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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates strategic and operational leadership in global engineering, focusing on capital portfolio management, process engineering, and regulatory compliance. Proven ability to drive cross-functional collaboration and implement advanced manufacturing technologies while ensuring adherence to safety and quality standards.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Global Engineering LeadershipProcess Safety Management (PSM)Capital Portfolio ManagementLean and Six Sigma MethodologiesDigital Manufacturing Integration
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Hard Skills
Process EngineeringDiscrete Automated Manufacturing SystemsProject Lifecycle ExecutionAsset Lifecycle ManagementOverall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)Robotics DeploymentPLC/SCADA IntegrationMES IntegrationAdvanced ControlsRoot Cause Analysis
Soft Skills
Team LeadershipCross-Functional CollaborationCoaching and DevelopmentResource AllocationPeople Management
Tools & Technologies
Industry 4.0 TechnologiesAdvanced AnalyticsSmart Factory SolutionsGMP ComplianceISO 9001/13485 Standards
Certifications & Qualifications
PMP CertificationMaster's Degree in EngineeringMaster's Degree in ManufacturingMaster's Degree in OperationsMBA
Industry Keywords
Chemical IndustryLife SciencesPharmaceuticalsRegulatory ComplianceCapital Projects
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAssemblyPMP
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Provide strategic and operational leadership across Avantor’s global engineering organization
- Establish and execute global engineering strategy, standards, governance structures, and execution roadmaps
- Own and govern global capital portfolios, including programs up to $50M and capital projects up to $150M
- Lead front-end engineering design and execution of major capital investments
- Ensure project lifecycle execution from concept development through commissioning and handover
- Drive cross-functional alignment across operations, supply chain, quality, EHS, and finance
- Establish automation standards and integrate manufacturing systems with enterprise digital platforms
- Deploy Industry 4.0 technologies, advanced analytics, and smart factory solutions
- Develop asset lifecycle and reliability strategies and improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
- Lead Lean, Six Sigma, continuous improvement, root cause analysis, and corrective actions
- Provide technical leadership in discrete assembly and fill, chemical processing, scale-up, and optimization
- Guide deployment of robotics, PLC/SCADA, MES integration, and advanced controls
- Ensure processes and designs comply with GMP, ISO, PSM, regulatory, and corporate safety requirements
- Lead, coach, and develop director-level and managerial talent
- Manage workforce planning, hiring, staffing, resource allocation, and people-management decisions
- Collaborate with global operations, quality, supply chain, regulatory, commercial teams, EPC firms, vendors, and technology providers
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, or related discipline required
- 15+ years of progressive engineering and operations leadership experience in chemical, life sciences, pharmaceutical, or similarly regulated environments
- Experience leading global engineering organizations and capital portfolios, including programs up to $20M and plant builds and expansions above $100M
- Strong background in process engineering and discrete automated manufacturing systems
- Proven expertise in Process Safety Management (PSM) and regulatory compliance
- Experience managing new plant builds, large-scale expansions, and brownfield transformations
- Track record of building and leading high-performing technical and leadership teams
- Master’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, or MBA preferred
- PMP certification preferred
- Experience in multi-site global organizations with complex supply chains preferred
- Exposure to digital manufacturing, IT/OT integration, MES, EBR systems, and advanced controls preferred
- Prior responsibility for engineering budgets, capital allocation, and portfolio governance preferred
- Familiarity with GMP, ISO 9001/13485, and other regulated quality systems preferred
Benefits
Comp & perks- Learning experiences to support career growth and success
- Diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture
- Equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodation support