Overview Associate Director of Facilities Engineering - Rockville, MD 20850 The main responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: Overall responsibility for maintaining and operating the utilities to include fifteen (15) HVAC units, utility systems such as RODI make-up and distribution, CO2 system, compressed air make-up and distribution, process gases, and vacuum system, and general utility systems including the Building Management System (BMS), equipment monitoring, boilers, chillers, and waste management systems. Provide oversight for all facility and engineering-related operations including general facility maintenance, GMP, GCLP, and R&D related laboratories, change controls, calibration, preventive maintenance, vendor qualification and training, and materials management functions. Provide oversight to operational groups including Facilities, Facilities-Engineering, Materials Management, and Warehousing Operations. Maintain staffing levels aligned with business and production needs. Provide guidance and direction on projects involving alterations to facilities support systems and critical utilities. Maintain up-to-date facility-related piping and instrument drawings, equipment drawings, and GMP process-related drawings. Monitor operations of facility support systems and critical utilities, make recommendations to improve efficiencies and reliability, for a 50-week per year critical operation, and an annual 2-week per year facility shutdown. Ensure compliance with cGMP requirements, adhere to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and generate change controls as necessary. Serve as project leader for all facility-related GMP activities. Maintain timelines and budget. Oversee and maintain the computerized Building Management System (BMS), and respond to all critical alarms as they relate to temperature, relative humidity, and differential pressure within the GMP envelope. Schedule and coordinate calibration and preventive maintenance activities for all manufacturing-related utilities and equipment/instrumentation in accordance with cGMP. Maintain updated equipment history files, and participate in facility-related audits as needed. Review cGMP validation documentation for systems, equipment and manufacturing processes, including validation plans, protocols and reports. Knowledge and Experience Required BS or MS in an engineering-related field or equivalent; 5–10 years of hands-on equipment calibration or maintenance experience (vocational training may be substituted for years of experience); biotechnology experience preferred. Knowledge of facility HVAC systems, RODI systems, compressed air systems, vacuum systems, equipment monitoring systems, boilers, chillers, and BAS systems. Ability to read electrical and plumbing schematics; maintain and repair electrical/mechanical fixtures; troubleshoot control malfunctions on incubators, autoclaves, centrifuges, refrigerators, and freezers. Proven experience installing, maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing and replacing building equipment and systems. Proven leadership ability and skills. Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. Excellent interpersonal skills, both verbal and written. Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management and staff. Intermediate computer skills using MS Office (Word, Excel) and LOTUS Notes preferred. Job Type: Full-time Well-qualified professionals, please forward current resumes along with compensation requirements in complete confidence to: Robert Martin 469-656-9606 Pailin Group Professional Search Consultants Retained executive search, nationwide Our standards are as high as yours are, since 1989

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