What are the responsibilities and job description for the Facilities Technician position at Arcadis?
About The Job
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
Arcadis is seeking a Facilities Technician who will be responsible for performing maintenance on a variety of equipment and systems in a cGMP production environment with direction and oversight.
Role accountabilities:
- Execute assigned tasks and work orders accurately and on schedule, in compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), cGMP requirements, and applicable regulatory standards.
- Perform Preventive Maintenance (PM) and Corrective Maintenance (CM) on facility and utility systems, including but not limited to air handlers, exhaust systems, electric heaters, electric boilers, chillers, reverse osmosis (RO) systems, compressed gas systems, lighting, building management systems (BMS), access controls, and pest control systems.
- Apply basic trade skills including carpentry, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC to support facility maintenance, repairs, and minor installations.
- Safely change and handle high-pressure process gas cylinders, ensuring compliance with applicable safety procedures, gas handling protocols, and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure all maintenance activities are completed in accordance with Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) policies (e.g., lockout/tagout, working at heights).
- Maintain accurate and timely documentation of all maintenance activities within the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
- Provide routine status updates and proactively communicate task progress, risks, and scheduling needs to the Facilities Manager.
- Ability to be on call to provide off-hours emergency maintenance coverage.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications & Experience:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Minimum of 2 years of industrial maintenance experience.
- Hands-on experience performing maintenance on facility and utility systems, including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical systems.
- Basic working knowledge of critical utilities, such as reverse osmosis (RO) systems, electric boilers, and compressed gas systems.
- Experience safely handling and changing high-pressure gas cylinders, with an understanding of applicable safety protocols.
- Familiarity with Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) practices, including lockout/tagout and safe work procedures.
- Experience using a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) for work order management and documentation.
- Strong communication, customer service skills, positive attitude with the ability to work effectively in a team environment and appropriately escalate issues.
- Knowledge of basic computer skills (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.)
- Must be able to gown into a Grade B, C and D environment. (ISO 7/8)
- Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs unassisted and heavier loads with assistance or mechanical aids.
- Ability to work in mechanical spaces, at heights, and in varying environmental conditions.
Preferred Qualifications
- 2 years of experience in a pharmaceutical maintenance or other regulated environment, with a working knowledge of cGMP requirements and FDA compliance expectations.
- Completion of technical high school or accredited two-year program
- BMRAM (Blue Mountain) CMMS experience.
- Ability to provide legal US work authorization documents required. Will consider US domestic travelers and relocation.
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. Salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.