Building Manager

4142 Evonik Corporation_4142; Lafayette (IN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Paid time off plan

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Employee Assistance Program

Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discs

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Evonik Corporation seeks a Building Manager in Lafayette, IN to lead the safe, reliable operation of a significant pharmaceutical manufacturing facility within a cGMP environment. You will partner with manufacturing, engineering, quality, and EHS teams to meet production goals and compliance standards.

The role requires strategic planning, capital-project coordination, and people leadership to drive continuous improvement and safe, efficient performance across the site.

Qualifications

• Lead and manage the overall operation and performance of the building/facility.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, maintenance, quality, EHS, supply chain, and projects.
• Develop and execute annual and longer-term operating plans.
• Create production and facility plans considering capacity and workforce.
• Monitor safety, quality, reliability, cost, and KPIs.
• Identify opportunities to improve capacity, reliability, safety, and efficiency.
• Lead continuous improvement and problem-solving initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with cGMP, quality, EHS, and regulatory requirements.
• Identify operational risks and mitigation strategies.
• Manage budgets, staffing, projects, and business cases.
• Partner on capital improvements and modernization.
• Establish accountability and develop employees.
• Lead change associated with modernization and evolving requirements.
• Communicate strategy and priorities to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the overall operation and performance of the assigned building/facility, ensuring safe, reliable, compliant, and efficient execution of manufacturing and supporting activities.
• Partner closely with manufacturing, engineering, maintenance, quality, EHS, supply chain, and project teams to ensure facility capabilities support production requirements and business objectives.
• Develop and execute annual and longer-term operating plans, translating strategic objectives into actionable priorities, resource requirements, project plans, and measurable performance targets.
• Develop production and facility plans that account for capacity, equipment availability, infrastructure requirements, workforce needs, maintenance activities, projects, and dependencies across the organization.
• Monitor performance against safety, quality, reliability, cost, capacity, and operational KPIs, identifying trends and taking corrective action when performance falls below expectations.
• Assess facilities, infrastructure, processes, systems, and equipment to identify opportunities to improve capacity, reliability, safety, quality, compliance, and efficiency.
• Lead and support continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives, using structured problem solving and root-cause analysis to eliminate inefficiencies and improve performance.
• Ensure facility and operational activities comply with applicable cGMP, quality, EHS, regulatory, and company requirements.
• Identify operational risks and implement appropriate mitigation strategies to protect employees, products, equipment, facilities, and business continuity.
• Manage significant financial and human resources, including operating budgets, staffing requirements, project resources, and business cases.
• Partner with engineering and project organizations on capital improvements, facility upgrades, equipment installations, and modernization initiatives.
• Establish clear accountability and performance expectations while developing employees and building a culture focused on safety, quality, reliability, learning, and continuous improvement.
• Lead organizational change associated with facility modernization, new technologies, process improvements, and evolving business requirements.
• Communicate facility strategy, priorities, performance, and required actions to employees, leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Facility operations

cGMP compliance

Operational planning

Budget management

Cross-functional collaboration

Project coordination

Continuous improvement

People leadership

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, operations, facilities management, or related technical discipline

Job description

What we offer

At Evonik, you’re part of a global chemical company working in many sectors that go beyond chemistry. From lipids for tomorrow’s medicines, biosurfactants for green detergents, additives for plastics recycling or membranes to help drive forward the energy transition, you’ll play an essential part in helping the world’s most essential industries succeed. Our success hinges on a diversity of ideas powered by people, not egos. Whether you’re a scientist or engineer, new to the team or established, in business, production, or anything in between - we cheer each other on. Because we believe we can do anything. Explore everything. And Be Part of Something Special! Find out more about the many benefits we offer: https://www.evonik.com/en/careers/why.html Meet the team and get to know the people behind Evonik: https://www.evonik.com/en/news/meet-the-team.html

