Associate Engineering Manager

Critical Needs. Immediate Action.

SERB is a fast-growing global specialty pharma company designed to address rare and urgent conditions by delivering life-saving medicines when time and complexity leave no room for failure.

We operate end-to-end across 100+ countries, ensuring 70+ essential medicines for rare diseases, emergency care, and medical countermeasures reach patients and clinicians with urgency – wherever and whenever they are needed. Shaped over the past 25 years by an entrepreneurial, disruptive spirit, SERB combines the focus and agility of a biotech with the scale, reach, and reliability of a global pharmaceutical company — always grounded in medical purpose, not corporate convention.

Our 600+ employees are driven by three core values:  

• Patients first, always
  Patients are not a concept — they are why we act, especially when time matters most.
  
• Impact focused
  We are agile, entrepreneurial, and disciplined - working smart and learning continuously to deliver results that matter, with the consistency, quality, and trust that critical care demands.
  
• Team powered 
  We go the extra mile - together - because our shared commitment drives extraordinary outcomes.

Guided by a clear ambition and a relentless focus on patients, SERB continues to expand through selective, innovative acquisitions, launching new treatments and entering new geographies.  Across every step — from integration to delivery — our people act with passion, ownership, and determination to ensure life-saving medicines become available to patients who need them, worldwide.

Broad Overview:

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the Associate Engineering Manager provides operational leadership for the Engineering Maintenance function at the Wales Manufacturing site, ensuring the safe, compliant, and reliable operation of manufacturing equipment, utilities, and infrastructure.

The role supports the Engineering Manager in delivering departmental objectives while providing day-to-day leadership of engineering personnel, driving equipment reliability improvements, overseeing maintenance execution, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

As deputy to the Engineering Manager, the Associate Engineering Manager contributes to departmental strategy, resource planning, talent development, and operational excellence initiatives, while ensuring engineering activities remain aligned with cGMP requirements, health and safety regulations, and business goals.

As the Associate Engineering Manager your responsibilities will include:

Engineering Operations & Reliability 

• Support the Engineering Manager in leading the Engineering and Maintenance function to ensure safe, reliable, and compliant site operations. 
• Coordinate and oversee daily engineering and maintenance activities to maximise equipment availability and minimise operational downtime. 
• Ensure maintenance activities are planned, prioritised, and executed effectively through the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS). 
• Lead initiatives focused on equipment reliability, asset lifecycle optimisation, and reduction of unplanned downtime through preventative, predictive, and condition-based maintenance strategies. 
• Support the development and implementation of maintenance strategies for critical manufacturing equipment, utilities, and facilities. 
• Monitor engineering performance metrics and identify opportunities to improve, equipment reliability, maintenance compliance, and asset utilisation. 
• Ensure robust spare parts and critical inventory management processes are maintained to support business continuity. 

People Leadership & Team Development 

• Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, mentoring, and performance management for engineering personnel. 

• Conduct performance reviews, development discussions, and competency assessments to support individual growth and departmental capability. 

• Support workforce planning, succession planning, and talent development activities within the Engineering Department. 

• Foster a high-performing, accountable, and engaged team culture aligned with SERB values. 
• Ensure all engineering personnel receive appropriate training and maintain required competencies in relation to safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and technical skills. 

Compliance, Quality & Regulatory Support 

• Ensure engineering activities are performed in accordance with cGMP requirements, Good Engineering Practice (GEP), site procedures, and regulatory expectations. 
• Support regulatory inspections, customer audits, and internal audits relating to engineering systems and maintenance activities. 
• Ensure engineering documentation is maintained to the highest standards, including maintenance records, SOPs, deviations, risk assessments, change controls, and validation documentation. 
• Lead or support investigations into equipment failures, deviations, quality events, and maintenance issues using structured root cause analysis methodologies. 
• Ensure effective CAPAs are developed, implemented, and sustained to prevent recurrence of issues. 
• Promote data integrity principles throughout engineering systems and documentation practices. 

Continuous Improvement & Digital Engineering 

• Drive a culture of continuous improvement using Lean, Six Sigma, and structured problem-solving methodologies. 
• Identify opportunities to improve maintenance effectiveness, equipment performance, workflow efficiency, and cost management. 
• Support the optimisation and development of digital maintenance systems, CMMS functionality, and engineering reporting capabilities. 
• Use engineering performance data to identify trends, support decision-making, and improve operational performance

Projects & Strategic Support 

• Support the Engineering Manager with departmental objective setting, resource planning, and strategic initiatives. 
• Manage and deliver assigned engineering projects, including equipment upgrades, facility improvements, and process optimisation activities. 
• Support the installation, commissioning, qualification, and validation of new equipment and systems. 
• Manage engineering contractors and service providers, ensuring compliance with safety, quality, and site requirements. 
• Deputise for the Engineering Manager during periods of absence and undertake delegated managerial responsibilities as required. 

Safety, Sustainability & Culture 

• Champion a proactive safety culture through visible leadership, risk assessment, behavioural safety initiatives, and incident prevention activities. 
• Ensure engineering activities are conducted in compliance with health, safety, environmental, and company requirements. 
• Support site sustainability objectives through energy reduction initiatives, equipment optimisation, and waste minimisation activities. 
• Promote a culture of accountability, continuous learning, collaboration, and operational excellence. 

The above duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive list, and you may be required to undertake any other reasonable duties compatible with your experience and competencies. This description may be varied from time to time to reflect changing business requirements.

To be successful in this role:

Experience

• Strong operational leader with a collaborative management style. 

• Passionate about developing people and building high-performing teams. 

• Results-driven with a commitment to operational excellence. 

• Strategic thinker capable of balancing short-term priorities with long-term objectives. 

• Analytical and data-driven in decision making. 

• Adaptable, resilient, and comfortable working in a dynamic environment. 

• Acts as a role model for safety, quality, compliance, and company values. 

Skills & Competencies

• Strong operational leader with a collaborative management style. 
• Passionate about developing people and building high-performing teams. 
• Results-driven with a commitment to operational excellence. 
• Strategic thinker capable of balancing short-term priorities with long-term objectives. 
• Analytical and data-driven in decision making. 
• Adaptable, resilient, and comfortable working in a dynamic environment. 
• Acts as a role model for safety, quality, compliance, and company values. 
• Attention to detail and documentation accuracy
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, regulated environment
• Leadership and coordination capability (formal or informal)
• Ability to challenge, escalate, and influence to maintain GMP standards

Behavioural Competencies

• Quality and compliance mindset (“right first time”)
• Proactive and solution-oriented approach
• High integrity and accountability
• Resilience under operational pressure

Serb Pharmaceuticals is an equal opportunity employer. We offer competitive compensation & benefit packages, challenging opportunities and a culture of working together in a supportive way built on our strong foundation of values.