Role - Senior Engineer (Facilities & Soft Services)
Location – North Dublin
12-month contract

At Hays Specialist Recruitment we have a great opportunity for a Senior Engineer (Facilities & Soft Services) to join our Biopharmaceutical client in Dublin on an initial 12-month contract, who will work as part of the Engineering team to deliver services across the site, ensuring the site complies with all necessary Regulatory & Corporate Requirements.

The role is part of the Engineering Department working with various Site Stakeholders and Service Providers.
Responsibilities will be split 50/50 between Facilities and Soft Services.

The Engineer will have responsibilities including those listed below:
• Manage GxP and non-GxP related Service Provider contracts supporting Site Operations.
• Through Service Providers always maintain the facility in a GMP state and audit ready.
• Safety, Quality and non-Quality related investigations associated with service delivery from Service Providers.
• Provide Facilities technical support and oversight to the site projects team
• Budget management and optimisation of services delivered
Contracts in scope include:
Facility management, maintenance and repair across all three Ireland sites, including but not limited to Soft and/or Hard Services such as:
• General Maintenance, including but not limited to:
o Automatic doors, CCTV and Access Control
o New Construction Projects & Renovation or Upgrading of Existing Buildings
o Warehousing and Commercial Office Buildings
o Gas Boilers & Utilities
o HVAC
• Sanitisation & cleaning of production areas, labs and support areas as required.
• Pest Control for production areas & non-production areas.
• Laundry & delivery of garbing for production areas and non-production areas.
• Catering provision in the Restaurant and break areas across the site.
• Security systems include access control & CCTV.
• Lab supplies and lab services support.

In addition, key responsibilities will include:
• Overseeing service delivery and maintaining and developing relationships with Service Providers in partnership with stakeholders such as Operations, Maintenance, EHS, Quality, Procurement and Global Departments.
• Ensuring all the operating systems are in compliance with all regulatory and legal requirements including, EPA licence, Quality (cGDP/GMP’s), EHS, Global Engineering, design & construction directives, requirements & procedures.
• Support for regulatory and corporate audits.

Requirements:
The successful candidate must possess
• Bachelors (Level 8) Science/Engineering discipline (100% match)
• 5+ years’ experience providing technical expertise on an operating site (100% match)
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Ability to understand, implement, and monitor regulatory and safety guidelines applicable to the pharmaceutical industry (100% match)
• GMP and experience in GMP manufacturing environments required (100% match)
• Safety knowledge (100% match)
• Strong project management skills (i.e. budget tracking, schedule development and adherence, project reporting, etc.) (100% match)
Other requirements:
• Leadership and communication skills.
o Must have experience managing senior stakeholders and coordinating delivery via service providers
o Demonstrated communication, administrative and leadership skills with the ability to work well with other departments, and effectively and efficiently lead in a team environment.