Reference Number: R Position title: Clean Utilities Lead 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. Engineering & Maintenance (E&M;) plays a critical role in keeping our site running safely, reliably, and compliantly. From capital projects to hands‑on equipment reliability, our work enables uninterrupted production every day. Within E&M;, the Clean Utilities & Sustainability division ensures a dependable and sustainable supply of electricity, steam, water, and other critical utilities, supporting both operational excellence and Sanofi’s Planet Care ambitions.

Main Responsibilities

- Ensure safe, reliable, productive critical water systems (including pre‑treatment, Reverse Osmosis (RO), Water For Injection (WFI)) and clean steam
- Lead investigations and develop Corrective and Preventative Actions (CAPA) for unplanned utility disruptions or Environmental Monitoring (EM) excursions
- Identify energy/water efficiency improvement opportunities for critical systems
- Act as key Subject Matter Expert (SME) for critical utility systems for any quality related discussions including during audits/inspections
- Coordinate periodic outages for shutdowns, passivation, maintenance, and calibration
- Participate in applicable Community of Practice (CoP)
- Lead the unionized critical utilities department team to ensure sampling, daily checks, maintenance, and other tasks are followed.
- Ensure team is fully integrated with other functions in the E&M; department and Quality department to ensure quality compliance,



to support site operation in 24/7 schedule.
- Initiate, review and approve technical documents for clean utilities. (Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Change Control Requests (CCR), deviations and Corrective and Preventative Actions (CAPAs)).
- Drive capital investment in systems by submitting project requests as needed for improving performance or reducing cost for other groups in management of systems.
- Perform gap assessments on utility SOPs including operating, validation, and routine monitoring to ensure compliance to corporate standards.
- Work with Engineering team to assist in different phases of projects for utility and biowaste systems.
- Ensure technical review from User Requirement Specifications (URS), Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID;), Installation Qualification (IQ), Operational Qualification (OQ), and Performance Qualification (PQ) protocols are properly prepared and are aligned with compliance requirement, current SOPs, maintenance standards and current best practices.
- Supervises and monitors compliance with employment and health and safety legislation to ensure that employees work within the policies, procedures and regulations applicable to their work.

About you

- Bachelor’s degree; preferably with a concentration in Electrical/Mechanical or Chemical Engineering
- Minimum 5 years of experience within a GMP-regulated pharmaceutical,



biologics, medical device, API or life sciences manufacturing environment ideally as an Engineer with a strong preference towards supporting clean and black utility systems
- Minimum 2 years of experience working maintenance engineering in pharmaceutical/biopharma industry preferred
- Strong people skills with experience in managing projects/teams with demonstrated ability to pro‑actively work with cross functional groups within the organization preferably in a unionized environment.
- Strong people skills with experience in managing unionized team with demonstrated ability to pro‑actively work with cross functional teams
- In‑depth understanding of GMP clean utility systems and related regulatory compliance requirement
- Understand SMS tools and help drive and implement new ways of working
- Fundamental understanding of industrial production environment and maintenance & engineering practices
- Require high level of critical thinking and prioritization.
- Experience in audit preparation and participation in internal and external audits a plus

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.

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📌 Clean Utilities Lead (Toronto)
🏢 Sanofi
📍 Toronto