Facilities Engineering Senior Specialist

Job Description

General Summary:

The Facilities Engineering Senior Specialist is an important member of the Global Engineering and Capital Project Management team. The position provides science-centric facility, equipment, and utility engineering expertise to all global sites with primary focus on GMP manufacturing sites and secondary focus on R&D lab and office sites.

This role will involve in various aspects of facility- and infrastructure-focused engineering efforts for existing and new facilities, from conceptual to detailed design, during construction, startup, testing, and commissioning, qualification, and validation, and throughout the on-going operations of the facilities as required. The role also will assist leadership with the creation and execution of engineering management processes, facility design guidelines, policies and standard operating procedures, energy resource reduction efforts, and pursuing other opportunities to further the value-add proposition of the Global Engineering team.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support science-centric strategic decisions for capital projects based on scientific knowledge, education, and level of experience.
• Conduct design reviews for various capital projects with awareness of cost, efficiency, and compliance
• Collaborate with in-house scientific groups to learn and understand evolving science and technology
• Monitor in-house teams and seasonal consultants supporting key CQV projects, including IQ/OQ/PQ, as applicable
• Perform engineering assessments for new capital equipment
• Lead and author engineering specifications that will serve as a global standard for current and future projects
• Lead and participate (as needed) in troubleshooting of process equipment, facility equipment and associated utilities
• Defines, implements, and monitors quality standards for all project deliverables
• Reviews Engineering Turn Over Packages (ETOP) provided at the completion of capital projects for accuracy
• Implement energy reduction, carbon emissions reduction, and sustainability improvements to existing and new facilities/equipment
• Collaborate to ensure all energy savings implemented are appropriately monitored, tracked, and reported
• Work collaboratively with Manufacturing, Process/Analytical Development, R&D groups, EH&S, Capital Project Management, GIS, QA and others to support the consistent achievement of the company's strategic objectives
• Cultivate change and innovation by seeking opportunities to strengthen and improve existing engineering services
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally, currently expected to be approximately 10% of the work year. Most trips are 3 to 5 days in length

Knowledge and Skills:

• Candidate must be responsive to change and adapt quickly to changing circumstances
• Must demonstrate effective self-management and act on improvement opportunities
• Developed verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills to explain complex

• information to others in straightforward situations

• Ability to navigate and be successful in a fast-paced, highly matrixed work environment
• Knowledge of current applicable regulatory expectations
• Expertise supporting manufacturing equipment, analytical instruments, facilities, and utilities Validation.
• Experience with the detailed design process as well as oversight of installation, startup, testing, and thorough commissioning of equipment/systems is required
• Experience of cGMP and regulated facility design, change control processes, compliance requirements, commissioning, qualification, validation, and best practices in the pharmaceutical industry

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Industrial or Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline
• Master's degree in Engineering or related discipline preferred but not required
• Typically requires 4 to 6 years of relevant work experience with a minimum of 2 years in planning, design and execution of facility-focused engineering projects; OR, any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities have been achieved

Flex Designation:

Flex Eligibility Status:

Company Information

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.

Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Talent Acquisition at ApplicationAssistance@vrtx.com