Senior Facilities Supervisor

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) brings innovative medicines to patients around the world. Within J&J, E&PS FM is responsible for managing the facilities and utilities at all sites. In Belgium, the scope of E&PS FM includes the sites in Beerse, Geel, Olen, La Louvière, Courcelles and Ghent.

In Ghent, J&J is operating CAR-T: chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy. This is a new and innovative approach to eliminate cancer cells. It works by harnessing the power of a patient’s own immune system. That power is created from the patients’ T cells and is engineered to eliminate cancer cells expressing a specific antigen.

The Ghent E&PS FM team manages the critical installations, facilities and utilities (steam, cooling installations, heating equipment, water systems, compressed air, high voltage, …) of/for the Ghent manufacturing hubs. The main goal of the E&PS team in Ghent is to ensure that the building and building systems are available 24/7 in a safe and compliant manner for the occupants and their activities. The EP&S FM team in Ghent is recruiting a (senior) facilities supervisor for the 2 production sites in Ghent and its future expansions. The position will be based in Ghent (Belgium), reporting into the facilities manager.

We are seeking an experienced and technically skilled people manager. This supervisor position will focus on the tasks, processes, and efficiency of her/his team, ensuring that the work is completed effectively and resources are utilized optimally. Furthermore, a clear focus on people, inspiring and motivating them to achieve a shared vision and shared targets is required. Technical expertise in electrical, mechanical and automation science is a must-have.

The supervisor will be the highly capable leader of the process controls specialists and the 24/7/365 team of technicians.

The ideal candidate must possess strong technical knowledge and must be a reliable and trustworthy people leader whose actions must be just and ethical. Along with communication skills an absolute prerequisite is being stress-resilient.

You will be responsible for:

• Facilities Asset Maintenance
  Ensure -together with the scheduler – that any maintenance activities (corrective, preventive, predictive) are scheduled in timely and appropriately to be executed by the pool of technicians. The supervisor assigns technicians based on the PM schedule made by the scheduler.
  Coordinate and track the automation, instrumentation, programming activities of the process controls specialists, as well as the improvement projects.
• Work Management & Optimization
  Continuous apply the kaizen mindset. Identify cost and technical improvements.
  This position must have a close connection with the scheduler in order to prepare and roll-out suitable and efficient maintenance and improvement plans.
• Facilities Compliance & Safety
  Maintain adherence to all relevant regulatory standards, safety protocols and environmental/sustainable requirements.
  Ensure all activities are managed in accordance with QMS. Ensure effective closure on QMS documents (audit actions, NC’s, CAPA’s, CC’s, maintenance records, …).
  Implementation of EHS requirements in general and specifically regarding electrical on purchase and on installation of all new facilities equipment.
  Implement, support and apply 5S.
  Contribute to and live a proactive safety culture.
• Asset Technology & Data Integration
  Implement projects lead by the process controls specialists together with the facilities maintenance engineers and the project engineer.
• Maintenance Reliability & Fundamentals
  Apply principles of maintenance reliability, such as root cause analysis, failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), to improve asset dependability and reduce downtime.
• Leadership & Team Development
  The E&PS FM CarT team is an unimaginably strong and gifted team. Fitting into this fantastic team is an absolute must.
  Very short lines with your teams of technicians and process controls specialists are indispensable. Regular presence during the night and weekends to establish and maintain solid relationships is required.
  Essential is your collaboration with the scheduler, the planner and the facilities maintenance engineers.
• System & Data Management
  Proficiently work with and within the computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) to track asset performance, generate reports and support strategic decision-making.
  Ensure effective and high-quality data maintenance in CMMS.

Key Relationships
Establish and maintain excellent relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and our partners.
Close collab with the planner, the scheduler and the facilities maintenance engineers is crucial in order to initiate and achieve changes, improvements

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in engineering, life sciences or equivalent experience required. Excellent technical knowledge is required.
• Minimum of 5 years management experience in facilities, utilities and maintenance.
• Outstanding people management skills. Great empathy. Strict but fair. Just and ethical. Strong relationship building skills are required.
• Experienced in GxP and quality management.
• Proficiency in CMMS and latest asset management technologies, including IoT systems.
• Excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• You know how to deal with continuously meeting tight timelines. You are extremely stress resistant.
• You are willing to accept peak loads that manifest themselves in long days and long weeks and this several times per year (the shutdowns).
• You possess an outspoken ‘can do’ mentality.
• You are highly communicative, both written and spoken. Besides having a perfect command of Dutch, you speak and write English fluently. Other languages are an additional asset.

Fully Onsite