. Ensure alignment with BMS directives and industry guidelines on commissioning.

8. Develops and leads a high-performance team responsible for commissioning execution, manages the recruitment and development of staff, invests in the development of current and future leadership through assignment of development opportunities, coaching, mentoring, and effective administration of rewards and recognition.

9. Establishes and communicates high performance standards, defines clear accountability, and leads by adopting continuous improvement strategies.

10. Performs other duties as assigned by Commissioning Head.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL

• You should have the ability to execute smaller, but complex technical projects. You must have demonstrated effectiveness working in both a team environment as well as an individual contributor role.
• Direct experience with equipment, facility, sterilization commissioning and qualification, critical utilities validation, and temperature mapping concepts is preferred.
• Previous managerial experience (is preferred) which demonstrates proficiency in selection, motivating and retaining a superior team, effectively managing personnel issues and planning and administering financial resources preferred.
• A working understanding of lean principles is preferred. Excellent project management, communication, and technical writing skills are required.
• Experienced self-motivated individual who can handle multiple priorities to meet project team goals and timelines.
• The successful candidate will possess the professionalism and technical competency required to represent the department before our customers, regulatory agencies, and management.
• Demonstrated understanding of engineering documentation such as P and IDs, Process Flow diagrams and Standard Operating Procedures.
• Proven ability working in a matrix environment and leading multi-level / cross-functional teams to achieve the highest performance in meeting site and departmental objectives.

QUALIFICATIONS

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