Overview
Director of Engineering role at Almac Group, based in Craigavon. We’re seeking a Director of Engineering to lead our dynamic engineering teams in Craigavon, driving innovation, compliance, and operational excellence in a highly regulated environment. This is a pivotal engineering leadership role as we have a new plant coming on-line, creating a significant manufacturing expansion. The Director of Engineering will lead and manage the Almac Sciences Process and Maintenance Engineering Teams to support operations and facility activities across the Sciences business. Key roles include the planning, management, and delivery of all maintenance and engineering initiatives, ensuring processes run safely, efficiently, and in full compliance with business, regulatory, and pharmaceutical standards (cGMP). The Director will uphold the highest levels of quality, safety, and operational excellence, driving continuous improvement and maintaining readiness for regulatory inspections and audits.
Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday–Friday. Flexible working schedule.
Location: Craigavon
Open To: Internal and External Applicants may apply
Almac Group is a global leader in providing a range of expert services and support across the drug development lifecycle to pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Almac Sciences is a contract development and manufacture organisation (CDMO) providing a wide range of custom synthesis and manufacturing services, supporting clients from drug discovery through to commercialisation of their new chemical entities.
Responsibilities
* Lead, coach, and develop multi-disciplinary engineering & maintenance teams.
* Lead all engineering activities in full compliance with health, safety and environmental regulations (HSENI), including oversight of risk assessments and method statements.
* Define and manage process safety across manufacturing assets, driving hazard identification, mitigation strategies and continuous improvement.
* Lead and manage the end-to-end management of engineering assets & capital projects, processes and expertise to support efficient, compliant manufacturing operations.
* Develop and implement a comprehensive site maintenance strategy that ensures compliance with process-safety requirements, statutory regulations and cGMP standards.
* Manage contractors and building services, including all utilities and plants and BMS.
* Provide management of process engineering support to chemical development and manufacturing of APIs.
* Champion process safety and risk management across all engineering functions and implement and drive change.
Essential Candidate Criteria
* Degree in Engineering (Chemical or Mechanical preferred).
* Proven ability to manage and implement Process Safety systems.
* Proven ability to manage teams within a highly complex, technical and quality regulated environment, delivering practical solutions.
* Experience in pharmaceutical or fine chemical engineering or equivalent.
* Proven leadership in managing engineering teams and large-scale maintenance functions in a chemical environment.
* Strong experience in capital project delivery and contractor management.
* Deep understanding of regulatory compliance and CMMS systems.
Desirable Candidate Criteria
* Chartered Engineer status.
* Experience in API/fine chemical manufacture.
* Knowledge of cGMP, ISO systems, and maintenance reliability techniques.
* Proactive, structured problem evaluation and solving skills ideally developed through exposure to Lean, Six Sigma, TPM or Manufacturing excellence methodologies.
For more information including postholder responsibilities and full candidate criteria, please review the below link: https://almacgroup.pagetiger.com/cdubomg/1
As part of a busy team within a rapidly growing organisation, operating within a challenging industry you will benefit from the numerous personal and professional developmental opportunities available throughout the Almac group.
Closing Date: Sunday 14th September 2025 at 5pm local time
RECRUITMENT AGENCIES PLEASE NOTE: Almac will only accept applications from agencies/business partners that have been invited to work on this role by our Talent Acquisition team. Speculative candidate CVs received or submitted directly to Hiring Managers will be considered unsolicited and no fee will be payable. Thank you for your cooperation.
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