Department Head Engineering(m/f/d)

Department Head Engineering(m/f/d)

Location: Marburg, Germany

The Site Lead Engineering is responsible to ensure an efficient Engineering Organization – in accordance with the company strategy and pharmaceutical-technical requirements (cGMP, Health, Safety, Environmental & Sustainability). This includes the areas of Sustainability, Facilities/Utilities, Capital Projects, Engineering Compliance, Automation and Production Engineering.

The position holder reports to the site manager and is a member of the Site Leadership Team (SLT) and is therefore decisively involved in the most important business and decision-making processes at the Marburg site.

Key Responsibilities

• The fulfillment of the employer´s duties regarding occupational safety, the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases as well as the implementation of necessary work-related health measures for Engineering Marburg.
• Ensure an efficient Engineering organization
• Ensure alignment of the Engineering organization with the company objectives. Identification with and focus on technical core functions. Development and implementation of new and optimized organizational structures and processes according to business needs.
• Ensure optimization of business processes within Engineering and in cooperation with cross-functional areas. Harmonized focus of relevant functions and tasks to increase efficiency and quality including rationalization of resources.
• Ensure adherence to service agreements and contracts for all relevant technical outsourcing services in terms of resources, quality and expenses.
• Continuous alignment and improvement of strategies for allocation of internal core functions and out-sourcing, e.g. planning services.
• Ensure cost planning (CAPEX) and project execution in accordance with relevant demand.
• Ensure cost planning (OPEX) according to demand and timelines to generate a site consolidated technical budget.
• Review and assessment of projects from a technical perspective and contribution to approval processes within Marburg Capital Review Board (MCRB).
• Ensure execution of investments by means of high-level project management in terms of resources and application of approved budget with regards to profitability, timelines and requirements.
• Ensure the professional and harmonized implementation of Engineering tasks with best possible use of synergies.
• Ensure that improvement opportunities within the area of Engineering core functions are identified, analyzed and implemented by use of synergies.
• Ensure and survey general compliance and implementation of internal, legal and regulatory requirements in terms of cGMP, technical execution quality and pharmaceutical process engineering.
• Consolidation of technical processes and functions to implement harmonized and site conform engineering processes, documents, and tools.
• Support of global engineering organization and contribution to ensure harmonized engineering processes.
• Delegation as "Beauftragungsverantwortlicher Bereich Technik" in accordance with German law and regulations.
• Ensure implementation of all EHSS guidelines within the Engineering organization.
• Ensure adherence to site risk management process in accordance with Global Supply Chain Risk Management Written Standard (VQD-SOP-082388).
• Fulfillment of Duty Holder (DH) duties according to Marburg DH matrix.

Why you?

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor or Master of Engineering degree in a relevant field
• Extensive experience at a similar level in the pharmaceutical or related manufacturing & engineering industry.
• Leadership expertise in a multinational environment or matrix organization.

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Relevant knowledge of EHS as well as cGMP rules, standards and guidelines.
• Excellent knowledge of the legal framework including standards, regulations, etc.
• Leadership expertise.
• Fluent in English and German
• Internal and external customer orientation including negotiation skills and techniques in a multi-national environment.
• The ability to identify, avoid and eliminate business risks.
• Confident, determined and courteous appearance towards all business partners internal and external.

Closing date for applications

29th September 2025

Company overview and benefits

We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.

We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.

Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on Life at GSK | GSK.

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