About Merial

Merial is a world-leading, innovation-driven animal health company, providing a comprehensive range of products to enhance the health, well-being and performance of a wide range of animals. Merial employs approximately 5,600 people and operates in more than 150 countries worldwide. Its 2010 sales were more than $2.6 billion.

Merial is a Sanofi company.

For more information, please see www.merial.com.

Job Description: The successful candidate will function within the Athens Engineering group in a technical, multi-discipline capacity to deliver hard asset projects in accordance with established capital management processes.

Position shall have a direct reporting relationship to the Athens Engineering Manager.

Provide resident, overall engineering project management services to Merial Limited at its site in Athens, GA, and serve as the owner’s representative on capital projects from concept through commissioning and qualification. Five or more projects may be managed simultaneously with a combined budget of up to $10 Million.

Manage the execution of work for all assigned projects so as to maintain budget, schedule, safety record, and project quality. Responsibilities shall include but not be limited to the following:

• Establish, manage, and control project budgets and schedules
• Develop conceptual designs with significant input from clients
• Produce “Issued for Construction” project drawings and specifications
• Engage AE support when required and lead development of detail design for all disciplines including but not limited to mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, architectural, plumbing, and fire protection
• Develop Project Definitions (scope) and obtain stakeholder approvals
• Incorporate value engineering to deliver cost optimized solutions
• Review project designs with Site Safety to ensure designs meet internal and external safety standards and codes
• Negotiate scope reductions with clients if necessary to meet budget
• Prepare Capital Project Authorization funding requests
• Develop design, construction, and equipment Request for Proposals and select qualified, best value bidders with proven safety records
• Administer contracts and manage external resources as required
• Execute projects to fulfill Project Definition requirements
• Provide contractor oversight to ensure safe construction work sites
• Close projects on schedule with completion of all deliverables including commissioning & qualification reports, turnover of manuals & spare parts, technician training, and other deliverables
• Conduct project core team meetings and steering committee meetings
• Any other project management duties as assigned

The complexity and exact nature of project assignments will vary and may change based on business needs. Initial project assignments may include Manufacturing HVAC Study and Upgrades, Bioreactor Controls and Piping Upgrades, Vial Labeling Upgrades, Vial Packaging Upgrades, and Roller Bottle Automation.


Qualifications Essential qualifications for the position:
•BS degree in engineering (chemical, mechanical, biomedical, etc...) plus five years project management experience or related technical degree plus ten years project management experience.
•Strong organization, leadership, communication, and presentation skills.
•Strong team orientation and ability to work cross functionally with various groups such as Safety, Quality, Maintenance, Purchasing, Industrial Development, R&D, and Manufacturing.
•Ability to execute multi-discipline assignments and master new skills quickly.
•Experience using Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio, Microsoft Project, and AutoCAD.
•Authorized to work in the United States

Preferred qualifications for the position:
•Experience with one or more of the following bio-pharmaceutical facility design features is highly desired: EU Grade A clean rooms, clean and dirty flow separation, HVAC controls, facility pressurization and directional air flows, clean panel construction, related architectural finishes, general service and clean utilities, sterilization and decontamination autoclaves.
•Experience with one or more of the following vaccine manufacturing processes is highly desired: large scale upstream cell culture, monolayer production, virus production, and microbial fermentation; downstream recovery and purification involving tangential cross-flow filtration, centrifugation, process chromatography, ultra filtration, and sterile filtration; aseptic formulation and high-speed vaccine filling, freeze-drying; high-speed final product labeling and packaging.
•Experience with cGMP compliance and related quality systems.
•Experience with Lean and Six Sigma tools and methodologies.
•Knowledge of the current editions of following references:
-USDA – Manual 242.1 – ARS Facilities Design Standards
-CDC / NIH – Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories

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To all recruitment firms: Merial does not accept agency/search firm referrals for this posting, or other postings, without prior written permission from Merial Human Resources. Merial is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Due to tracking regulations, only resumes submitted directly via OneMERIAL for internal employees, and Merial.com/Careers for external applicants, can be considered.