Whether it's the unique breadth of our integrated offering that covers Injectable Aesthetics, Dermatological Skincare and Therapeutic Dermatology products; or our commitment to recognizing and rewarding people for the contribution they make - working here isn't like anywhere else.
At Galderma, we actively give our teams reasons to believe in our ambition to become the leading dermatology company in the world. With us, you have the ultimate opportunity to gain new and challenging work experiences and create an unparalleled, direct impact.
The Opportunity
The Manager, Plant Engineering & Operations role provides operational engineering leadership for a regulated manufacturing site, ensuring that utility and facility systems support business needs, production continuity, quality standards, EHS expectations, regulatory compliance, and site performance.
The role is accountable for the operation, maintenance, reliability, lifecycle planning, compliance, and continuous improvement of site utility and facility systems, including water production and distribution, domestic/process/purified water where applicable, compressed air, black steam, clean steam, chillers, chilled water networks, cooling towers, electrical infrastructure, fire systems, HVAC interfaces, clean areas, wastewater/waste liquid treatment, buildings, grounds, offices, and general site infrastructure.
The role also leads the Integrated Facilities Management, including internal resources and external service providers for hard and soft services such as facility maintenance and repair, cleaning, pest control, grounds, office and workplace services, building-related services, space utilization, and site support functions.
The role is accountable for implementing locally the Global Plant Engineering strategy, alignment of standards, asset reliability expectations, engineering governance, sustainability objectives, compliance requirements, insurance risk and operational excellence priorities.
Key Responsibilities
1. Site Engineering Operations Leadership
Lead the local Plant Engineering and Operations function to ensure safe, compliant, reliable, and efficient site operations.
Provide engineering leadership for manufacturing operations across e.g. Consumer Cosmetics, Rx/OTC, and Injectable Aesthetics areas.
Ensure engineering services support production continuity, product quality, EHS requirements, and regulatory compliance.
Act as the primary site engineering interface for Operations, Quality, EHS, Technical Services, Validation, Procurement, and Global Engineering.
Lead site engineering governance forums, performance reviews, issue escalation, and improvement planning.
Maintain strong operational discipline across maintenance, utilities, infrastructure, and facilities activities.
Translate global plant engineering strategy, standards, and performance expectations into local site execution plans.
2 . Utilities and Infrastructure Management
Accountable for the reliable and compliant operation of site utility and infrastructure systems, including but not limited to:
Water production, treatment, storage, and distribution systems.
Purified water, process water, potable water, and associated monitoring requirements, where applicable.
Compressed air generation and distribution.
Black steam and clean steam generation and distribution.
Chilled water systems, chillers, cooling towers, and associated distribution networks.
Electrical infrastructure, switchgear, power distribution, emergency power, and resilience systems.
HVAC utilities interfaces supporting classified and non-classified manufacturing areas.
Waste liquid treatment, effluent handling, and environmental control systems.
Process utilities required to support, depending on site, to cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and injectable manufacturing.
Facility infrastructure, buildings, roads, drainage, roofs, civil assets, fire protection systems and site services.
The role ensures these systems are maintained in a state of control,…