Manager Facilities

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Are you ready to use your experience and expertise to make an impact on patients' lives? Astellas Gene Therapies is a biotechnology company developing new genetic medicines for rare, life-threatening diseases. We are working urgently to progress our medicines and need additional team members to help us do so. Because our mission is so important, our values are to: Be BOLD:

Find a Way, Care Deeply, and Get Stuff Done.

If you'd like to be a part of this important mission, please apply to join our team.

About Astellas Gene Therapies

Astellas Gene Therapies is an Astellas Center of Excellence developing genetic medicines for patients with rare, life-threatening diseases. Based on our innovative approach to developing genetic medicines, as well as our industry-leading internal manufacturing capability and expertise, we have become the Astellas Center of Excellence for their newly-created Genetic Regulation Focus Area. We are currently exploring three gene therapy modalities: gene replacement, exon skipping gene therapy, and vectorized RNA knockdown, with plans to expand our focus and geographic reach under Astellas. We are based in San Francisco, with manufacturing and laboratory facilities in South San Francisco and Sanford, North Carolina. For more information, please visit our website: www.astellasgenetherapies.com

About Astellas

Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are promoting the Focus Area Approach that is designed to identify opportunities for the continuous creation of new drugs to address diseases with high unmet medical needs by focusing on Biology and Modality. Furthermore, we are also looking beyond our foundational Rx focus to create Rx ® healthcare solutions that combine our expertise and knowledge with cutting-edge technology in different fields of external partners. Through these efforts, Astellas stands on the forefront of healthcare change to turn innovative science into value for patients. For more information, please visit our website at https://www.astellas.com/en.

Our Values:

Be

BOLD (Find a Way)

Care Deeply

for our patients, each other and our work

#GSD

(Get Stuff Done)

What is the catalyst for you in your professional career? Are you ready to be a part of a bold, innovative company, to make a change and to make a difference? Listed below is a current opening for a smart, driven, experienced, and just plain nice individual who wants to join us and be a part of our journey.

The Role

Reporting to the Associate Director, Facilities, Utilities, and Engineering, the Manager, Plant Maintenance

will be part of the leadership team for our Facilities, Utilities, and Engineering department supporting the GMP Manufacturing facility. This position will lead a small team of employees and vendors to ensure proper maintenance and operation of the facility, process equipment and utility systems using approved procedures. The role is primarily located in South San Francisco, CA

and is a fully in-person role.

Primary Responsibilities

This is a Monday through Friday schedule

Be part of the department's leadership team responsible for day-to-day operations in the Central Utility Plant (CUP) and facilities services. Support troubleshooting and recovery efforts including after-hours when necessary.

Assign and review work orders using a CMMS. Monitor employees progress to ensure maintenance records and service reports follow cGMP.

Use automation systems to oversee operations of utility systems and analyze data to plan improvements and repairs, as necessary.

Create, review, and revise SOPs, maintenance plans and schedules. Assist with defining maintenance processes, driving improvements, and achieving KPI targets.

Understand and adhere to internal and external regulations, procedures, and policies to ensure facilities and equipment are fit for use, service interruptions minimized, and cGMP and safety standards maintained.

Collaborate on and implement Quality Change Records for the facility, utilities, and process equipment, as necessary.

Lead breakdown investigations and process improvement changes to maximize asset performance.

Help lead change initiatives and continuous improvement efforts such as Lean Six Sigma/5S.

Coach, mentor, and develop employees to be able to meet current and future business needs, as well as employees' individual career goals.

Ensure group members complete training and maintain accurate training records.

Identify and effectively communicate safety, quality, technical and training issues to team.

Partner with internal customers, colleagues, service vendors and suppliers, to meet due dates, achieve department goals and improve quality of service.

Requirements

About you

Must Have/Required

High School diploma with 12 years of experience,

Technical certificate/license or AA degree with 10 years of experience, or BA/BS degree with a 8 years of experience in a facilities role in a regulated industry.

2 years of supervisory experience including writing employee appraisals/evaluations.

4 years demonstrated experience with a CMMS.

4 years of experience successfully maintaining and operating utility plant systems, HVAC&R (refrigeration, boilers, air handlers) systems, compressed air and gas systems, and purified water systems.

Excellent technical writing skills including SOPs, maintenance procedures and routine reports.

Expertise interpreting technical documents such as blueprints, schematics, logic flow charts, operating and maintenance manuals.

Strong GMP knowledge and understanding.

Good working knowledge of safety practices.

Strong leadership skills with the ability to get results through mentoring others. Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team building skills.

Excellent oral and written communications skills.

Demonstrated history of troubleshooting and restarting utility systems using BAS and field devices.

Occasionally required to stand up to 6 hours a day. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, stand; walk; talk or hear; and use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and lift 50 lbs.

Knowledge of Electronic and Electrical principals.

Flexible and excels in a dynamic environment.

Demonstrated ability to solve problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Proficiency with MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

Models our Core Values: Be Bold, Care Deeply, #GetStuffDone

-- is experienced as someone who exemplifies the culture we want to create; operates with transparency; is trusted

May Have/Preferred

Experience in a small company and high growth, fast-paced environment

Experience successfully completing of a major continuous improvement project.

Understanding of PLC and BAS programing.

Previous experience with a facility start-up.

Supervision of contractors and vendors.

Pharmaceutical, Biotech or Life Sciences experience.

Benefits:

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

Generous Paid Time Off options, including Vacation and Sick time, plus national holidays including year-end shut down

401(k) match and annual company contribution

Company paid life insurance

Annual Corporate Bonus and Quarterly Sales Incentive for eligible positions

Long Term Incentive Plan for eligible positions

Referral bonus program

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled

Type

Full-time

Location

CA, South San Francisco

Category

Facilities, Utilities & Maintenance

Company info

Astellas Us, LLC
Website : https://www.astellas.com/us/