Job title: Site Engineering Specialist – Maintenance, Project Execution, Planning and Scheduling
About the Job: Site Engineering Specialist combines maintenance and reliability with project engineering. The role keeps process and utility equipment running reliably through CMMS-driven planning, SOPs, and deviation management, while delivering capital and modification projects from concept to handover (PMR, URS, Change Control, IQ/OQ/PQ).
About Sanofi:
We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.
Key Responsibilities
Maintenance & Reliability
- Oversee operation, maintenance, planning/scheduling, and performance monitoring of process equipment and utility/facility systems (rotating equipment, pumps, reactors, spray driers, electrical systems, air compressors, chillers, AHUs, cooling towers, water systems, static equipment and related infrastructure)
- Act as CMMS expert (SAP or equivalent) for planning, scheduling, and tracking preventive and corrective maintenance
- Coordinate with vendors/contractors for preventive maintenance, servicing, and repair
- Write, review, and update SOPs for utility and equipment operations
- Prepare Reliability KPIs and annual utility performance reports
- Investigate, document, and report deviations/non-conformances; drive CAPA
- Respond to and troubleshoot equipment/utility breakdowns and emergencies
- Support sustainability initiatives (energy/water efficiency, emissions reduction, resource optimization)
Project Execution & Engineering Change
- Coordinate and execute engineering/capital projects from concept through commissioning, handover, and close-out
- Develop, track, and update project schedules, milestones, and action logs
- Conduct site inspections to monitor construction, installation, and commissioning against approved plans
- Prepare and manage Plant Modification Requests (PMR), User Requirement Specifications (URS), and Change Controls
- Support qualification/validation activities (IQ, OQ, PQ)
- Prepare project reports, punch lists, commissioning reports, and close-out documentation
- Support audits, inspections, and regulatory reviews related to projects and equipment modifications
Vendor, Budget & Stakeholder Management
- Participate in capital and maintenance budget planning
- Assist in vendor selection, technical evaluations, and bid assessments; monitor vendor/contractor performance
- Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders, contractors, and consultants
- Track KPIs for schedule adherence, cost performance, safety, and quality
Compliance & Continuous Improvement
- Ensure compliance with EHS, regulatory, and internal engineering standards
- Support implementation of engineering and maintenance best practices
- Participate in lessons-learned reviews and continuous improvement initiatives
Qualifications & Requirements
Essential
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Electrical and, Instrumentation, Automation, discipline)
- Experience in maintenance/reliability engineering and/or project engineering within an industrial or regulated environment
- CMMS proficiency (SAP or equivalent) and understanding of maintenance planning/scheduling
- Strong written communication skills — SOPs, deviation reports, project reports
- Ability to manage multiple priorities/projects simultaneously
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project); familiarity with BMS is a plus
- Good analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
Preferred
- Experience in a regulated industry (pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, or similar GMP/EHS environment)
- Knowledge of GMP, Change Control, and Validation processes
- Familiarity with AutoCAD and engineering drawing review
- Experience managing contractors/vendors in a live operational environment
Key Competencies
- Strong engineering fundamentals and technical problem-solving
- Effective stakeholder communication across all organizational levels
- High accountability, ownership, and attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively across cross-functional teams
Working Conditions
- Combination of office-based work and regular site activities
- Occasional work outside regular hours during shutdowns/critical project phases
- PPE required during site visits, inspections, and construction oversight
Why Choose Us
Join Sanofi as a Site Engineering Specialist
- 🔬 Purpose-driven work: You'll keep the equipment and utilities running that directly support the manufacture of medicines and vaccines — your reliability work has a direct line to patient impact.
- 🏗️ Breadth of ownership: This role spans both maintenance/reliability and project engineering, giving you end-to-end exposure — from day-to-day asset performance to leading capital projects from concept through commissioning.
- 📈 Growth and variety: Work across diverse systems — rotating equipment, utilities, electrical systems, and facility infrastructure — while building skills in GMP, Change Control, and validation (IQ/OQ/PQ).
- 🤝 Cross-functional exposure: Regular collaboration with Quality, EHS, Operations, vendors, and project stakeholders builds strong organizational visibility and relationships.
- 💡 Culture of continuous improvement: Be part of lessons-learned reviews and best-practice initiatives that shape how the site operates.
- ❤️ Values-led organization: Work guided by Sanofi's values — Aim Higher, Act for Patients, Be Bold, and Lead Together — in a company chasing the miracles of science.
Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.
Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Pursue progress, discover extraordinary
Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.
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