Reliability Engineering Leader — GMP Facilities

UNAVAILABLE; Loures; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Hovione in Portugal seeks a Senior Reliability Engineer to lead the site reliability strategy for critical facilities, equipment and engineering systems, ensuring asset performance and lifecycle management in a highly regulated pharma environment.

You will lead RCA, develop maintenance strategies and coach a team of engineers while collaborating across Engineering, Maintenance, Operations, Quality and EHS to meet GMP and safety standards. Fluent English required.

Qualifications

• Fluent English required.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally.

Responsibilities

• Lead site reliability strategy for critical facilities, equipment and engineering systems to improve asset availability and lifecycle performance.
• Identify and manage asset reliability risks using performance data and failure history.
• Lead RCA and failure investigations with corrective actions.
• Develop preventive, predictive and risk-based maintenance strategies for critical assets.
• Apply reliability methods (RCM, FMEA/FMECA, criticality, condition monitoring).
• Provide reliability input into design, acquisition, commissioning, upgrades and lifecycle management.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean to reduce recurring failures and improve performance.
• Coach and develop a team of technical engineers with training plans and objectives.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Maintenance, Operations, Quality and EHS on asset decisions.
• Ensure activities meet GMP, regulatory and safety requirements.

Skills

Fluency in English

Good communication skills

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical / Electrical & Electronic / Instrumentation)

Job description

Hovione in Portugal seeks a Senior Reliability Engineer to lead the site reliability strategy for critical facilities, equipment and engineering systems, ensuring asset performance and lifecycle management in a highly regulated pharma environment.

You will lead RCA, develop maintenance strategies and coach a team of engineers while collaborating across Engineering, Maintenance, Operations, Quality and EHS to meet GMP and safety standards. Fluent English required.