Sr. Director, Facilities & Engineering

Kindeva; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Kindeva is seeking a Sr. Director of Facilities and Engineering to lead a multidisciplinary team across three St. Louis sites, ensuring compliant and reliable operations for aseptic/sterile drug products.

This executive role drives strategic planning, resource management, and collaboration with partner functions to deliver engineering solutions and robust capital plans. Reporting to the VP & General Manager, the role emphasizes building high-performing teams, maintaining regulatory readiness,

Qualifications

• 15+ years in pharmaceutical engineering, operations and project management.
• 10+ years in a functional leadership role within engineering/maintenance/validation.
• Experience building and developing teams to deliver results.
• Direct experience supporting manufacturing facilities and utility systems in FDA/EMA regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements (FDA/EMA) with audit experience.
• Knowledge of commissioning, validation and operation of facilities and utilities for cGMP.
• Experience with single-use technologies preferred.
• GMP facility startup experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Set goals for site and function as a member of the Site Leadership Team.
• Provide direction and prioritization for F&E managers; hire, develop employees, and manage performance.
• Monitor tactical execution across engineering groups and communicate issues to stakeholders.
• Set and meet customer commitments including new product introduction timelines.
• Identify opportunities to improve robustness, reliability and operating performance.
• Oversee budgeting and capital investments; plan with key stakeholders.
• Represent Kindeva St. Louis with regulators, customers and service providers.
• Ensure skills-based training, cGMP and safety for department staff.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to promote best practices.

Skills

Strategic leadership

People management

Regulatory compliance

GxP and cGMP knowledge

Facilities/Engineering expertise

Project management

Auditing

Single-use technologies

GMP startup experience

Budget & capital planning

Job description

Our Work Matters

At Kindeva we make products that save lives, ensuring better health and well-being for patients around the world.

The Impact You Will Make

Reporting to the Vice President & General Manager, the Sr. Director of Facilities and Engineering is responsible for a staff of engineers, automation, metrology staff and validation personnel with expertise in aseptic/ sterile drug product formulation, vial and syringe filling, and primary packaging manufacturing activities for liquid and suspension products. The Sr. Director of Facilities and Engineering, leads and enables the team to conduct oversight of the three St. Louis manufacturing sites and the GMP warehouse to support internal and external / client products.

This role assures strategic alignment to site vision, strategic, and operational plans to assure achievement of site and business objectives. As part of the site leadership team, the leader assures clarity, alignment and direction is provided to the Facilities and Engineering teams and with partner functions; plans, forecasts and manages resources to support demand and requirements for all engineering related activities; and, collaborates with other functions across the site and within the network to develop required facilities and engineering solutions include equipment reliability and spare parts programs.

The Facilities and Engineering Sr. Director serves as the system owner for multiple quality systems including but not limited to equipment validation, preventative maintenance, calibration and overall capital planning and maintenance of the St. Louis campus. The Sr. Director of Facilities and Engineering fosters an environment that encourages innovation with respect to identification, evaluation and implementation of new technologies, new products, and improvement to existing commercial products, and continually partners across functions to assure the site stays compliant.

Responsibilities

• As a member of the Site Leadership Team (SLT), sets goals for both site and function.
• Provides direction and prioritization for the functional area managers within the F&E department. Hires and develops employees and creates succession plans. Provides feedback and coaching, and performance management.
• Monitors tactical execution of operational activities across the Engineering functional groups and for the site as a member of the SLT. Communicates to stakeholders issues and resolutions in a timely manner.
• Sets and meets customer commitments including new product introduction timelines
• Identifies opportunities to improve robustness, reliability, and other aspects of operational performance
• Provides Engineering expertise at site and across sites. Supports strategic business activities including long range planning, S&OP, capital investment plans, facility master plans, due diligence, and other governance processes.
• Manages operational budget and partners with key stakeholders to plan and manage capital investments
• Represents Kindeva St. Louis in external interactions with regulatory agencies, customers, government agencies, business partners and service providers.
• Ensures adequate training (skills-based, cGMP and Safety) of employees within department to perform or exceed job requirements.
• Creates and maintains relationships with other Kindeva engineering teams to develop and promote engineering best practices

Qualifications

• 15+ years of related experience in the Pharmaceutical or related industry including experience in engineering, operations and project management.
• 10+ years of experience in a functional leadership position within one or more areas including Process Engineering, Facilities/Engineering, Maintenance, Automation, Validation or related functions
• Experience in building own team and project teams and developing teams’ capabilities to deliver results
• Direct experience supporting manufacturing facilities and utility systems within an FDA/EMA regulated environment.
• Strong understanding of applicable regulatory requirements (FDA and EMA). Audit experience is required.Fundamental knowledge of GMP equipment, utility and cleanroom design/installation and quality control laboratory design/installation
• Strong understanding of industry standards for commissioning, validation, and operation of facilities and utilities for cGMP manufacturing and GxP laboratories
• Experience with single-use technologies is preferred
• Experience with a GMP facility startup is preferred

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