At AstraZeneca, we work together across global boundaries to make an impact and find answers to challenges. We do this with the upmost integrity even in the most difficult situations because we are committed to doing the right thing. We continuously forge partnerships that help pursue world-class medicines in new ways, combining our people’s exceptional skills with those of people from all over the globe.

Welcome to Coppell, Texas, one of over 400 sites here at AstraZeneca, providing a collaborative environment where everyone feels comfortable and able to be themselves is at the core of AstraZeneca’s priorities, it’s important to us that you bring your full self to work every day.

The Lokelma Supply Site (LSS) has recently remodeled office space to provide a cheerful office environment to support varying work styles and collaboration needs. LSS has an on-site cafe with a selection of snacks and refrigerated grab and go items for purchase. Additionally, the site offers a food delivery service, allowing employees to purchase food from a variety of local restaurants to be delivered to the site, which currently includes a discounted price for LSS employees.

The Project Manager/Project Engineer will lead and manage site projects of medium to high complexity. Lead all aspects of and coordinate project activities, budgets, personnel and work with other departments to meet deadlines and project goals for a particular business proposal within set resources and under firm deadlines. Involves setting project goals, establishing tasks and timeline for completion by assigned parties, evaluating progress and making adjustments as needed to ensure that clients, internal or external, achieve their desired results. Work with senior leaders to establish project scope, goals and objectives. In addition, develop business cases for projects and initiatives, be able to estimate cost and resource needs and determine cost/benefit of each.

What you’ll do:

• Ensures compliance of self and others to internal and external regulations.
• Follows AZ’s financial policies, manages people resources to policy requirements and delivers budgets.
• Optimizes performance outcomes of direct reports and ensures individuals understand the contribution they make.
• Understands the big picture and connects individuals to it in a meaningful way.
• Is accountable for ensuring compliance is understood and maintained across own functional area. Organization & Personnel (to ensure that the required initial and continuing training of the department personnel is carried out and adapted according to need)
• Strives to continuously improve the established ways of working
• Accountable for on time/on budget project delivery, aligned with key project partner expectations. Has a strong command of project management principles and best practices. Understands, uses and contributes to site PMO training materials and tools. Able to lead site project teams. Ensures the project team follows site project governance processes. Monitors compliance to PMO processes and drives corrective actions.
• Maintains open communications with site functions pertaining to project governance, training, resource management and allocation, project metrics and resource conflict resolution. Ability to lead multiple projects within diverse environments. Ability to solve complex business problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where little standardization exists. Responsible for completing necessary change control documentation to implement changes within a cGMP manufacturing environment.
• Accountable for successful engineering design and implementation throughout project lifecycle. Ability to work with contractors in electrical/controls/instrumentation, piping and mechanical subject areas to achieve project goals and be able to work with various forms of engineering drawings, create red-line drawings as needed and work with drafting personnel to create as-builts drawings.

Essential for the role:

• BS in Engineering or Science
• 2+ years Project Management experience or Running Engineering Initiatives
• 2+ years of experience in Medical Device, Pharma, Biotech manufacturing environment or Food and Beverage Industry, in an Engineering role
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Project development and presentation skills

Desirable:

• Project Management Certification
• Bachelor's degree in Project Management or Bachelor degree w/Project Management Concentration
• Master’s degree in Engineering, Science or Business

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial -finding those moments and recognizing their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organization to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we’re opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting edge methods and bringing unexpected teams together. Interested? Come and join our journey.

Next Steps – Apply today!

To be considered for this great opportunity, please complete the full application on our website at your earliest convenience – it is the only way that our Recruiter and Hiring Manager can know that you feel well qualified for this opportunity. If you know someone who would be a great fit, please share this posting with them.

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