GMP Facilities & Engineering Manager (Biopharma) - H/F/D

Overview

Position: GMP Facilities & Engineering Manager (Biopharma)

Location: Toulouse

Department: Facilities & Engineering

Reports to: Director of MSAT

Contract type: CDI

We are excited to share this opportunity as part of the Sandoz acquisition of Just-Evotec Biologics in Toulouse. Through this opportunity you will impact the lives of hundreds of millions of people through bold ideas supported by an inclusive, agile company culture. Join us to help make healthcare fairer and faster, and to pioneer access to medicine.

What You’ll Do

• Act as a key connector across Facilities & Engineering, Manufacturing, MSAT, CQV, and Quality to solve complex operational and technical challenges

• Drive data‑driven continuous improvement initiatives, tracking performance and optimizing KPIs and tools

• Lead multiple cross‑functional projects, ensuring execution, timing, and resource alignment

• Manage and develop a team of engineers, planners, and technicians, including skills development and succession planning

• Own the annual technical shutdown strategy and execution, in collaboration with CMMS planning

• Lead Engineering & Facilities involvement in Capital Projects from requirements definition through FAT/SAT and system handover into operations

• Conduct technical investigations and risk assessments using Lean methodologies, ensuring robust corrective actions

• Continuously optimize maintenance strategies, costs, and performance in collaboration with site engineering leadership

Who You Are

• Master’s or Engineering degree with 10+ years of experience in GMP biopharma or regulated industries

• Strong background in GMP utilities and infrastructure systems (HVAC, WFI, clean steam, gases, boilers, etc.)

• Experience in managing CMMS and QMS environments

• Confident representing engineering systems in audits and regulatory inspections

• Proven leader in project delivery and team management within cross‑functional environments

• Strong analytical mindset with experience using KPIs such as MTBF, OEE, and energy efficiency metrics

• Hands‑on experience with Lean / Six Sigma tools and continuous improvement methodologies

• Strong mechanical understanding, detail‑oriented, and quality‑driven

• Fluent in English and French, with strong stakeholder management skills across technical and quality functions

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office and project management tools (Smartsheet, MS Project, etc.)

• Lean Six Sigma certification (Green or Black Belt) is a plus

Why Sandoz?

Generic and biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024. While we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more.

We are investing in new development capabilities, state‑of‑the‑art production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, and we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low‑cost, high‑quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit are powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues who, in return for applying their skills and experience, enjoy an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible‑hybrid careers where diversity is welcomed and personal growth is encouraged.

The future is ours to shape!

FR: Dans le cadre de sa politique Diversité, Evotec étudie, à compétences égales, toutes les candidatures dont celles des personnes en situation de handicap.

ENG: In the frame of our Diversity policy, Evotec considers, with equal competences, all applications including people with disabilities.