Description

Your Impact

The Facilities department is a tight-knit, agile, collaborative, and fun team who are looking for a team member with a strong work ethic. In this role, you will support ongoing research and manufacturing that will drive Poseida’s mission to cure patients of cancer. You will have an opportunity to learn and advance in your career as this group is forward thinking and fully supportive of development. We understand the meaning of team and are looking for an individual that wants to be a part of something bigger and a driving force in changing the lives of cancer patients.

Position Summary

The Facilities Technician will support a rapidly growing research and development lab and office facilities and assist with a cGMP building. The successful candidate will possess experience in maintaining building related equipment and R&D lab support activities. Any candidate must be able to adapt to working in both R&D and cGMP environment simultaneously. 

Responsibilities 

These may include but are not limited to:

• Support the day-to-day operation and maintenance of all Poseida Facilities, including the management of building utilities (HVAC, compressed air, house vacuum, microbulk CO2 tank, and access control system). 
• Quickly and efficiently analyze work orders (WO) that affect operations, providing corrective action suggestions.
• Be the liaison and manage service providers for regular service visits and after hour emergency calls.
• Performs daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance rounds for assigned tasks and completes all logs and paperwork associated with their tasks.
• Respond to and address alarms from Building Management System.
• Manage company assets that require asset tagging and work with multiple departments to provide proper classification. 
• Maintain inventory of parts and supplies for facilities repairs; order materials as needed.
• Monitor, maintain, and perform standard repairs to building electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilation, and cooling systems.
• Assist licensed plumbers, electricians, and HVAC personnel as appropriate.
• Prepare job estimates for customers including time and materials costs.
• Perform quality inspections on work completed by other facilities services technicians.
• Prepare and maintain records on all maintenance activities.
• Ensure proper care in the use and maintenance of equipment and supplies; promote continuous improvement of workplace safety and environmental practices.
• Assemble and disassemble equipment. 
• Develop and maintain equipment maintenance logs as new systems are added.
• Manage all WO documentation in the CMMS and document management systems.
• Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) as needed. 
• Stay current and adhere to training requirements.
• Provide high level of customer support
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Requirements, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• High School diploma or equivalent. Formal education in a related technical or engineering discipline or related military training/experience is desirable.
• Minimum of four years of related experience and/or training. 
• Experience using Siemens Desigo Building Management system or similar systems.
• Ability to comprehend and interpret instructions, short correspondence, and memos and ask clarifying questions to ensure understanding. 
• Good communication skills with the ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from clients, co-workers, and/or supervisor.
• Ability to effectively present information to internal departments and/or large groups of employees.
• Ability to solve problems in standard situations using basic analytical skills.
• Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office Suite and Outlook.
• Must be able lift and/or operate equipment and machinery, up to about 50 pounds. Must be able to stand, bend, stoop, and walk to complete tasks.
• Must be able to work in controlled environments requiring special gowning as needed. May be required to follow gowning requirements and wear protective clothing over the head, face, hands, feet, and body

Pay Rate: $31.25/hour to $39.94/hour 

The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and length of experience within the job, type, and length of experience with the industry, education, geographic location, etc.

Who We Are and What We Do 

Based in San Diego, Poseida Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company utilizing our unique and proprietary genetic engineering platform technologies to create next-generation cell and gene therapies with the capacity to cure. We are passionate about making an impact on patients’ lives with the development of our CAR-T therapies in various cancers and gene therapies for rare diseases. Our goal is to deliver potential single treatment cures for patients in need. Our portfolio of product candidates is specifically designed to overcome the limitations of current generation cell and gene therapeutics.

At Poseida we put people first. Our team is passionate about improving patients’ lives through innovation. See what our team has to say about our culture:

“My favorite part about Poseida is all the people that I get to work with. Everyone is so passionate about what we’re doing here and there’s so much camaraderie. It feels like one big enthusiastic family.”

“My favorite part about working at Poseida is the amazing culture and working environment. Everybody is friendly, professional, collaborative, and has a remarkable can-do and positive attitude.”

As we advance our compelling pipeline, there are endless opportunities for impact and growth. We encourage you to apply today!