Deputy Director, Process Mechanical Engineering- Vaccines

Job Title: Deputy Director, Process Mechanical Engineering- Vaccines

About the Job

We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families.

We are seeking a passionate and technically skilled Process Engineer to join our team, focusing on cell culture and protein purification process equipment. This role is essential for enhancing our operational capabilities while ensuring our work directly supports our commitment to patients and the broader goals of Sanofi.

The Process Engineer will serve as a technical leader, responsible for delivering and supporting process equipment that meets the needs of end users. This role involves overseeing engineering design activities for capital projects, ensuring compliance with GMP standards, and collaborating cross-functionally to execute projects. A commitment to prioritizing patient outcomes, simplifying workflows, and focusing on innovative solutions will be key in driving our projects forward.

We are an innovative global healthcare company that helps the world stay ahead of infectious diseases by delivering more than 500 million vaccine doses a year. Across different countries, our talented teams are exploring new technologies to protect people and promote healthy communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.

Main Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership: Lead the development of technically sound process equipment designs for capital projects, ensuring alignment with regulatory compliance and best practices. Embrace challenges and explore innovative solutions that benefit patients and customers.

• Engineering Leadership: Engage with internal stakeholders to understand their current and future needs. Manage a substantial technical scope across multiple projects. Specify and design equipment that meets requirements while adhering to budget and schedule constraints. Ruthlessly prioritize tasks to deliver maximum value, ensuring efficient use of resources that can be reinvested in our pipeline. Demonstrate leadership qualities, ability to work with and as required lead internal/external process engineers with varying experience level within a matrix organization.

• Vendor Management: Collaborate with equipment vendors to ensure specifications are met and project milestones are achieved within cost and timeline constraints. Demonstrate ability to strengthen consultant and vendor relationships to influence meeting commitments. Coordinate and be responsible for interfacing with different trades (architecture/building, mechanical, electrical, automation) in the processing area; to ensure the correct installation of all process equipment, utilities equipment and field piping where adhering to established regulatory compliance requirements.

• Commissioning and Qualification: Support commissioning and qualification documentation development and execution as a technical resource.

• Process Improvement: Identify opportunities for process enhancements and follow up on improvements. Promote a solutions-focused mindset by fostering collaboration and encouraging constructive input when encountering challenges on solutions rather than assigning blame, driving continuous development in a regulated environment to benefit our patients.

• Operational Collaboration: Interface closely with Operations and Maintenance to ensure that design of manufacturing process equipment operates effectively and consistently to meet production requirements.

• Subject Matter Expert (SME): Provide SME knowledge on assigned equipment and processes, facilitating open knowledge sharing across teams to ensure project success. Share information proactively with colleagues to promote transparency and collaboration.

• Cross-Functional Engagement: Engage with site Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and Continuous Improvement teams throughout the design process. Ensure efficient knowledge transfer at project conclusion to support ongoing operations.

• Team Support: Actively help colleagues across the organization to be successful. Prioritize what is best for Sanofi and dare to challenge the status quo when necessary, promoting a culture of constructive feedback and open dialogue.

• Health, Safety, and Compliance: Monitor compliance with health and safety legislation, actively promoting safe equipment design, installation and operation.

About You

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, or a related field; advanced degrees preferred.

• Experience: Minimum +5 years of experience in process engineering, specifically with +2 years in a GMP environment focused on cell culture and protein purification processes.

• Technical Skills: Strong knowledge of process design principles, equipment specifications, and regulatory compliance requirements. Familiarity with digital systems in bioprocessing is advantageous.

• Leadership Abilities: Proven experience leading technical teams and managing complex engineering projects. Ability to mentor and guide junior engineers while prioritizing the best outcomes for the organization and our patients.

• Communication Skills: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, capable of conveying technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences and sharing information openly with colleagues.

• Problem-Solving Aptitude: Strong analytical skills with a proactive approach to identifying and solving engineering challenges, always focusing on delivering the best solutions for our patients and customers.

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.​​

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.​​

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.​​

• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.​

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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