John Rutland

Global Operations Plant Engineering Lead

Yverdon, Vaud, Switzerland

About

Experienced in pharma, FMCG regulated environments having worked in the biotech industry for the last 14 years. Skilled in GMP, Water Treatment/WFI Production, Pumps, Management, Continuous Improvement, Process Engineering with Project management experience. Educated with a double degree in Chemical Engineering & Chemistry with a Diploma of Brewing focused in Raw Materials, brewing, fermentation (batch/continous), process operations and packaging from the Institute of Brewing & Distilling (IBD - UK).

Experience

  • Global Operations Plant Engineering Lead at Galderma
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    Responsible for developing and driving the Global Engineering platform and roll out to sites located in France, Sweden, Brazil and Canada (Quebec)

  • Takeda (Full-time · 13 yrs 7 mos)
    • Lead Plant and Sustainability Engineer
      Feb 2024 - Aug 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Driving Plant Engineering modifications for both GMP and non-GMP with additional support to NetZero program.

    • Manager/Lead Facilities and Utilities Team
      Mar 2020 - Feb 2024 · 4 yrs

      Responsible to lead and develop a team of 9 direct reports (5 consultants) and 14 indirect.

    • Site Engineer - F&U/ Energy Program Manager
      Feb 2012 - Feb 2020 · 8 yrs 1 mo

      Initially started with Baxter that spun off to Baxalta which was then purchased by Shire who in turn were bought by Takeda.

  • Ingénieur Commercial et de Projet at Emile Egger & Cie SA
    Sep 2009 - Jan 2012 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Technical and commercial responsibilities specialising in pumping highly charged liquids (3-phase) used in applications for reactors (eg hydrogenation with injected gas and suspended catalyst), off-shore applications (PW/Oil/sand hydrocyclone separation) - Experienced working to Norsok, API 610, ASME, NACE and BP standards

  • Technical Account Manager at Orica Chemnet
    2005 - 2008 · 3 yrs

    Account and technical management of clients in the dairy, food and beverage industries. A scope covering industrial chemicals, food additives and water treatment. A role that was focused on developing client relationships whilst delivering value added services such as reduced energy & chemical usage.

  • Process/Project Engineer, Master Scheduler/Logistics/Purchasing-Supply Chain at DB Breweries (Heineken)
    1998 - 2004 · 6 yrs

    3) Supply Chain - Planning/Purchasing 2) Project Manager and Engineer during a major 65 Million NZD packaging hall rebuild/relocation. 1) Trainee Brewer