Senior Manager Laboratory Equipment Maintenance
- Location
- Tranent, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 29 Mar 2023
- Closes
- 27 Apr 2023
- Ref
- 214893
- Discipline
- R & D , Laboratory
- Hours
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Experience Level
- Experienced (non-manager)
For 75years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
Job Summary
Charles River Laboratories has the ambitious goal to transform its approach to laboratory equipment maintenance and upkeep. We're on a journey to World Class Maintenance, and we're looking for people who are passionate about using industry leading tools and analytics to improve laboratory equipment performance. You will have the freedom to develop a program of reliability-focused initiatives and improvements across our global footprint. Working closely as part of a multi-functional team, you’ll utilize your skills and experience to lead the efforts to maximize the performance of our laboratory assets globally and deploy best practice to our sites.
The success of our team is all about the right dynamics, and therefore require an individual with the utmost integrity and high emotional intelligence to jump right in and have an immediate impact. You can operate in ambiguity and see the big picture yet are resourceful and pragmatic enough to execute on a myriad of projects, both big and small. You are highly confident, and manage pressure with poise, composure and of course, a sense of humor. Your work ethic is off the charts and get great satisfaction contributing towards the greater good. Most importantly, you thrive in a team environment, where everyone has an impact and brings their “best’ selves each day.
About our Team
We are driven by our mission of improving the lives of patients, thus always have a sense of urgency, and the passion that goes along with it. While we do work in ambiguity, please consider that this role has more of a targeted focus towards the experience and well-being of our valued employees. We think it is fun to shift gears, sometimes hourly, and juggle multiple projects by working together creatively on how to deliver. We have earned the trust and respect of our most senior leaders and take that responsibility seriously. We are known for our ability to quickly deliver clear and simplified solutions to complex challenges, with little or no direction. With kindness and empathy, we effortlessly build relationships across our global organization, bridge gaps and connect dots to ensure maximum efficiency. We fully embrace an environment where diverse backgrounds and different point of view are not only valued, but essential to deliver results. We care about each other, our people, our planet, and the patients we ultimately work for.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Support the execution of the Lab Equipment Maintenance Strategy across the organization and the delivery of the agreed goals which will include asset performance and total cost of ownership improvement.
To keep informed of the scientific and technical developments relevant to the group’s activities bringing innovation into Charles River. Support the implementation of new/existing technology and ways of working to predict equipment failure and optimize maintenance strategies (track, analyze and report)
Support the development and deployment of best practice across the organization.
Work with our suppliers and our internal procurement teams, to identify improvement opportunities and deliver value.
Support the creation and maintenance of the Charles River Reliability Excellence toolbox with respect to Lab Equipment Maintenance.
Support, coach and develop our teams to achieve excellent asset performance.
Work with site teams to capture and maintain accurate LEM asset inventories, to include updates for new purchases and asset transfers and retirements.
Use data to target improvement areas and report on key performance indicators.
Identify chronic equipment deficiencies and PM gaps through “Bad Actor” analysis and reporting.
Facilitate and lead root cause analysis investigations to eliminate failures using industry-recognized methods. Develops solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect equipment, which may include capacity, quality, cost, or regulatory compliance issues, by applying data analysis techniques (statistical process control, reliability modeling and prediction, fault tree analysis, Six Sigma (6σ) methodology, etc.), root cause analysis (RCA) and failure mode effect analysis (FMEA).
Optimize equipment maintenance strategies based on risk (e.g., PM, PdM, Part availability, TPM, OAC, OEM support).
Develop, maintain, and update essential guidance on maintenance and reliability documentation (e.g., SOP, Preventive Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance, Condition based maintenance, KPIs) for critical equipment.
Help to develop future functionality of our CMMS system in conjunction with CMMS administration team and site operation teams.
Provide reliability maintenance input to Project Engineering Design and equipment selection through the application of Life Cycle Costing.
Actively participate and provide input and feedback for the Charles River Safety Program to meet Health and Safety regulations and OSHA requirements in all duties.
Comply with requirements from Charles River Safety Program including Health and Safety regulations and OSHA requirements.
Participate and provide support for audits.
Profile and Requirements
Education: Bachelor’s degree in biological sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, engineering or computer sciences is preferred
Essential Experience: Proven experience (5 yrs +) in an equivalent or related position with knowledge of Lab Equipment Maintenance, reliability improvement techniques, problem solving and maintenance strategies
5 yrs Experience of working in cGXP environment
An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.
Other: Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate well in both oral and written reports. Excellent collaboration, and persuasion skills with the ability to lead teamsof individuals who have diverse backgrounds and opinions. Ability to interact professionally and comfortably with Senior Leadership. Proficient in project scheduling, Power BI, MS Office Suite Working knowledge of CMMS and electronic lab note book systems would be an advantage.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear and work/type at a computer.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Hybrid - Ability to work from home or at one of our sites which will have general office working conditions; the noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. However due to the nature of the role the position will also involve entering environments such as plant rooms where the conditions may be noisy for example and will need the application of personal protective equipment such as ear defenders as part of the risk control measures for safe entry
Comments:
This position can be based from home and requires regular domestic and occasional international travel.
About Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.
At Charles River Laboratories, we recognize and recruit all talent. We are a company committed to the principle of diversity and inclusion and work daily in this direction.
Job Summary
Charles River Laboratories has the ambitious goal to transform its approach to laboratory equipment maintenance and upkeep. We're on a journey to World Class Maintenance, and we're looking for people who are passionate about using industry leading tools and analytics to improve laboratory equipment performance. You will have the freedom to develop a program of reliability-focused initiatives and improvements across our global footprint. Working closely as part of a multi-functional team, you’ll utilize your skills and experience to lead the efforts to maximize the performance of our laboratory assets globally and deploy best practice to our sites.
The success of our team is all about the right dynamics, and therefore require an individual with the utmost integrity and high emotional intelligence to jump right in and have an immediate impact. You can operate in ambiguity and see the big picture yet are resourceful and pragmatic enough to execute on a myriad of projects, both big and small. You are highly confident, and manage pressure with poise, composure and of course, a sense of humor. Your work ethic is off the charts and get great satisfaction contributing towards the greater good. Most importantly, you thrive in a team environment, where everyone has an impact and brings their “best’ selves each day.
About our Team
We are driven by our mission of improving the lives of patients, thus always have a sense of urgency, and the passion that goes along with it. While we do work in ambiguity, please consider that this role has more of a targeted focus towards the experience and well-being of our valued employees. We think it is fun to shift gears, sometimes hourly, and juggle multiple projects by working together creatively on how to deliver. We have earned the trust and respect of our most senior leaders and take that responsibility seriously. We are known for our ability to quickly deliver clear and simplified solutions to complex challenges, with little or no direction. With kindness and empathy, we effortlessly build relationships across our global organization, bridge gaps and connect dots to ensure maximum efficiency. We fully embrace an environment where diverse backgrounds and different point of view are not only valued, but essential to deliver results. We care about each other, our people, our planet, and the patients we ultimately work for.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Support the execution of the Lab Equipment Maintenance Strategy across the organization and the delivery of the agreed goals which will include asset performance and total cost of ownership improvement.
To keep informed of the scientific and technical developments relevant to the group’s activities bringing innovation into Charles River. Support the implementation of new/existing technology and ways of working to predict equipment failure and optimize maintenance strategies (track, analyze and report)
Support the development and deployment of best practice across the organization.
Work with our suppliers and our internal procurement teams, to identify improvement opportunities and deliver value.
Support the creation and maintenance of the Charles River Reliability Excellence toolbox with respect to Lab Equipment Maintenance.
Support, coach and develop our teams to achieve excellent asset performance.
Work with site teams to capture and maintain accurate LEM asset inventories, to include updates for new purchases and asset transfers and retirements.
Use data to target improvement areas and report on key performance indicators.
Identify chronic equipment deficiencies and PM gaps through “Bad Actor” analysis and reporting.
Facilitate and lead root cause analysis investigations to eliminate failures using industry-recognized methods. Develops solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect equipment, which may include capacity, quality, cost, or regulatory compliance issues, by applying data analysis techniques (statistical process control, reliability modeling and prediction, fault tree analysis, Six Sigma (6σ) methodology, etc.), root cause analysis (RCA) and failure mode effect analysis (FMEA).
Optimize equipment maintenance strategies based on risk (e.g., PM, PdM, Part availability, TPM, OAC, OEM support).
Develop, maintain, and update essential guidance on maintenance and reliability documentation (e.g., SOP, Preventive Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance, Condition based maintenance, KPIs) for critical equipment.
Help to develop future functionality of our CMMS system in conjunction with CMMS administration team and site operation teams.
Provide reliability maintenance input to Project Engineering Design and equipment selection through the application of Life Cycle Costing.
Actively participate and provide input and feedback for the Charles River Safety Program to meet Health and Safety regulations and OSHA requirements in all duties.
Comply with requirements from Charles River Safety Program including Health and Safety regulations and OSHA requirements.
Participate and provide support for audits.
Profile and Requirements
Education: Bachelor’s degree in biological sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, engineering or computer sciences is preferred
Essential Experience: Proven experience (5 yrs +) in an equivalent or related position with knowledge of Lab Equipment Maintenance, reliability improvement techniques, problem solving and maintenance strategies
5 yrs Experience of working in cGXP environment
An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.
Other: Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate well in both oral and written reports. Excellent collaboration, and persuasion skills with the ability to lead teamsof individuals who have diverse backgrounds and opinions. Ability to interact professionally and comfortably with Senior Leadership. Proficient in project scheduling, Power BI, MS Office Suite Working knowledge of CMMS and electronic lab note book systems would be an advantage.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear and work/type at a computer.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Hybrid - Ability to work from home or at one of our sites which will have general office working conditions; the noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. However due to the nature of the role the position will also involve entering environments such as plant rooms where the conditions may be noisy for example and will need the application of personal protective equipment such as ear defenders as part of the risk control measures for safe entry
Comments:
This position can be based from home and requires regular domestic and occasional international travel.
About Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.
At Charles River Laboratories, we recognize and recruit all talent. We are a company committed to the principle of diversity and inclusion and work daily in this direction.