Head of Operations Engineering Maintenance

**Date**:6 Aug 2025

**Department**:Corporate Engineering

**Business Area**:Industrial Operations & HSE

**Job Type**:Direct Employee

**Contract Type**:Permanent

**Location**:Milano, IT

**_About us_**
- Based in Parma, Italy, Chiesi is an international research-focused pharmaceutical and healthcare group with over 85 years’ experience, operating in 30 countries with more than 6,000 employees (Chiesi Group). To achieve its mission of improving people’s quality of life by acting responsibly towards society and the environment, the Group researches, develops and markets innovative drugs in its main therapeutic areas**:Discover more here**
- We are proud to be the largest global pharmaceutical group to be awarded **B Corp Certification**, a recognition of **high social and environmental standards**. We are a **reliable** company that adopts and promotes a **transparent and ethical behavior** at all levels.
- We believe that the success of **Chiesi is built and shaped by our people and our strong set of shared Values and Behaviors**. Our people make a critical difference to our success, which is why it is vital that we attract and retain the right talent who will continue to enrich our culture by living and breathing our values and behaviors.
- We are committed to **embrace diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities.** In fact, we are a global family made up of different cultures, different genders, generations, ethnicities, abilities, sexual identities and many other enriching diversities.

**_Chiesi Global Manufacturing Division_**
- Chiesi Group has three production plants:
**Parma** (Italy), the strategic hub for the production and distribution of our products, serving as an international supply center with exports to over 80 countries. Here, solid medicines such as tablets and dry powders for inhalers, solutions and suspensions for inhalations and sterile suspension vials for endotracheal administration are produced.
- In 2024, a new **Biotech Centre of Excellence** has launched in Parma. The new facility is dedicated to developing and producing monoclonal antibodies, enzymes, and other proteins.

**Blois-La Chaussée Saint Victor plant** (France), a center of excellence specializing in the production of Dry Powder Inhalers and Metered Dose Inhalers (MDIs). The site manages direct distribution to customers in the French market and exports to other markets, effectively meeting both local and international needs.

**Santana de Parnaiba** (Brazil), specialized in the production of pressurized solutions and suspensions for inhalation therapy (pMDIs). Additionally, it has an area dedicated to nasal sprays for the European market. Santana produces pressurised solutions and suspensions for inhalation therapy (MDI).
- In 2025, a new investment in **Nerviano** (Italy) has been announced with the construction of a new facility which will be primarily dedicated to manufacturing carbon mínimal inhalers (reinforcing the company’s commitment to both patients’ health and sustainable healthcare solutions), dry powder inhalers and sterile biological products.

**_Who we are looking for_**

**Purpose**
- We are seeking an experienced **Head of Operations Engineering Maintenance** to oversee maintenance, process engineering, calibration, and spare parts warehouse functions, while ensuring compliance with GMP and readiness for external inspections, for our new site in **Nerviano** (Milan).**Main Responsibilities**

**Process equipment Maintenance for respiratory, sterile and packaging areas**
- Define, implement, and monitor both preventive and corrective maintenance strategies.
- Plan and control the annual maintenance budget, tracking deviations and implementing corrective actions to align costs with organizational goals.
- Oversee maintenance teams to ensure high equipment uptime and cost-effective operations.
- Lead root-cause analysis for recurring failures and drive continuous improvement.

**Process Engineering**
- Optimize production processes using lean methodologies and best practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve cycle times, energy usage, quality, and cost.
- Manage process documentation and support automation opportunities

**Calibration**
- Supervise calibration of measurement instruments and production equipment.
- Ensure compliance with GMP/internal standards, ISO requirements, and regulations.
- Implement calibration schedules in coordination with quality and production teams.

**Spare Parts Warehouse**
- Manage procurement, reception, inventory control, and distribution of critical spares.
- Establish and track KPIs (stock turns, fill rate, obsolescence).
- Work with procurement, maintenance, and suppliers to optimize inventory and reduce costs.

**Regulatory Inspections**
- Serve as the primary interface for regulatory and external inspections concerning maintenance, calibration, and engineering activities.
- Ensure full compliance with Seveso III (Directive 2012/18/EU, implement