Senior Specialist Sap Plant Maintenance

Those who join Emergent BioSolutions feel a sense of ownership about their future. You will excel in an environment characterized by respect, innovation and growth opportunities. Here, you will join passionate professionals who advance their scientific, technical and professional skills to develop products designed-to protect life.

I. JOB SUMMARY

The Senior Specialist, SAP Plant Maintenance provides broad SAP systems expertise, oversight, and administration to ensure departmental compliance. Responsible to assess and implement system level improvements and deliver on site objectives. Provide support to the other sites and global EFV initiatives as needed.

II. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Propose unique solutions and lead implementation to resolve complex issues of a diverse scope using technical expertise, creativity, and collaboration with others through independent thought, communication, and technical writing.
• Expert in the methods and techniques utilized for resolving issues and obtaining effective solutions independently
• Accountable for all SAP Plant Maintenance Module functions including:
  • Master Data
    • Creation/maintenance of blueprint for the functional location and structure
    • Maintenance plan creation and update
    • Maintenance BOM creation and update
    • Task list creation and entry
• Creation and optimization of PM activities to ensure compliance with corporate guidelines, overall fixed asset health and reliability in cooperation with the Maintenance Planner and Technical team.
• Ensure business process reliability and efficiency.
• Lead work stream during SAP implementation projects both locally and globally.
• Provide support in regulatory agency inspections as required. (CDC, FDA, Health Canada, etc.)
• Develop training and train site SAP users and provide technical expertise as an SME to support site and global operations and EFV initiatives.
• Prepare complex documents, reports, and presentations with the ability to lead effective meetings.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed by those in this job.  It is not an exhaustive list of all duties, and other duties may be assigned. 

III. MINIMUM EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS

• BS in Engineering, Science, Management, or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 8 years of experience in a biopharmaceutical or related environment in an SAP administrative role, at least 5 years working in EFV support functions.
• Expertise in quality management system approaches, documentation, and requirements. 
• Should have experience/knowledge of reliability/predictive maintenance and Statistical Process Control and the entire equipment lifecycle.
• Expert understanding of GMP, data integrity requirements, and ability to lead teams to develop effective and lean solutions.
• Strong track record of partnering with end users and quality, as well as external inspection agencies to improve our systems and processes and maintain high quality data. 
• Project management skills are essential.
• Exceptional communications skills with all levels of the organization.

Per CDC guidelines, Emergent strongly recommends that all employees working on site are vaccinated to help ensure their safety, as well as the safety of fellow employees. This includes the use of good judgment when determining when the CDC guidelines advise that you stay home when ill. 

There are physical/mental demands and work environment characteristics that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. This information is available upon request from the candidate.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform all essential functions.
 

Emergent BioSolutions is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and values the diversity of our workforce.  Emergent does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, physical or mental disability, military service or veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
 

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