Senior Director, Engineering

Senior Director, Engineering

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals! As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you'll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals' lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Your Role: Senior Director, Engineering

Reporting to the Fort Dodge Site Head and on the Site Leadership Team, the Senior Director is responsible for the technical and strategic leadership of the Engineering Function and Maintenance at the Fort Dodge Iowa site. You will lead, coach, and develop the engineering team to excel in line with Elanco Engineering and Manufacturing principles. In addition, the role is a member of the Global Elanco Technical Operations Leadership Team, who set and drive the global technical strategy for Elanco Manufacturing. The position offers an excellent opportunity for you to lead the Engineering function at two key vaccine sites and influence the global strategy at a leading Animal Health Company.

Your Responsibilities:

• Lead and Develop Engineering Team: Provide leadership and performance management for the Site Engineering team, including maintenance, process engineers, and capital project managers, while also developing technical talent across Elanco.
• Strategic Planning: Develop the long-term strategy for the engineering function and create a strategic investment plan for the Site facilities.
• Asset Management & Compliance: Ensure all Site assets are qualified, maintained, and recapitalized to comply with Elanco standards and capabilities.
• Operational Support & Improvement: Support manufacturing operations to achieve production goals, driving continuous improvement of assets to enhance overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and optimize resources.
• Capital Project Execution: Accountable for the effective and efficient planning and execution of all capital investments.

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):

• Bachelor of Engineering or Higher.
• Must have several years experience of Engineering Team Leadership in the areas of maintenance, reliability, process engineering support or capital planning and delivery.
• Must have several years experience in FDA, EMA (EU GMP), USDA regulated, Animal Health, Pharmaceutical or Biotech manufacturing environment.

What Will Give You the Competitive Edge (preferred qualifications):

• Leading an engineering team and technical agenda to achieve quantifiable successes with optimized resources.
• Coaching and developing individuals and teams to improve technical capability or delivery.
• Appropriate technical depth, curiosity and decision making in ambiguous situations or whilst under pressure.
• Demonstrated communication and influence to gain support and confidence in a technical agenda.
• Organizational influence and collaboration to leverage and drive a broader improvement agenda at both the site and within the global engineering function.

Additional Information:

• Location: Fort Dodge, Iowa
• Monday through Friday work schedule with situations that may arise where off-schedule work, both on site and off site may be required.
• Domestic travel required on a periodic basis to visit other manufacturing sites and for significant business initiatives.

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrecognized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!

Elanco Benefits and Perks:

• Multiple relocation packages
• Two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and year-end) in the US (in addition to PTO)
• 8-week parental leave
• 9 Employee Resource Groups
• Annual bonus offering
• Flexible work arrangements
• Up to 6% 401K matching

Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.