SENIOR ENGINEERING DIRECTOR - CAPITAL PROJECT DELIVERY

"Engineering graduate sought from global pharmaceutical/life sciences or regulated food manufacturing for senior capital projects delivery leadership role with global pharmaceutical manufacturer and supplier".

AUS $300-390,000/GB £230-298000/€195-250000/US $215-280000 Benefits Relocation Assistance

Australia (International Relocation Assistance Available)

The Client:

One of the world's leading global pharmaceutical manufacturers and suppliers of pharmaceutical related products for the Australia and international market. Renowned for their operational excellence, passion for innovation. A household name.

As a result of dynamic international growth our client is looking for a Senior Director with a track record in Engineering Project Delivery to be responsible for the delivery of capital projects and the strategy in Australia. The focus will be on driving efficiency in programmes, processes and initiatives aligned to global engineering practices. This is a high-profile role which will partner with the global Engineering Leadership team, Site Heads and operations with accountability to deliver a capital portfolio of projects in Australia.

The Role:

· This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and talented Director of Engineering and Capital Projects to join a leading global pharmaceutical manufacturing organisation.

· Develop and deliver plans for capital projects within the approved regional capital project portfolio to meet business objectives.

· Provide leadership to the project delivery function, ensuring project managers follow appropriate governance, costs and delivery for all major projects.

· Critically review the engineering project delivery model, conducting strategic investment planning and annual CAPEX budgets for capital expansion and improvements.

· Monitor regional capital projects ensuring capital projects are delivered on time, budget and scope of projects.

· Partner with internal stakeholders to align engineering capital projects to specific global requirements and develop plans in accordance with governance and processes.

· Effectively liaise with site stakeholders, quality, R & D, manufacturing and external stakeholders and the site global leadership team.

The Ideal Candidate:

· Bachelors/Master's in engineering

· Consistent and recent track record in senior engineering role for a global pharmaceutical/life science, medical devices or regulated food manufacturing matrix organisation.

· Strong experience in managing large engineering and capital investments across a global pharmaceutical manufacturing or global food manufacturing organisation.

· Sound technical experience in key disciplines of complex engineering capital investments and project delivery.

· Demonstrable ability in the development, delivery and implementation of major capital engineering projects.

· Proven leadership at a Senior Engineering level with key experience in strategic project delivery, design and construction.

· Strong communication skills with the ability to influence and engage with internal and external stakeholders.

· Demonstrable ability to deliver solutions in a dynamic environment.

· Excellent relationship building skills with internal and external cross functional stakeholders with the ability to drive change, inspire and motivate teams.

· Able to relocate on a permanent basis to take up this full-time role in Australia.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - ENGINEERING & DESIGN

"Engineering graduate sought from global pharmaceutical/life sciences or regulated food manufacturing for senior capital projects delivery leadership role with global pharmaceutical manufacturer and supplier".

AUS $180-230,000/GB £100-125000/€116-150000/US $138-175000 Benefits Relocation Assistance

Australia (International Relocation Assistance Available)

The Client:

One of the world's leading global pharmaceutical manufacturers and suppliers of pharmaceutical related products for the Australia and international market. Renowned for their operational excellence, passion for innovation. A household name.

As a result of dynamic international growth our client is looking for a Senior Director with a track record in Engineering Project Delivery to be responsible for the delivery of capital projects and the strategy in Australia. The focus will be on driving efficiency in programmes, processes and initiatives aligned to global engineering practices. This is a high-profile role which will partner with the global Engineering Leadership team, Site Heads and operations with accountability to deliver a capital portfolio of projects in Australia.

The Role:

· This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and talented Associate Director of Engineering and Design to join a leading global pharmaceutical manufacturing organisation.

· Provide engineering leadership for engineering capital investments and engineering standards across a global network.

· Review engineering project delivery and work closely with internal and external key stakeholders for engineering capital investments ensuring complianc with engineering standards.

· Partner with internal stakeholders to align all engineering capital projects to specific global requirements and develop plans in accordance with governance and processes.

