Maintenance and Shutdown Planner
Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Summary
As the Maintenance and Shutdown Planner, you will oversee facility-related activities and projects during shutdowns, ensuring safety, budget compliance, and timeliness. You will coordinate planning, scheduling, and vendor activities across departments, monitoring maintenance, validation, and quality tasks to address any issues promptly. Additionally, you will conduct compliance and safety audits and ensure timely documentation, all while adhering to department goals, policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
Job description
Responsibilities
- Takes full ownership of the end-to-end process, ensuring execution and accountability across at every stage.
- Ensures that all relevant staff and departments are informed of construction and maintenance activities, maintaining clear communication regarding the status of utility shutdowns.
- Collaborates with the Maintenance Leadership Team, Validation, Quality, and Operations to develop a comprehensive shutdown schedule using Microsoft Project or similar software, enabling thorough tracking of outages, documentation execution, and shutdown closeout activities.
- Creates and oversees a shutdown planning action list, ensuring its timely execution.
- Manages relationships effectively with key stakeholders, including Maintenance and Production Team Leaders, Reliability Coordinators, and Operations Leadership.
- Identifies and recommends opportunities for improvement.
- Ensures compliance with safety, environmental, and purchasing policies, guidelines, and procedures.
- Evaluates and challenges the asset planning and coordination strategy before and during shutdowns.
- Drives a culture change within the plant to establish...
- Establishes preparatory work required before scheduled equipment downtime.
- Chairs the daily shutdown planning coordination meeting.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent level of experience, preferably in engineering.
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience in an FDA-regulated environment.
- Demonstrated strong project management skills.
- Comprehensive background in cGMP principles and concepts.
- Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and general familiarity with Windows.
- SAP experience is a plus.
- Expert understanding of regulations governing supported processes and systems.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills to interact with team members at all levels, vendors, and departmental stakeholders involved in the shutdown process.
- Highly self-motivated and detail-oriented, with a keen attention to detail.
- Capacity to quickly identify and address issues that arise during shutdown activities, making timely decisions to ensure the smooth progression of the shutdown process.
- Strong leadership abilities with a high level of personal and departmental accountability and responsibility.
- Capable of working independently and collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
- Ability to make informed decisions regarding quality and compliance-related matters with minimal oversight.
- Strong organizational skills to coordinate and prioritize tasks effectively, manage multiple responsibilities, and ensure that shutdown activities stay on schedule.
- Ability to remain focused under pressure, especially during critical phases of the shutdown process where unexpected challenges may arise.
- Customer-oriented mindset with a commitment to quality.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to move around the manufacturing facility to oversee shutdown activities, inspect equipment, and communicate with team members.
- Ability to work long hours and potentially irregular shifts during shutdown periods, which may involve extended periods of standing, walking, and physical activity.
- Adherence to personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent level of experience, preferably in engineering.
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience in an FDA-regulated environment.
- Demonstrated strong project management skills.
- Comprehensive background in cGMP principles and concepts.
- Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and general familiarity with Windows.
- SAP experience is a plus.
- Expert understanding of regulations governing supported processes and systems.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills to interact with team members at all levels, vendors, and departmental stakeholders involved in the shutdown process.
- Highly self-motivated and detail-oriented, with a keen attention to detail.
- Capacity to quickly identify and address issues that arise during shutdown activities, making timely decisions to ensure the smooth progression of the shutdown process.
- Strong leadership abilities with a high level of personal and departmental accountability and responsibility.
- Capable of working independently and collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
- Ability to make informed decisions regarding quality and compliance-related matters with minimal oversight.
- Strong organizational skills to coordinate and prioritize tasks effectively, manage multiple responsibilities, and ensure that shutdown activities stay on schedule.
- Ability to remain focused under pressure, especially during critical phases of the shutdown process where unexpected challenges may arise.
- Customer-oriented mindset with a commitment to quality.
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare
- 401(k) plan
- Company match
- Short-term disability coverage
- Long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Wellness benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid parental leave
- Paid holidays
- Vacation time
- Sick time
Company overview
Ferring Pharmaceuticals is a Swiss multinational biopharmaceutical company specializing in reproductive health, maternal health, gastroenterology, and urology. Founded in 1950 by Dr. Frederik Paulsen Sr. and Dr. Eva Paulsen in Malmö, Sweden, the company has grown into a global leader with headquarters in Saint-Prex, Switzerland. Ferring employs over 7,000 people worldwide and operates in more than 50 countries, marketing its products in over 100 countries. The company is privately owned and research-driven, with a strong commitment to building families and helping people live better lives. Ferring has been developing treatments for mothers and babies for over 50 years and is at the forefront of innovation in microbiome-based therapeutics and uro-oncology intravesical gene therapy. The company's portfolio includes leading products such as Menopur for reproductive medicine, Pentasa for gastroenterology, and Adstiladrin for bladder cancer treatment. With manufacturing facilities across Europe, South America, China, India, and the United States, Ferring maintains a robust global presence while maintaining its focus on specialty biopharmaceuticals that address significant unmet medical needs.