Senior Facilities Manager

Flagship Pioneering • Watertown, MA

1d • $128,000 - $176,000

About The Position

Flagship Pioneering is a bioplatform innovation company that invents and builds platform companies that change the world. We bring together the greatest scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble the capital to allow them to take courageous leaps. Those big leaps in human health and sustainability exponentially accelerate scientific progress in areas ranging from cancer detection and treatment to nature-positive agriculture. What sets Flagship apart is our ability to advance biotechnology by uniting life science innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way that is largely without precedent. Our scientific founders, entrepreneurial leaders, and professional capital managers are each aligned around an institutionalized process that enables us to innovate and transform for the benefit of people and planet. Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture. Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies, and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Position Summary: The Senior Facilities Manager will oversee maintenance and upkeep of equipment, machinery, general office area and the newly created Flagship Labs Watertown location. This position will report to the Senior Director, Facilities and GMP Engineering Operations but will communicate with many stakeholders across the organization. They will provide day-to-day support for lab and facilities operations by overseeing maintenance tasks under general guidance and will ensure continued compliance to cGXPs. This person will act as the single point of contact from a facilities infrastructure point of view to all Flagship Pioneering tenants within the building. Effective communication will be expected across all organizations and levels with “best in class” being the expectation of service.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree is preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in a regulated environment, with 5+ years of Facility maintenance or Engineering experience.
• Direct experience maintaining large scale mechanical systems (HVAC/Refrigeration/Vacuum/Compressed Gases).
• Knowledge of local and state regulatory requirements related to wastewater, emissions, sewer systems, waste handling/storage and disposal.
• Strong technical writing skills; Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision.

Nice To Haves

• Lab Design, Operation and Maintenance is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Establishes vision for Facilities, providing hands-on leadership and development of team; oversees execution of Facility Operations.
• Effectively develops and leads site services with accountability for execution of site capital projects, process control automation, plant maintenance and site maintenance to enable Flagship Labs operations and other support functions to meet or exceed business expectations in cost, quality, compliance, safety, culture and capital.
• Maintains up to date records for all state, federal, and local licenses and inspections and maintains systems in compliance with local and state regulatory bodies associated with wastewater, sewer, emissions, waste handling/storage and disposal.
• Oversees overall facility and laboratory safety process
• Participates in facility design team meetings, provides visibility to senior management on progress and timelines.
• Manages general contractor and quality of build.
• Develops, implements, and maintains system/program for cGXP equipment maintenance and calibration; generates and revises SOPs, deviations and change controls associated with Facilities’ systems.
• Manages calibration, preventative and corrective maintenance of all GXP equipment, lab equipment, and building support utilities either directly or indirectly through contractor management; utility systems inclusive of but not limited to compressed gases, HVAC systems, electrical, life safety, and emergency power system (UPS).

Benefits

• Flagship Pioneering currently offers healthcare coverage, annual incentive program, retirement benefits and a broad range of other benefits.
• Compensation and benefits information is based on Flagship Pioneering's good faith estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees