Sr Engineer 1, Facilities & Utilities

The Site Operations, Facilities & Engineering Group provides technical support, guidance, and strategic vision to ensure that the facilities, utilities, warehouse, and laboratory equipment for BioMarin's domestic operations are designed, operated, and maintained in a manner consistent with regulatory agencies, environmental health & safety and asset lifecycle management best practices. This role will manage external vendors and contractors within a site-based Facilities & Engineering team dedicated to supporting operations across Northern California locations. Reporting to the Associate Director Site Operations you will work closely with REWS, California Facilities & Engineering, Procurement and Laboratory Operations. This role enables the teams at Biomarin to focus on its patient-centered mission, delivering first-in-class and best-in-class therapeutics that provide meaningful advances for those with serious and life-threatening rare genetic diseases. The engineer will be responsible for ongoing support to non-GxP site operations across Northern California campuses to ensure utilities, facilities and equipment performs per its intended use and function. The engineer will be responsible for supporting the design, engineering, and commissioning of new or modified utility systems, as well as non-GxP facilities, laboratory spaces, and administrative office buildings. The engineer will be responsible for supporting the project portfolio of operational expenditure (Opex) and capital expenditure (Capex) projects at each campus, providing facility engineering and equipment advisement, participating in asset lifecycle management (ALM), facility long range planning, and initiating team improvement projects. The engineer will:

• Interact collaboratively with key customers, peers, and other stakeholders to support achieving BioMarin tactical and strategic goals & objectives.
• Highlight and submit improvement and investment projects related to facilities and utilities systems.
• Work with end users to develop system requirements, specification of equipment/buildings, review design from outside engineering firms or contractors (as needed).
• Participate in long-term strategic development of site utility system, facilities and energy efficiency programs.
• May be requested to support other opportunities as directed by management.
• Work closely with other support groups such as Maintenance, Metrology, Automation, Capital Projects, EHS&S, Facilities, Laboratory Operations and Security to assure that BioMarin assets are well managed throughout their lifecycle.
• Provide coaching, mentoring and guidance for junior engineers and may be designated as a subject matter expert for one or more clean/dirty utility systems.
  
  
  

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Represent the Engineering, Facilities and Services department, collaborate, and provide advisement on non-GMP facility, utility, and equipment capital projects for Northern California campuses.
• Monitor and report on the status of the non-GxP campus goals and objectives to ensure they are aligned with BioMarin enterprise strategy.
• Provide Engineering support of non-GxP laboratories and their associated Facilities/Utilities systems.
• Act as the Facilities Engineering resource on cross-functional project teams.
• Collaborate, monitor, and evaluate the asset lifecycle management of non-GMP related facility systems, utility systems and equipment, assess failure risks and asset replacement planning activities.
• Consult on the long-range planning to ensure asset replacement is scheduled and budgeted to ensure the continuity and availability of business facilities.
• Partner with EHS&S to support the emergency response team to ensure business continuity and ensure all BioMarin safety policies, procedures, standards, and practices are followed.
• Successfully plan, execute, and deliver ad-hoc requests, tasks and activities as needed from end users and customers.
• Demonstrate leadership ability including the ability to lead, motivate, develop, and directly/indirectly manage others effectively.
• Advance safety, health, and environmental stewardship at BioMarin through technical decisions, guidance, and leadership.
• Effectively manage internal and external relationships with customers, key stakeholders, and vendors.
• Demonstrate the ability to be self-directed with limited guidance and oversight from management.
• Support and drive the development of internal engineering practices and procedures.
• Effectively apply independent judgment utilizing BioMarin policies, industry practices and BioMarin standards as guidance.
• Actively participate in technical, tactical, and strategic reviews/discussions.
• Remain current on all training requirements.
• Demonstrate the ability to plan and implement small projects.
• Identify and champion projects and continuous improvement (CI) initiatives that will successfully support BioMarin business goals and objectives.
• Stay current with leading edge technologies, alternative energy strategies, sustainability trends and best practices through contacts with industry, service/equipment providers, and other formal/informal means.
• 2 days on site minimum up to 4 days per week presence required with additional time necessary depending on activities.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  
  

EDUCATIONBS or MS in Chemical, Mechanical, or other Engineering degree from an accredited university. Relevant job and years of experience may be substituted in place of a degree. EXPERIENCE

• A minimum of 5-7 years’ experience in engineering, facilities/lab operations and clean/dirty plant utilities, preferably in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry.
• Highly proficient in deploying, managing, and improving an asset lifecycle management framework, policies, procedures, and practices, conducting equipment risk assessments, maintaining critical asset information, monitoring asset failure history, and recommending asset replacement schedules.
• Proficient in the relevant aspects of current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Good Clinical Practices (cGCP) and Good Laboratory Practices (cGLP)
• Demonstrated successful engineering support of capital projects ranging from $1M to $10M.
• An understanding and awareness of latest industry standards of environmental sustainability integration to the biopharmaceutical sector (e.g. knowledge of ISO 50001)
• Demonstrated engineering Subject Matter Expertise (SME) in at least one of the following systems: RO/DI, Clean Dry Air (CDA), clean process gas systems, HVAC, Plant Steam, Chilled water, Condenser Water, Process Wastewater, refrigeration, or electrical systems
• Strong organization, interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem solving abilities with strong capability in lab facility related technology.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment with a high level of Integrity.
• Proficiency with standard office software applications, including MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point.
• Proficient in utilizing Purchase Order and Spend Management Systems (e.g., Coupa, SAP, Ariba)
• Proficiency in creating, editing, and reviewing, engineering/architectural drawings is required.
• Experience in the use of engineering software tools (e.g. CAD, Bluebeam).
• BMS JCI MetaSys related experience a plus.
  
  
  

WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• While primarily a day shift job, hours will vary based on the needs of the position. This position may require additional hours and weekend/holiday work depending upon various facility requirements.
• Provide after-hours leadership/managerial on-call support as required.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, talk, or hear, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs or ladders, balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Lead other Engineers from the team as required. Engineers can be assigned to work with the Engineer to support relevant activities in their area.
• Lead external consultants to complete critical activities and deliver compliant work on schedule and within budget.
  
  
  

Note: This description is not intended to be all-inclusive, or a limitation of the duties of the position. It is intended to describe the general nature of the job that may include other duties as assumed or assigned.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.