Project Engineer

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Title: Project Engineer II

Location: Research Triangle Park, NC

Duration: 6 Months

Job Description:

Our client is a leading, clinical-stage gene therapy company founded in 2001 with a focus on neuromuscular, central nervous system, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases with clinical trials underway for Pompe disease, Parkinson's disease, and congestive heart failure.

The Facilities Engineer will assist in the day-to-day operation and maintenance of the Client facilities across multiple sites within the RTP Hub.

Responsibilities

· Work with Facilities & Engineering team to manage and maintain proper building functionality inside and outside of laboratories including but not limited to, emergency and non-emergency power systems, HVAC units, cold storage, RODI water systems, air compressors, vacuum pumps, and other major utilities systems

· Perform daily site walk through and verify functional check on all major systems and utilities that are critical to our daily operations

· Assist with monitoring the building management system (BMS) as needed, investigate the issue(s), and follow procedures for the appropriate solution according to the issue(s)

· Troubleshoot and diagnose equipment or utilities problems, document findings and report back to the Facilities & Engineering team to work through a solution. Execute facilitating the solution if the task has been assigned to you to carry out

· Attend weekly Facilities & Engineering stand-up team meetings and update team on status of individual action items

· Participate in key project planning meetings with capital projects along with the facilities team, raising concerns and pursuing resolutions during project planning meetings, implementation, and delivery of assigned projects

· Support project delivery and monitor progress through assigned project deliverables, providing updates and recommendations to the internal engineering team

· Manage and maintain timely completion of service ticket requests from all internal users

· Coordinate with the internal customer on status updates of complex issues that develop into projects from work orders

· Collaborate across departments such as EH&S, QA, Lab Operations and Capital Projects to achieve group success in a number of stakeholder and vendor facing challenges

· Work to comply with safety initiatives set forth by EH&S to ensure departmental and organizational compliance

· Assist lab operations and department requests for equipment setup within various labs across the organization

About you:

· BS/BA required.

· 4-7 years’ experience in Engineering/Facilities role required.

· Background in mechanical or electrical engineering a plus.

· Strong building utilities systems & HVAC experience preferred with working knowledge and experience using BMS systems.

· Prior pharma & experience working in a laboratory

· Possess basic office skills using a PC and working with MS office tools (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

· Skills and experience utilizing CMMS systems, CAD, and other Design programs a plus

· Self-motivated, organized, individual capable of working independently as well as a team contributor.

· Strong oral and written communication skills.

• · Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact effectively with teams, internally and externally.