Director Project Engineering (Mainz, RP, DE, 55131)

Mainz, Germany | full time | Job ID: 11405

The Director of Project Engineering will lead projects within the Global Engineering department. This role is pivotal in providing successful engineering projects for pharmaceutical manufacturing (R&D, clinical and commercial scale). The Project Engineering manager will be responsible for all project phases, planning, design, build and commissioning, qualification (C&Q) until handover to operations. This position requires strong leadership, technical expertise, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure the successful execution of capital expenditure (CAPEX) projects.

Your contribution:

• Lead and manage projects in matrix organization to deliver project goals in quality, time and budget. Foster a culture of quality, innovation, collaboration, automation, digitalization and continuous improvement within the project team
• Development to lead the Global Project Engineering Team (within 1-2 years)
• Serve as the Project Lead for national and international projects (small and up to large scale), ensuring successful execution of project phases design, build, commissioning, qualification (C&Q), and handover to operations
• Progress reporting to Management and stakeholders
• Tracking of milestones, timelines and budget
• Actively engage with cross-functional teams, manufacturing, automation, QA, QC, CMC, R&D, MS&T, AS&T, IT, other BioNTech departments and external suppliers, to foster collaboration and ensure seamless integration to ensure project success
• Engage with expertise and Know-How in the transformation, build up and management of the existing manufacturing network (internal and CMOs).

It's a match:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, Pharmaceutical-, Mechanical-, or Chemical,-Engineering, or a related field
• Extensive experience in engineering, quality assurance, GMP design, scheduling and project execution within the pharmaceutical industry
• Proven leadership experience in managing engineering teams and driving cross-functional collaboration
• Knowledge of production-, process-, and analytical equipment, clean utilities and GMP- facilities
• Expertise in technology transfers
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
• Problem-solving and decision-making abilities in complex engineering scenarios
• Fluent in English and German language

Your Benefits:

• Your flexibility: flexible hours | vacation account
• Your growth: Digital Learning | Performance & talent development | leadership development | Apprenticeships | LinkedIn Learning
• Your value: Your voice at the table | Culture on an equal footing | Opportunities to shape & impact | Support for your full potential
• Your health and lifestyle: Company bike
• Your mobility: Job ticket | Deutschlandticket
• Your life phases: Employer-funded pension | Childcare

Job ID 11405 (please always specify if you have any questions)