Senior Facilities Engineer (Electrical Engineer)

AstraZeneca•Gaithersburg, MD

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Are you ready to lead campus-scale electrical reliability that keeps life-changing medicines moving? This role sits at the heart of our site’s performance, ensuring safe, resilient, and efficient power systems that enable our teams to deliver for patients every day. Your expertise will directly reduce downtime, elevate safety, and improve energy performance across a complex, highly regulated environment. You will partner closely with site teams to commission new systems, strengthen existing infrastructure, and embed robust standards that stand up to real-world demands. Can you turn data from thermography and power studies into decisive actions that prevent outages? Do you thrive when trusted to make smart calls under pressure and bring cross-functional stakeholders with you on the journey?

Requirements

Develop and maintain effective relationships with key internal customers to understand electrical infrastructure needs and operational requirements.
Collaborate with site maintenance and engineering teams to support day-to-day electrical reliability efforts, including troubleshooting and the execution of preventive and predictive maintenance activities.
Own thermographic inspections, breaker testing, and grounding and bonding testing, ensuring timely follow-up and resolution of any actions identified during assessments.
Lead or support commissioning, qualification (IQ/OQ), and testing activities for new or modified electrical systems.
Coordinate with project teams, contractors, and OEMs for new installations and system upgrades.
Develop and carry out safe electrical work practices, arc flash compliance, and LOTO procedures in alignment with NFPA 70E, OSHA 1910/1926, and internal SHE policies.
Drive continuous improvement efforts in energy usage, power quality, and sustainability initiatives related to electrical systems.
Participate in or lead root cause investigations and corrective action plans related to electrical incidents or reliability issues.
Support capital projects by defining scopes, providing technical reviews, and ensuring alignment with business needs and sustainability goals.
Ensure all electrical projects and systems align with the Gaithersburg campus safety, health and environmental (SHE) and energy efficiency strategies.
Utilize engineering knowledge and tools to ensure electrical equipment and infrastructure are reliable, compliant, and maintainable.
Develop clear project scopes and deliverables with defined boundaries for electrical systems.
Apply systematic project planning and risk management to reduce exposure and optimize delivery.
Support regulatory compliance by maintaining and reviewing records, permits, and inspection documentation.
Maintain and update one-line diagrams, load studies, coordination and arc flash studies.
Remain available 24/7 to coordinate or direct emergency electrical response.
Participate in Change Control, Deviation investigations, and SOP development.
Review electrical components of construction and design documents for site projects.

Nice To Haves

Experience handling campus-scale medium voltage distribution, switchgear, UPS, and generator systems in GMP or highly regulated environments.
Showed strength with power monitoring, SCADA/BMS, and CMMS tools to drive data-led reliability improvements.
Qualifications or certifications related to NFPA 70E, arc flash analysis, LOTO program ownership, and electrical safety auditing.
Background in thermography (e.g., Level I/II) and power quality diagnostics, translating findings into corrective actions.
Track record improving energy performance and supporting sustainability targets through design and operational changes.
Professional Engineer (PE) licensure or progress toward licensure; PMP or equivalent project management experience.
Strong vendor and contractor management skills, with success delivering complex upgrades and brownfield installations safely and on schedule.

Responsibilities

Electrical Reliability Leadership: Collaborate with maintenance and engineering teams to solve issues and complete preventive and predictive maintenance that improves uptime and reduces risk; own thermographic inspections, breaker testing, and grounding/bonding testing, with timely follow-up on actions.
Commissioning and Qualification: Lead or support IQ/OQ and testing activities for new or modified electrical systems to ensure fit-for-purpose performance and compliance from day one.
Compliance and Safe Work Practices: Develop and carry out safe electrical work practices, arc flash compliance, and LOTO procedures aligned with NFPA 70E, OSHA 1910/1926, and internal SHE policies; maintain complete records and documentation.
Power Quality and Sustainability: Drive continuous improvement in energy usage, power quality, and sustainability initiatives; align all work with campus safety, health, environmental, and energy efficiency strategies.
Engineering Governance: Maintain and update one-line diagrams, load studies, coordination and arc flash studies; review electrical components of construction and design documents to ensure reliability, maintainability, and compliance.
Incident Response and Root Cause: Participate in or lead root cause investigations and corrective actions for electrical incidents or reliability issues; remain available 24/7 to coordinate or direct emergency electrical response.
Project Planning and Risk Management: Develop clear scopes and deliverables with defined boundaries; apply systematic project planning and risk management to reduce exposure and optimize delivery; support capital projects through technical reviews and alignment to business needs.