Remote :: SAP EAM Project Manager Pharma Manufacturing Domain || Contract
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Summary: A contract role for an SAP EAM Project Manager with a focus on the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector, requiring expertise in leading EAM implementations and optimizing maintenance operations. The candidate should have a strong understanding of regulatory compliance and asset lifecycle management. This position emphasizes collaboration across various functions to ensure operational efficiency and adherence to quality standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead SAP EAM program strategy for pharma plants, ensuring alignment with regulatory and operational requirements.
- Drive process mapping for maintenance, calibration, spare parts, and reliability workflows.
- Oversee configuration of PM/EAM objects including task lists, maintenance plans, notifications, and work orders.
- Manage integration with quality systems for deviation handling, CAPA, and batch-impact assessments.
- Coordinate with engineering teams to standardize asset hierarchies and maintenance master data.
- Ensure all system changes follow GxP validation and documentation standards.
- Deliver training, SOP updates, and change management for plant technicians and supervisors.
- Monitor KPIs such as MTTR, MTBF, PM compliance, backlog, and asset utilization.
Key Skills:
- SAP EAM/PM module leadership (Blueprint Go-Live Hypercare)
- Pharma manufacturing operations and GMP-compliant workflows
- Asset lifecycle management and reliability-centered maintenance (RCM)
- Master data governance (equipment, functional locations, BOMs)
- Calibration, preventive maintenance, and work order optimization
- Integration with QM, MM, WM, FI/CO, and MES/LIMS systems
- Validation documentation (IQ/OQ/PQ), CSV, and audit readiness
- Cross-functional stakeholder management across engineering, QA, operations, and IT
- Project governance, risk management, and change control
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
SAP EAM Project Manager Pharma Manufacturing Background || Contract Role
Professional Summary
A results-driven SAP EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) Project Manager with deep experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing environments. Adept at leading end-to-end EAM implementations, optimizing maintenance operations, and ensuring compliance with GMP, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, and global quality standards. Combines strong technical SAP expertise with hands-on understanding of plant operations, reliability engineering, and asset lifecycle management.
Core Competencies:
- SAP EAM/PM module leadership (Blueprint Go-Live Hypercare)
- Pharma manufacturing operations and GMP-compliant workflows
- Asset lifecycle management and reliability-centered maintenance (RCM)
- Master data governance (equipment, functional locations, BOMs)
- Calibration, preventive maintenance, and work order optimization
- Integration with QM, MM, WM, FI/CO, and MES/LIMS systems
- Validation documentation (IQ/OQ/PQ), CSV, and audit readiness
- Cross-functional stakeholder management across engineering, QA, operations, and IT
- Project governance, risk management, and change control
Key Responsibilities
- Lead SAP EAM program strategy for pharma plants, ensuring alignment with regulatory and operational requirements.
- Drive process mapping for maintenance, calibration, spare parts, and reliability workflows.
- Oversee configuration of PM/EAM objects including task lists, maintenance plans, notifications, and work orders.
- Manage integration with quality systems for deviation handling, CAPA, and batch-impact assessments.
- Coordinate with engineering teams to standardize asset hierarchies and maintenance master data.
- Ensure all system changes follow GxP validation and documentation standards.
- Deliver training, SOP updates, and change management for plant technicians and supervisors.
- Monitor KPIs such as MTTR, MTBF, PM compliance, backlog, and asset utilization.
Project Achievements
- Implemented SAP EAM across multi-site pharma operations, reducing unplanned downtime by 20 30%.
- Standardized maintenance and calibration processes, improving audit readiness and data integrity.
- Integrated EAM with MES and LIMS, enabling real-time equipment status and batch release decisions.
- Established predictive maintenance roadmap using sensor data and condition monitoring.
Technical Skills
- SAP PM/EAM, SAP S/4HANA Asset Management
- SAP Fiori apps for maintenance technicians
- Integration with MES (Werum PAS-X, Emerson DeltaV), LIMS, and historian systems
- GxP validation tools and documentation frameworks