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Reference No. R2838583
Position Title: Project Engineering Lead
Department:Engineering Resources and Projects
Location: Toronto, ON

About the Job

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.

This role is responsible for the successful execution of capital projects on the Toronto site, specifically Tier 3 projects (<5M Euros). This role manages external resources, including daily management, forecasting, and sourcing to ensure project milestones are met on time and on budget. Incumbent will ensure supervision of all relevant project activities either directly or via external resource support. Compliance with local and global HSE, Quality, Engineering and Financial requirements will be incorporated into all work performed.

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:

Budgeting 15%

• Create initial budget based on Sponsor’s stated needs

• Challenge assumptions and generate alternatives to be assessed

• Forecast spend and work with site PC team to ensure accuracy of data in Shine and spendtracker

Planning & Scheduling 20%

• Create and manage project schedule

• Perform analysis on project deliverables, identifying critical path items and other constraints (e.g. resources) to ensure satisfactory delivery of all project deliverables as committed

• Plan with project sponsor based on business needs including external factors such as strategic initiatives, commercial production, etc.

• Push all stakeholders to embrace Play-to-Win methodology and ensure scope and schedule are reasonable, efficient, and the right use of the business’ resources

Resource Management 10%

• Work closely with ETS RMO to ensure correct current capacity and forecasted demand in resource plan for assigned projects

• Work cross-functionally to support the site when and where it is needed, including sharing resources with other Engineering areas

Execution 35%

• Supervise project activities|

• Perform safety walkthroughs when and where appropriate

• Lead decision making when new information becomes available

• Support contract enforcement and quality assurance of work provided by vendors

• Lead troubleshooting teams when multiple SME’s and other stakeholders are needed to address an unplanned and critical problem.

Communication 10%

• Support Sponsor engagement including regular updates at general SteerCo’s

• Proactively bring in relevant stakeholders to prevent escalations where possible

• Where necessary, escalate to appropriate stakeholders effectively and at the right time

• Support Engineering team for any data needed on ETS or Site KPIs

Continuous Improvement 5%

• Contribute to structural improvements in ways of working in the ETS team

• Support maintenance of best practices within the team

HSE REQUIREMENT/STATEMENT

• Works within the policies, procedures and regulations as required by the Company and under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

CONTEXT OF THE JOB/MAJOR CHALLENGES

• Project scopes will be simple to complex, with potentially conflicting priorities and difficult schedule constraints. The Project Engineering Lead is accountable for their projects and what is best for the site. Scrutiny will be applied by C&M Portfolio lead on a regular basis as well as through Engineering Project departmental KPIs, timelines will often be challenging. Cross-functional collaboration, consistent challenging of status quo and diligent time and resource management are key to success in this role.

DIMENSIONS/SCOPE

• E2E PL role for local Tier 3 projects (i.e. <5M Euros) on the Toronto site

• Approx. 3 to 15 projects in various stages of execution at any given time, with higher workloads supported via external resources.

About You

REQUIREMENTS

Education/Certifications

• University degree such as Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Engineering

• PMP certified, PMI Agile certification or equivalent is a preferred.

Experience

• 3+ years' experience in managing projects in challenging environment preferably in pharmaceutical industry and/or manufacturing environment.

Competencies

• Demonstrated leadership experience

• Strong organizational skills, time management and ability to deal with conflicting priorities

• Strong interpersonal skills

• MS Office including Project, SAP, Geode+, Phenix, general ability to adapt to new software tools

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs

This position is for a current vacant role that is now open for applications.

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Sanofi is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Our goal is to attract, develop and retain highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds, allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified applicants.  Accommodations for persons with disabilities required during the recruitment process are available upon request.

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All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.

Toute compensation sera déterminée en fonction de l'expérience démontrée. Les employés peuvent être admissibles à participer aux programmes d'avantages sociaux de l'entreprise. Des informations supplémentaires sur les avantages sociaux peuvent être trouvées ici.

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