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Reporting to the Fort Dodge Site Head, the Senior Director is responsible for the technical and strategic leadership of the Engineering and Maintenance functions at both the Fort Dodge, Iowa and the Winslow, Maine vaccine sites. This is a critical role on both Site Leadership Teams and is a member of the Global Technical Operations Leadership Team. The position offers an excellent opportunity to lead the Engineering function at two key vaccine sites and influence the global strategy at a leading Animal Health Company.

Responsibilities:

• Leadership and performance management for the Site Engineering teams (including maintenance, contractor management, reliability, process engineers, process automation engineers and capital project managers)




• Develop the long-term strategy for the engineering function and a strategic investment plan for the Site facilities.




• Develop technical talent and future leaders for Engineering and other Manufacturing functions across Elanco.




• Ensure all the site assets are qualified, maintained and recapitalized to ensure compliance with Elanco standards & capability.




• Support manufacturing operations to achieve production goals in a manner that meets health, safety, environmental and quality expectations.




• Drive continuous improvement of assets to improve overall equipment effectiveness and optimize resources.




• Plan and execute of capital investments in an effective and efficient way.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering; master's degree preferred.




• A minimum of 7 years' experience with Engineering Team Leadership in the areas of maintenance, reliability, process engineering support and/or capital planning and delivery.




• Must have a minimum of 10 years' experience in FDA, EMA (EU GMP), USDA regulated, Animal Health, Pharmaceutical or Biotech manufacturing environment.




• Previous experience with technologies that include viral bioreactor and bacterial fermentation, downstream concentration/purification, lyophilization, aseptic vial filling, and/or packaging.

Other Information:

• Role will be based in Fort Dodge Iowa and travel to Winslow Maine will be required on a quarterly basis.




• Domestic and international travel required on a periodic basis to visit other manufacturing sites and for significant business initiatives.

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