Sr. Maintenance Operations Technician
Astellas

Do you want to be part of an inclusive team that works to develop innovative therapies for patients? Every day, we are driven to develop and deliver innovative and effective new medicines to patients and physicians. If you want to be part of this exciting work, you belong at Astellas!

Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are committed to turning innovative science into medical solutions that bring value and hope to patients and their families. Keeping our focus on addressing unmet medical needs and conducting our business with ethics and integrity enables us to improve the health of people throughout the world. For more information on Astellas, please visit our website at www.astellas.com.

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.

The Role:

The Senior Maintenance & Operations Technician will be part of the Facilities & Engineering department supporting the manufacturing, labs, warehouse, and administrative areas. This position will be part of a core team that ensures the facilities, utility systems, HVAC, refrigeration, electrical, and process/lab equipment remain in optimal operating condition. Based on business and operational needs, this role may serve as the subject matter expert in HVAC - Refrigeration and/or may also serve as the subject matter expert in Electrical systems.

Responsibilities:

• Perform the day-to-day operations of the central utility plant (CUP) in a safe and compliant manner using automated systems (e.g., BMS & EMS) and SOPs.
• Provide emergency and off-hour response (on a rotating basis including holidays) to alarms and lead troubleshooting and recovery efforts.
• Communicate safety, quality, technical and training issues to team and escalates non-conformances to management, initiate deviation/incident records, and participate in investigations as necessary.
• Ensure facilities are fit for use by maintaining cGxP and safety standards and plans and performs routine and repair maintenance.
• Collaborate with management and planning to procure parts and services as necessary and oversee and escort vendors performing maintenance or providing services.
• Create and complete work orders using a CMMS to maintain the facilities, utility systems, process, and lab equipment and ensure maintenance records are documented accurately and completely following GDP.
• Complete required training on schedule and maintain accurate training records and read and interpret blueprints, schematics, equipment/service manuals, logic flow diagrams, and work orders to perform required operations, maintenance, and troubleshooting of systems/equipment.
• Use electronic/automated systems to trend performance and troubleshoot issues.
• Create, revise, and maintain the maintenance plans, spare parts inventory, and SOPs.
• Partner with internal customers, colleagues, and support services to achieve department goals and understand and adhere to internal and external regulations, procedures & policies.

Quantitative Dimensions:

The Senior Maintenance and Operations Technician is a crucial member of the Facilities team that ensures the facilities, utility systems, HVAC, refrigeration, electrical, and process/lab equipment remain in optimal operating condition and meet cGxP and safety standards. The role will be the SME on regulations, procedures, policies and will provide training and resources to guarantee team is prepared and performing at the highest level.

Organizational Context:

The Senior Maintenance and Operations Technician (HVAC-R and/or Electrical) will typically report to the Supervisor, Facilities, Maintenance and Operations. This role is expected to Model our Core Values and to demonstrate work performance as someone who exemplifies the culture we want to create; operates with transparency; is trusted; and supports the overall mission and vision of the Astellas organization.