· Collaborate with portfolio management for the planning and execution of capital investments to deliver strategic commitments.

· Partner with external stakeholders in the lead development, execution of service agreements and implement metrics to ensure compliance.

The Ideal Candidate:

· Bachelors/Master's in engineering

· Consistent and recent track record in senior engineering role for a global pharmaceutical/life sciences or regulated food manufacturing matrix organisation.

· Strong experience in managing large capital investments across a global pharmaceutical manufacturing or global food manufacturing organisation.

· Sound technical experience in key disciplines of complex engineering capital investments and engineering services.

· Specific experience in the development and implementation of engineering standards, lifecycle management of tools, processes, and methodologies.

· Demonstrable ability to deliver solutions in a dynamic environment.

· Excellent communication and relationship building skills with the ability to engage and interact with internal and external cross functional stakeholders.

· Able to relocate on a permanent basis to take up this full time role in Australia.

Technology Manager, Advanced Aluminum & Copper Products

Salary US $100-140,000 Benefits

Location: North Carolina - relocation assistance available within the USA

Our client is a market leading specialty materials company focused on non-ferrous powders, granules, and pastes including aluminum, copper, tin and their alloys. The Company sells its technically developed products into a wide variety of end markets, including aerospace, additive manufacturing, chemical, specialty auto and numerous industrial applications. It has manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Australia, Europe, and Asia.

We are seeking a Technology Manager reporting to the VP, Business & Technology to lead our client's R&D programs for the development of Advanced Aluminum & Copper Products. This role will focus on new alloy formulations and novel processing of non-ferrous metal powders to be deployed in technically demanding customer applications. This position will be based at our client's Research Center for Excellence and will require extensive collaboration with third party research partners, the sales team, business development staff and with key customer partners.

The Role:

· Day to day management of 2-4 key new product development programs focused on advanced aluminum and copper material systems and advanced processing of metal powders into semi-finished or net shape products. Each new product development program will target long term $multimillion profitability generation per year.

· Leadership of a small research team of technicians/engineers that may include both direct and indirect reports.

· Direct management of new product development program resources to meet program deadlines and budgets.

· Planning and implementation of all aspects of new programs including creation of technical testing plans, coordinating installation of new test equipment, and coordination of external testing services.

· Continuous leadership mitigating new product environmental, health and safety (EHS) risks and team adherence to all EHS regulations and best practices.

· Active participation in new idea generation to feed the ongoing new product opportunity pipeline.

· Direct engagement with sales team, customers, and third-party collaboration partners to drive new product development programs to completion.

The Ideal Candidate:

· A US Citizen with right to live and work in the USA.

· Experience with Light Metal or Red Metal powders a very strong plus.

· Prior product development leadership experience.

· Professional acumen that can be built upon for broader leadership roles

· Established relationships with decision makers within Light Metal or Red Metal powder user community.

· Bachelor's Degree in Engineering; advanced degrees are a plus.

· Minimum of 7 years' experience in product development, preferably in powder metallurgy or a field technically related to powder metallurgy.

· Demonstrated combination of skills that includes technical aptitude, program management, people leadership, and ability to collaborate with other internal and external stakeholders.

· Demonstrated ability to lead technical project teams that may include direct and matrix team members.

· Experience with written and oral technical communications, including demonstrated ability to write technical documents and present at technical conferences and for direct customer audiences.

· Ability to directly engage with customers or third-party researchers including.

· Proven track record of driving technical programs to completion as demonstrated by product or process launches.

· Understanding cost/profit drivers and the ability to collaborate with business development and finance teams to create business case justification for technical programs.

· Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

· Overall ability to demonstrate and foster a culture of integrity, achievement, and commitment to team success.

HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER - CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS TRANSPORT OPERATIONS

US $100-120000 Car Benefits

Massachusetts, USA (Open to US Citizens only)

Our client is a leader in the field of specialty construction products. They need a proactive Safety Manager who can plan, direct, and manage all safety activities related to production and fleet delivery of products, performance on job sites and terminals.

The Safety Manager is a visible presence on work sites, terminals, and the plant promoting a strong safety culture with drivers, operators, staff, and management personnel.

