Engineering Process Lead

Engineering Process Lead

Sanofi

Lyon, France

Main responsibilities

Project delivery

• Capacity to Manage investment projects beyond 15M€ for France;
• Lead the process equipment packages for major investment projects;
• Fully understand contents of URS and challenge what could be technically optimized;
• Write or make writing full Request for Quotation (RFQ), capability to challenge and re-orientate RFQ process to meet the objectives of the project;
• Develop a partnership with future users and stakeholders for optimizing the Request for Quotation phases of the project;
• Contribute to Identify with project leader and Site Engineering Head appropriate staffing for the project organization;
• Ensure that EHS, Quality standards are implemented & validated before execution focus on design equipment to cost solutions;
• Collaborate transversally with Global functions, particularly with MSAT & Sites to define for each key project steps optimized process equipment solutions;
• Leverage Global Engineering expertise & know-how to support the systems leaders on specific & complex technical challenges;
• Build and sustain high performance technical team with a focus on transmission from senior leader to newcomers;
• Ensure transversal alignment and governance with Project and Site leadership teams for efficient & effective decision making;
• Anticipate, confirm & communicate project risks on & across the site;
• Create & track action plans to manage risk all along the project;
• Assist Site teams (Operations & Quality) & MSAT during PQ & validation activities before full handover.

Project & Maintenance activities

• Ensure risk analysis, FMEA including Digital for critical assets is deployed during the project to ensure a relevant preventive & predictive maintenance plan is ready before start-up;
• Ensure assets reliability and maintainability by design.

Project & sustainability key input

• Ensure that by CO2 emission, energy and utilities are as lower as possible by design assuming that for a new building or extension (HVAC included), target is zero emission;
• Ensure planet care group targets.

About you

Experience:

• 10+ years’ experience in senior Engineering, medium/large project in process equipment management, for bulk (upstream and downstream) major projects.

Soft skills:

• Collaborate effectively with peers, stakeholders, partners across the organization to positively impact business results;
• Act for change and innovation, initiating new and improved ways of working;
• Develop teams in anticipation of future business needs;
• Develop Performance through pragmatic approach;
• LEAN oriented, problem solving & new way of working;
• Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements;
• Open minded and curios to learn new tools;
• Ability to influence and build relationships across the organization.

Technical skills:

• Good experience in Engineering & Technical Management, very knowledgeable in biotechnology bulk process;
• Abilify to influence and build relationships across the organization;
• Engineering & Manufacturing site operations;
• Large project execution, management of technical teams;
• Leadership skills demonstrated with successful & managing transversal international team;
• 10+ years of experience in management/execution of large capital investments in the biopharmaceutical industry/design of bio/pharma process unit operations.

Education:

• Engineering or Science equivalent degree;
• Large Process equipment background is a must;
• Project management background required with PMP designation a bonus;
• Ability to influence and build relationships across the organization.

Languages:

• Fluent English spoken and written compulsory;
• French spoken a definite asset.