Asset Management - Principal Engineer

About the role

The Principal Engineer, Asset Management, is responsible for execution of asset lifecycle management standards, processes, and practices across Engineering and Facilities. This role ensures assets are managed in a compliant, reliable, and cost-effective manner throughout their lifecycle. 

Reporting to the Director, Engineering Systems, Technology & Reporting, this role supports global asset and equipment management, global performance and reliability, and associated equipment strategy. 

Roles & Responsibilities 

• Owns execution of asset lifecycle management practices from design through retirement. 

• Ensures optimal maintenance strategies in accordance with preventive, predictive, or proactive strategies. 

• Monitors asset and equipment performance as well as network indicators (e.g. GMP non-conformance or safety event) to ensure performance criteria are met. 

• Leads or participates in root cause analysis efforts and manages applicable corrective and preventive actions. 

• Defines and applies asset management standards, criticality models, and best practices. 

• Owns applicable documentation (Standard Operating Procedures, Engineering Standards, Guidance documents, etc.). 

• Ensures changes to asset management remain aligned with equipment-specific GMP validated foundation as well as design safety controls. 

• Plans end-of-life asset strategy to ensure minimal unfavorable impact to clients. 

• Ensures asset data supports inspections, audits, and regulatory requirements. 

• Partners with CMMS owner, global system owners, and data teams to enable lifecycle insights and performance optimization. 

• Enables asset reliability, maintenance optimization, and lifecycle cost analysis. 

• Drives consistency and standardization of asset management practices across sites. 

• Solicits network best practices as well as internal and external benchmarking to ensure assets are optimally maintained and perform according to user requirements. 

• Strategically deploys Artificial Intelligence to improve compliant equipment performance as well as improve network-wide understanding of equipment-related design, build, operate, and retire information. 

Basic Qualifications 

• Master’s degree or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science or Mechanical or Chemical Engineering or related field

•  12-17 years of work experience in the related field

Preferred/ Good to have Qualifications  

• Experience supporting assets and equipment within a highly regulated environment where appropriate maintenance and change control are critical. 

• Experience managing facility and manufacturing asset and asset maintenance programs. 

• Demonstrated experience improving asset performance, reliability, and value using data and collaborating with equipment engineering subject matter experts. 

• Demonstrated ability to apply engineering principles to business processes, problems, and decisions. 

• Proven experience managing multiple priorities, interdependencies, and competing demands while maintaining strong execution discipline. 

• Data-driven mindset with experience using metrics, analytics, or insights to guide decisions and continuous improvement. 

• Strong collaboration and influencing skills, including the ability to lead outcomes without direct authority. 

• Experience partnering with Technology, Operations (e.g. Manufacturing and Engineering), Quality, Compliance, and Business stakeholders in regulated environments. 

• Excellent organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to clearly convey complex technical, system, or data-driven topics to diverse audiences. 

• Demonstrated capability to support change management, user adoption, and continuous improvement initiatives. 

• Strong expertise in data governance, analytics platforms (e.g., Power BI), and collaboration tools (e.g., Teams, SharePoint). 

• Demonstrated experience translating client needs into program-controlled business processes. 

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a matrixed, cross-functional, and fast-paced global environment. 

• Demonstrated experience leading global teams and partnering with enterprise Technology organizations. 

• Experience working across regions and time zones with cultural awareness and adaptability.