The Safety Manager promotes core values and encourages appropriate behaviors assuring the highest possible degree of safety for employees and works closely with the Environmental Manager.

The Safety Manager interfaces with all employees at all locations and site visitors regarding plant safety matters, compliance, and concerns.

The Role:

Provide Safety leadership and support for the operation, work sites, terminals, and transport.
Provide direction, accountability, and responsiveness for and from department managers.
Demonstrate strong leadership skills as a member of the management team.
Conduct compliance audits and reviews to meet company and local compliance requirements.
Implement and oversee Safety programs/processes, attain compliance with laws and regulations.
Drive Safety compliance by training, audits, process/equipment review, proactive risk elimination.
Maintain, promote good relations with all local, state and federal regulatory agencies, as needed.
Provide communication to ensure understanding and compliance for all Safety processes.
Conduct Safety Training Programs and maintain all records as needed.
Strengthen organizational safety culture thru employee engagement, ownership, accountability and behavior-based safety efforts, support process improvement initiatives.
Maintain injury prevention program: JSA, incident/accident investigations, trend analysis.
Lead, develop, implement site-specific training, programs, plans and procedures to exceed company safety performance goals.

The Ideal Candidate:

* Bachelor's in engineering or other applicable fields.

* 7-10 years of Safety experience in construction manufacturing or transportation industry

* Ability to create and execute programs that engage employees and enable a safe work

* culture.

* Strong understanding of and ability to manage systems under local, state and federal

regulations

Analytical Chemist - Polymers

US $100-120000 plus benefits

Location: Massachusetts USA ( US citizens only - no international relocation available)

Our client is a contract research laboratory with 20 years' experience providing consulting, material product development, and analytical testing services focused in the area of polymeric materials

They need an Analytical Chemist with LC-QTOF expertise to perform experimental design, method development, validation, and analysis

The Analytical Chemist will have a proven track record developing and implementing robust methods for non-targeted and targeted chemical analyses in a diverse set of matrices.

The Analytical Chemist must have worked with a variety of sample preparation workflows (e.g., extractions, simulated leaching conditions, derivatizations).

The Analytical Chemist should have implemented analytical quality best practices and experimental controls ensuring the highest level of confidence in reported results. Strong understanding of the selection and use of system suitability standards, continuing calibration checks, spike recovery standards, surrogate standards, internal standards, replicate preparations, and trending/control charts.

The Analytical Chemist must be experienced in operation and data analysis for LC-QTOF instrumentation as well as method development and sample work-up for this instrument. Experience in GC-MS, LC-MS, GPC and GPC-MALLS is a plus. Experience with Agilent instruments and ChemStation is a plus.

The Role:

· Quantitative analytical method development, validation for targeted and non-targeted assays, with a focus on LC-QTOF
· Focus on analytical quality incorporate verification/validation activities and experimental controls.
· Identification of analytical conditions given target analytes or problem statement,
· Sample preparation selection and execution by solvent extraction, SPE, L/L extractions, etc.
· Method optimization, characterization for LOD/LOQ, sensitivity, resolution, repeatability, etc.
· Familiarity with semi-quantitation and unknown compound identification workflows.
· Critical analysis of data generated by other personal
· Key member of the chromatography and analytical chemistry testing team.
· Provide a resource for secondary analysis/review of data with emphasis on critical thinking
· Routine chromatography on LC-QTOF instruments
· Hardware configuration, detector verification, system diagnostics
· Sample loading, sequence queuing, data analysis/interpretation including a familiarity with semi-quantitation and unknown compound identification workflows.
· Writing qualification documents (ICH or USP criteria), SOPs, training staff to new methods
· Documentation, data/method/library organization, report generation communication of results

The Ideal Candidate:

· Bachelors or Masters (or PhD) in Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry or Chemical Engineering with LC-QTOF expertise

· Work in a small, adaptable company focused on non-routine, high-quality and rapid projects

· ISO 9001:2015 certified, ISO 17025:2005 accredited, registered with FDA need similar expertise

· 5 years laboratory experience in one of the following areas is preferred: Contract R&D or CRO/CDMO lab, Extractable & leachable (E&L) or chemical characterization lab, Polymer analysis lab, Failure analysis or forensic lab, Environmental lab, Manufacturing QC lab Pharma or startup analytical lab

GROCERY RETAIL OPERATIONS DIRECTOR - HARD DISCOUNT NEW STORE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

"Interim consultancy role for highly experienced Discount Grocery Retail Sales & Operations Specialist to strategically plan, develop and lead our client's ambitious store expansion plan across the Middle East."

