GSK · 3 months ago
Director, Capital Projects
USA - Maryland - Rockville
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$185K/yr - $308K/yr
10+ years expGSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. The Director, Capital Projects is responsible for managing the site capital program and execution of all capital projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and compliance with standards and regulations.
BiotechnologyHealth CarePharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Responsible for delivery of the site capital projects portfolio in accordance with GSK’s policies and procedures
Provide management and tracking of the capital portfolio to ensure business objectives are achieved
Manage individual capital projects in the various business areas (process, facilities, utilities, automation, infrastructure, labs and offices):
Demonstrate good project management skills (schedule, cost, communications) and coordinate outside and internal resources to execute projects in a timely and cost-effective manner
Responsible for creating and maintaining facility master planning and support documents
Responsible for maintaining plant and facility condition assessment documents
Leads the effort to identify, prioritize, and recommend capital opportunities to site leadership
Defines the procurement strategy and its implementation for construction services and equipment suppliers with the Global Shared Service Procurement and Site Procurement leads
Responsible for implementing consistent project control strategy with tools and procedures from the Project Management Framework for cost/forecasting, change control management, physical progress measurement, invoicing, resources and document management
Support the Engineering Department as required where initiatives require capital for implementation
Ensure projects are completed in compliance with applicable standards, policies, and regulations (Global Engineering Standards, GSK policies, cGMP and other regulatory requirements)
Ensure smooth handover of responsibilities and expertise to operations at the end of the project
Responsible for designing the project organization structures, define team member roles and assign individual work responsibilities
Communicate concerns and issues of staff, project status, performance and suggestions for improvement to Engineering and Site Leadership team
Leads site shutdowns driven by capital improvements or upgrades and ensure close coordination with operations for shutdown activities
Leads site’s long-term strategy for capital investment based on the facility investment plan as well as the plant and facility condition assessment
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or science
10+ years of experience in capital project management
10+ years in a biotech or pharmaceutical facility
5+ experience with production operations
Preferred
Master's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Process Engineering, Facilities Management or related field
Strong engineering technical skills in mechanical, chemical, and electrical disciplines
Experience leading and motivating large matrixed teams
Accelerated change management expertise
Individual should be familiar with FDA and cGMP requirements and implementing and maintaining procedures to meet such guidelines
Strong organizational skills are a must
Leadership experience should include direction with building design requirements, staffing organization, as well as licensing and clinical operating procedures
Benefits
Annual bonus
Eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program
Health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
Retirement benefits
Paid holidays
Vacation
Paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
Company
GSK
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$25.51MKey Investors
CARB-X
2021-03-02Grant· $18M
2020-09-23Grant· $7.51M
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Leadership Team
Julie Brown
CFO
Mike Elmore
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