Head of Facilities and Engineering

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents.

While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it.

Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people.

In exchange, we let our people own their careers.

Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world.

And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

The Head of Facilities and Engineering will support Site Head and will serve as a full member of the Site Leadership Team at our Houston, TX USA | Lonza .

He/She will be responsible for site strategy, execution and results, of all engineering and maintenance activities.

He/She will have overall responsibility for providing Engineering and Facilities Services to the site through management of engineering staff and leadership of the entire department.  While also, ensure that issues in these areas are prioritized, delegated and followed through to resolution. 

Key responsibilities:


* Ensures all activities are performed under the highest standards of Safety, Health and the Environment.


* Ensures that the concepts of Operational Excellence are deployed throughout the department and continuous improvement and elimination of waste are ingrained into all activities


* Supports Manufacturing Engineering; including Project Engineering, Plant Engineering and Suite Maintenance


* Instrumentation and Controls (Controls Engineering, MES Support, Infrastructure and Networks, and Calibration)


* Utilities and HVAC Operation and Maintenance, Buildings and Grounds Maintenance, Electrical Maintenance, and Security


* Maintenance Management and Planning Systems, develops operating budgets with staff, monitors and reports on cost center budgets.


* Responsible for implementation of multiple capital projects, develops capital budgets, and tracks against those budgets.

Capex Manager for site.


* Monitor and track all capital projects (including lump sum) for budget, scope, and schedule


* Author Capital Authorization Requests (CARs), especially larger, more complex requests


* Ensure that engineering work takes place in a manner consistent with Lonza policy and procedure and consistent with other LCM and Group facilities and standards.  Ensure that all engineering solutions are designed and implemented in accordance with accepted standards of cGMP and Good Engineering Practice.


* Develops and implements systems to ensure that the Engineering/Facilities support infrastructure supports site goals.  This includes maintenance systems, automation programs, drawing systems, project engineering etc.


* Provides utilities (including HVAC) of high quality and reliability to support manufacturing operations


* Ensure that we have an engineering and facilities programs that are efficient and defendable during inspections and audits. 


* Establish and maintain long term and short ter...