US c$8000/£6000/€7000 Net Per Month Housing Flights (Interim 6-12 months)

Middle East

Our client is one of the largest Grocery Supermarket Chains in the Middle East. It operates a variety of different store formats. As part of an ambitious expansion plan for its hard discount grocery retail supermarket business model, it is seeking a highly experienced Senior Executive with a significant track record and expertise in Discount Grocery retail sales and operational leadership to strategically plan, develop and lead the launch of c150 new stores within the next 18 months.

Our client is offering this role on a 6-12-month interim consultancy basis located in the Middle East. We are only seeking Senior Executives with experience at Director or VP level within hard discount grocery supermarket retailing store formats.

The Role:

Reporting to Board level you will:

· Build the foundation of our client hard discount retail programme, store operations, shaping the in-store consumer experience.

· Shape the initiatives and objectives related to budgets and strategic planning in relation to the expansion of the hard discount grocery supermarket format.

· Ensure the successful launch, profitability and success of our client's hard discount grocery retail operation ensuring a best practice launch model.

· Influence and steer a culture of high performance and accountability.

· Recommend and implement retail commercial policy (store location and size, range assortment, merchandising, retail pricing, sales objectives and targets, promotional activities, store people resource plan).

· Partner with all HO cross functional teams to enable the launch of c150 new hard discount grocery stores within the next 18 months.

· You will play a critical role in supporting and being both strategic and hands on working closely with regional and national teams to achieve retail targets and KPIs, leading and supporting the growth plans.

· You will be strategically and operationally responsible for the successful launch of stores and driving the revenue and physical store count.

· You will be accountable for tailored store plans and objectives specific to different geographical locations and customer market demographics.

· Working in partnership with colleagues in property/real estate champion and identify suitable new store locations and the continued evolution of new store opening processes to meet the needs of target customer communities.

· Guide stores through optimum and effective product merchandising, allocation/replenishment processes to drive sales and store productivity for a hard discount grocery supermarket model/format.

· Create and implement optimum store people resourcing models working closely with HR to ensure strong successful store leadership and teams to support the organisation and hard discount model as it grows.

The Ideal Profile:

· Market leading hard discount grocery retail Sales & Operations Senior Executive/Strategist/Consultant.

· Successful track record of accelerated/rapid launch of c100-150 stores minimum across a specific country or geographical territory with proven results.

· Minimum 15 years' experience leading cross functional and integrated retail teams in grocery retailing including in depth understanding of the hard discount supermarket model.

· University degree educated. Masters level education would be highly advantageous.

· Experienced at presenting to Board level, presenting business cases including full financial and capital investment proposals.

· Excellent negotiation skills and commercial awareness.

· An unparalleled expertise in real estate for new store openings including an understanding of the nuances, opportunities, potential barriers to entry in different markets/regions.

· Highly analytical and numerate, familiar with setting stringent KPIs and targets to achieve impressive sales growth and profitability and Return on Investment.

· An innovative and breakthrough thinker familiar with working within developing retail markets.

· Highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity.

· Core experience as a senior executive in retail store operations with market leading hard discount grocery retailing may be combined with strategic retail sales consultancy.

If you are a hard discount grocery retail specialist with a track record successfully strategically planning and implementing a rapid store expansion plan, then please contact us for an early and confidential discussion about this role.

The role is located in the Middle East for the duration of the contract/project and therefore you will be required to relocate to the Middle East. Our client will provide housing and flights and a very competitive net salary per month.