Remote Senior Director, Engineering & Capital Projects

Avantor

Rhode Island

Remote

USD 168,000 - 282,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave
Paid holidays
401(k)

Job summary

Avantor is seeking a Senior Director, Global Engineering to lead strategic and operational performance across its worldwide engineering organization. This role drives capital project execution, site engineering, automated manufacturing systems, digital transformation, and compliance, enabling safe, scalable, and digitally enabled operations across a global network.

The incumbent collaborates with the PMO and executive teams to translate priorities into objectives and execution frameworks,

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering (required).
  • 15+ years of progressive engineering and operations leadership in regulated environments.
  • Experience leading global engineering organizations and capital portfolios.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute global engineering strategy across Avantor's network.
  • Own global capital portfolio including programs up to $50M and projects up to $150M.
  • Drive front-end engineering design and execution of major capital investments.
  • Lead cross-functional alignment with operations, supply chain, quality, EHS, and finance.
  • Develop and apply new technology to improve OEE and operational predictability.
  • Lead Lean, Six Sigma and continuous improvement initiatives across sites.

Skills

Strategic leadership
Capital portfolio ownership
OEE optimization
Digital manufacturing
IT/OT integration
EHS/PSM compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering
15+ years progressive leadership experience

Tools

MES integration
PLC/SCADA
Automation technologies

Job description

Avantor is seeking a Senior Director, Global Engineering to lead strategic and operational performance across its worldwide engineering organization. This role drives capital project execution, site engineering, automated manufacturing systems, digital transformation, and compliance, enabling safe, scalable, and digitally enabled operations across a global network.

The incumbent collaborates with the PMO and executive teams to translate priorities into objectives and execution frameworks,

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