Engineering COE Lead

About the role

The Engineering COE Lead provides strategic vision and operational excellence for the Upper Hutt site, ensuring safe, compliant and reliable assets, infrastructure and engineering capabilities to support global supply and long‑term manufacturing strategy.

Key responsibilities

• Shape long‑range asset, infrastructure and capital investment strategy and govern the capital portfolio for on‑time, on‑budget delivery.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team of ~35 staff, develop managers and specialists, and embed continuous improvement using lean methodologies.
• Maintain integrated management systems for maintenance, reliability, validation and facilities to meet safety, quality, legal and financial performance targets.
• Own site‑wide safety and quality systems, drive EHS compliance, and ensure appropriate training and monitoring.

Required profile

• Significant leadership experience in a GMP‑regulated biological, pharmaceutical or biotechnology manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of maintenance, reliability, validation, facilities management and capital project delivery.
• Business and financial acumen with advanced knowledge of engineering finance and economics.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering, Science, Biotechnology or related discipline.

Required skills

• Maintenance and reliability engineering
• Validation processes in GMP environments
• Facilities management
• Capital project delivery
• Leadership in regulated manufacturing