Description:
The Mgr. Maintenance & Calibration Engineer is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining standardised global strategies, procedures, and best practices for maintenance and calibration of equipment and systems across West’s manufacturing network. This role ensures equipment reliability, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement of technical asset management processes, supporting global operations, productivity, Safety and Quality. The individual will serve as the technical Subject Matter Expert for Calibration and Maintenance systems, collaborating cross-functionally with site engineering teams, global IT, operations, and quality functions to deploy and support programs aligning with GxP and ISO requirements.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Support the development and standardisation of global maintenance and calibration strategies, policies, and procedures aligned with GMP, ISO, and other relevant standards.
- Support the implementation and continuous improvement of Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS - SAP PM)) or Enterprise Asset Management systems across sites in Europe and Asia.
- Provide global technical guidance for calibration intervals, tolerances, and control plans, ensuring critical equipment maintains validated performance.
- Partner site engineering teams to drive reliability through predictive/preventive maintenance programs.
- Develop KPIs and data analytics dashboards to monitor maintenance and calibration efficiency, asset uptime, cost tracking, and compliance.
- Lead or support global projects for equipment lifecycle management, asset standardisation, and technology upgrades.
- Facilitate global training and competency development programs for maintenance and calibration technicians and engineers.
- Drive continuous improvement to reduce downtime, improve data accuracy, and optimise maintenance costs.
- Collaborate with global equipment validation to ensure alignment between equipment readiness and asset life cycle management.
Education
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Engineering preferred
Work Experience
- 5+ years of experience in a manager or senior manager level role
- 10+ years of experience in maintenance, calibration, or reliability engineering within a regulated manufacturing environment (pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical devices preferred).