The Building Manager is responsible for leading the safe, reliable, compliant, and efficient operation of a significant manufacturing facility within Evonik's pharmaceutical manufacturing network. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity at a time of significant investment and transformation. The Building Manager will play an important role in supporting this transformation - ensuring the facility, infrastructure, manufacturing environment, and supporting systems are capable of meeting current operational requirements while preparing the site for future growth. The role combines facility leadership, operational planning, technical expertise, capital-project coordination, safety, compliance, continuous improvement, and people leadership within a complex cGMP pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the overall operation and performance of the assigned building/facility, ensuring safe, reliable, compliant, and efficient execution of manufacturing and supporting activities.
• Partner closely with manufacturing, engineering, maintenance, quality, EHS, supply chain, and project teams to ensure facility capabilities support production requirements and business objectives.
• Develop and execute annual and longer-term operating plans, translating strategic objectives into actionable priorities, resource requirements, project plans, and measurable performance targets.
• Develop production and facility plans that account for capacity, equipment availability, infrastructure requirements, workforce needs, maintenance activities, projects, and dependencies across the organization.
• Monitor performance against safety, quality, reliability, cost, capacity, and operational KPIs, identifying trends and taking corrective action when performance falls below expectations.
• Assess facilities, infrastructure, processes, systems, and equipment to identify opportunities to improve capacity, reliability, safety, quality, compliance, and efficiency.
• Lead and support continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives, using structured problem solving and root-cause analysis to eliminate inefficiencies and improve performance.
• Ensure facility and operational activities comply with applicable cGMP, quality, EHS, regulatory, and company requirements.
• Identify operational risks and implement appropriate mitigation strategies to protect employees, products, equipment, facilities, and business continuity.
• Manage significant financial and human resources, including operating budgets, staffing requirements, project resources, and business cases.
• Partner with engineering and project organizations on capital improvements, facility upgrades, equipment installations, and modernization initiatives.
• Establish clear accountability and performance expectations while developing employees and building a culture focused on safety, quality, reliability, learning, and continuous improvement.
• Lead organizational change associated with facility modernization, new technologies, process improvements, and evolving business requirements.
• Communicate facility strategy, priorities, performance, and required actions to employees, leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, operations, facilities management, or a related technical discipline.
• Significant experience in facilities, engineering, manufacturing, operations, or a related technical environment, preferably within pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology, or another highly regulated industry.
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing strategic and operational plans within a complex organization.
• Strong technical understanding of facilities, infrastructure, manufacturing processes, equipment, and operational systems.
• Experience working within a cGMP pharmaceutical manufacturing environment and applying quality and regulatory requirements to operational decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to manage significant budgets, resources, projects, and competing priorities while delivering against demanding timelines.
• Strong knowledge of EHS/HS&E, risk management, quality systems, compliance, and safe systems of work.
• Demonstrated continuous-improvement and problem-solving capabilities, including identifying root causes and implementing sustainable solutions.
• Experience supporting or leading capital projects, facility modernization, automation, infrastructure upgrades, or expansion initiatives.
• Proven people-leadership and organizational-development skills, including leading through change, developing talent, and establishing accountability.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Paid time off plan
• 401(k) savings plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts
• Disability benefits
• Life Insurance
• Parental leave
• Tuition Reimbursement

The Evonik Group adopts an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) approach. Candidates are assessed based on their educational qualifications, experience, job competencies and potential and shall not be discriminated against on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, nationality, disability or sexual orientation or other classifications protected by local, state, or provincial regulations.

Company is Evonik Corporation

About the Employer

This is your opportunity to join a thriving global organization that combines cutting-edge science, technology and engineering with world-class business services to create solutions that answer real-world problems. If you join us, we’ll expect you to take ownership of your work, team up with other great minds, and add your name to creations that make a positive difference for generations. As one of the world leaders in specialty chemicals operating in more than 100 countries with over 32,000 employees, we need your diversity of thought to make us better. In return for your passion, initiative and creativity, you’ll enjoy opportunities to improve and to be respected for your contribution.