Group Lead Engineer Fill & Finish (m/f/d) - Technical Unit

Octapharma Pharmazeutika Produktionsges.m.b.H.; Wien; Vor Ort; EUR 85.000 - 125.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Company restaurant & meal subsidy

Training & further education

Health promotion

Parking and transport access

Company and team events

Zusammenfassung

Octapharma Pharmazeutika Produktionsges.m.b.H. seeks a Group Lead Engineer for Fill & Finish to guide engineering strategy, standards, and escalation of technical issues. You will mentor teams, drive standardization, and ensure safety, quality and budget alignment across global production sites.

The role requires leadership across sites, strong project delivery, and collaboration with corporate and local engineering teams to advance capacity and efficiency while maintaining cGMP compliance.

Qualifikationen

• Master's degree in engineering or equivalent.
• 10+ years of engineering experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Proven track record in managing engineering projects and leading teams.
• Strong strategic thinking, problem-solving, and stakeholder communication.

Aufgaben

• Represent Global Engineering as Engineering Lead for Fill & Finish activities in local investment projects.
• Collaborate with local Project Lead Engineers to ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Define and review design requirements and process flows.
• Plan and develop process units and systems, including layouts and functional flows.
• Coordinate design engineers and equipment suppliers and ensure compliance with cGMP.

Kenntnisse

Engineering leadership

Project management

cGMP knowledge

Stakeholder alignment

Process optimization

Ausbildung

Master's degree in engineering

Jobbeschreibung

Group Lead Engineer Fill & Finish (m/f/d) - Technical Unit

Job-ID: 61150
Location: Wien, AUT; Lingolsheim, FRA; Springe, DEU; Stockholm, SWE
Job Level: Professionals
Category: Technical
Employment Type: Permanent position

Become part of a vital chain and contribute to our common goal of making people's lives better. Octapharma is one of the largest human protein manufacturers in the world, developing and producing medicines sourced from human plasma and human cell lines. We are a privately-owned company, where the warmth of family meets the scale of a global organisation.

As Group Lead Engineer - Fill & Finish, you will lead the engineering strategy for F&F, ensuring alignment with global production, technical standards, and business goals. You will provide technical guidance, mentor teams, drive standardization and innovation, and ensure compliance with safety, quality, and budget requirements.

The position will be located at one of our production sites: Vienna (Austria), Springe (Germany), Stockholm (Sweden) or Lingolsheim (France).

Join us in shaping our vision to provide new health solutions advancing human life.

Your main tasks and responsibilities

• Represent Global Engineering as Engineering Lead for Fill & Finish activities in local investment projects
• Collaborate with local Project Lead Engineers to ensure high-quality engineering and process design deliverables
• Define and review design requirements
• Plan and develop process units and systems, including layouts and functional flows
• Develop and review project descriptions and process flow diagrams
• Coordinate design engineers and process equipment suppliers
• Ensure implementation of Octapharma engineering concepts and standards in projects
• Evaluate and compare technical and commercial solutions
• Ensure proposed solutions and engineering documentation meet cGMP requirements
• Collaborate with corporate functions and local engineering teams to develop design solutions and standards that support capacity, efficiency and other business requirements
• Support implementation of engineering standards at local sites and contribute to their continuous development
• Act as an internal consultant and technical expert within the area of expertise

Your expertise and ideal skill set

• Master's degree in engineering or equivalent
• 10+ years of engineering experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including implementation of new processes
• Proven track record in managing engineering projects and providing technical or functional leadership
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to align stakeholders, communicate effectively and drive results across functions
• Proactive and results-oriented, with sound business judgment and an open mindset towards innovation and continuous improvement

Your department - where you make an impact

• The corporate Technical Organization is overall Technical responsible for the Group
• The corporate Technical organization is organized into the departments of Engineering, Maintenance and Automation
• The team is mainly responsible for Strategic development and capacity development of the group
• The function is crucial for the operations to work in a sustainable manner
• We continuously invest in the site, leading to modernization and expansion
• The department/section consists of 15 people, and you report to the group Director of Engineering

Thrive with us

• Company restaurant & meal subsidy
• Training & further education
• Health promotion
• Parking spaces and good public transport connections
• Company and team events

Austria Only:

The minimum gross wage according to the collective agreement (chemical industry) for your new job is EUR 4.779,83. We strive to adapt your salary to your range of tasks and to your profile, which is why we are ready to pay wages higher than collectively agreed. This is a legal requirement in Austria which is not applicable for other sites.

It´s in our blood

We live diversity and stand for equal opportunities as an employer! We therefore look forward to receiving your application - regardless of age, gender, origin, sexual orientation, and religion.

Do you have any questions? Then get in touch with your contact person.

Larissa Amling

Octapharma Pharmazeutika Produktionsges.m.b.H.

Oberlaaer Straße 235, 1100 Wien

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About Octapharma

Octapharma is one of the largest human protein manufacturers in the world, developing and producing human proteins from human plasma and human cell lines. We employ more than 11,000 people worldwide to support the treatment of patients in 120 countries with products across three therapeutic areas: Immunotherapy, Haematology and Critical Care. With seven R&D sites and five state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Austria, France, Germany, and Sweden, Octapharma also operates over 195 plasma donation centres across Europe and the US. With four decades of experience, we are committed to advancing patient care worldwide.