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Downstream Maintenance Leader IFB

Beijing, China
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Our teams produce and deliver over 4 billion units of medicines and vaccines every year, ensuring every breakthrough gets to the people who need it most.
Our state-of-the-art facilities, AI-powered smart factories, and cutting-edge automation are redefining what’s possible: ensuring treatments reach patients faster, safer, and more sustainably than ever before. This is where your skills, ambition, and passion can shape the future of healthcare.

M&S China Job Description

中国制造与供应事业部岗位职责

Job Information 职位信息

Job title: Downstream Maintenance Leader

• Location 工作地点: Beijing 北京

• % Remote working and % of travel expected 远程办公和出差的概率: 20%

• Job type 工作类型: Full time 全职

• Solid Line Manager 直线汇报上级:Kuppusamy Prasath. IFB Engineering Project Execution Lead

• Dotted Line Manager: N.A

• Job description valid from: 01-Sep-2026

About the job 工作职责

Are you ready to jump into a mega project > 2 B€ Capex program to bring in your experience & knowledge?

The race is on to design & build our new Insulin Flex Facilities (IFF) addressing BLA (Biologics License Application).

We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and

meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families.

Your job will be to manage the project control activities for the End To End Insulin Flex Facility project for our new Chinese site.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with a focus on immunology that extends to innovation in diabetes and transplant medicine. Across different countries, our talented teams are determined to deliver a best-in-class customer experience using the best of digital, artificial intelligence and personal know-how. With a focus on immunology that extends to innovation in diabetes and transplant medicines, we pursue Progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.

Main responsibilities 职责描述:

•            Collaborate to URS, Maintainability reviews (P&IDs, Layout, HAZOP, 3D model, Flows definition, …) during design phases. Support Construction and Architectural program team to prepare Greenfield infrastructure (Energy supplies, Waste connections, Utilities…) Support FMECA sessions leaded by Maintenance Methods team on the more critical equipment.

•            Design and deliver a local outsourcing strategy to execute maintenance/calibration /technical checks activities. This during the project phase and then for routine mode involving local partners in services and spare part strategy.

•            Build and sustain high performance team (internal & external) empowering some talents for future routine mode organization after the project phase following OM3 guidelines.

  •  Lead replication plan on technical activities with particular attention on adjusting:

o            Local regulatory compliance with HSE department support.

o            Maintenance and Calibration SOPs, instructions (local language),

•            Master data and CMMS processes implementation within iShift program.

•            Provide support of your team for FATs, commissioning, SAT and start-up on systems. Build skill management to ensure transfer of installations and ramp-up phase as an Autonomous Production Unit Technical team

About you 任职资格:

•            Worked more than 10 years in technical positions in industrial sites, including at least one

experience as Maintenance & Calibration manager.

•            Experience and knowledge of GMP, FDA, and EU guidelines and regional/country authorities’ guidelines.

•            Experience in working in a large, complex matrixes environment with global processes and

governance structures.

•            Soft and technical skills:

Good relationships and communication skills.

Customer Centricity / results oriented / teamwork / clear thinker.

Act for innovation, initiating new and improved ways of working

•            Education: Master’s degree in industrial engineering domain: Automation

/Mechanical/Maintenance, Generalist Engineer diploma.

•            Languages: Chinese, English (Project language)

Why choose us?

•            Play an instrumental part in creating best practice within our manufacturing facility.

•            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.

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

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. You can be one of those people.

Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover Extraordinary together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

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, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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