Head of Site Engineering
Synthorx
About the job
As Head of Site Engineering & Maintenance within our Manufacturing & Supply team, you'll be responsible for operating the technical infrastructure and lead the maintenance operations that keep our pharmaceutical manufacturing site running seamlessly and safely. Ready to get started?
Join a global network that powers how Sanofi delivers — seamlessly, purposefully, and at scale. In Manufacturing & Supply, you'll help reimagine how life-changing treatments reach people everywhere, faster, while ensuring the highest standards of quality and efficiency at our Csanyikvölgy pharmaceutical manufacturing facility.
About Sanofi:
We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.
Main responsibilities:
- Ensure reliable operation on competitive cost level including line maintenance, utility management, automisation, managing all technical aspects on the site
- Lead capital project initiation, funding decisions, and full lifecycle delivery
- Optimize manufacturing output through reliability engineering and maintenance cost management
- Allocate engineering & maintenance budget across projects and operational needs
- Ensure compliance with GMP, industry and engineering regulations
- Drive process improvements for efficiency, safety, and quality
- Manage external contractors and vendor relationships
- Build and develop Engineering & Project teams
About you:
- Experience: Proven experience in managing complex technical team and project management
- Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing
- Strong knowledge in GMP
- Experience in budget management and financial control
- Education: MsC level graduation in Technical Engineering, ideally mechanical engineering
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to lead with courage, act as a role model, and create an environment where team members feel empowered to take ownership and grow
- Languages: Hungarian and English (fluent)
What We Offer
- Meaningful Impact: Lead critical operations that enable life-changing treatments to reach patients worldwide
- Career Development: Access to continuous learning, leadership programs, and clear progression pathways within Sanofi's global network
- Competitive Package: Attractive salary, bonus and benefit package
- Inclusive Culture: Join a diverse team that values bold thinking, innovation, and collaboration aligned with our "Take the Lead" philosophy
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Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Pursue progress, discover extraordinary
Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.
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