Facilities Associate I

Role Summary

Fate Therapeutics is seeking a hands-on, service-driven individual to manage general upkeep, cleanliness, and smooth daily operations for our facilities, focusing on common areas, conference rooms, laboratories, and supply management to support a positive and efficient work environment. The role supports both office and laboratory spaces, including conference room readiness, setup and breakdown of meetings, inventory management, and hazardous waste reporting to ensure a safe, organized, and functional workplace. This is an entry-level, full-time, non-exempt position located at the corporate headquarters in San Diego, CA.

Responsibilities

• Support operations across the Company facilities
• Keep inventory, order, stage and distribute office supplies to office areas, breakroom supplies to break areas, restroom supplies to restrooms, conference room supplies to conference rooms, and consumables to R&D labs
• Set up and breakdown of company meetings and events, including arranging tables, chairs, catering and equipment, restoring and cleanup of space afterward
• Maintain daily cleanliness, safety, and professional appearance of the Company facilities including the common areas, supply areas, office areas, conference rooms, break areas, and restrooms
• Manage centralized waste including trash, paper, plastics, and other recyclable materials
• Support Company’s hazardous waste program: collect, transport, segregate, accumulate, and perform initial disposal of hazardous waste for various labs; determine proper method of accumulation and disposal based on hazard classes and compatibility of chemicals
• Package, document, and label waste for shipment to appropriate disposal facilities pursuant to disposal facility, state, and federal requirements
• Maintain records such as hazardous and non-hazardous waste manifests and associated documents
• Respond to hazardous materials spills and non-hazardous spills and implement clean-up plan
• Communicate list of activities to facilities personnel for evening janitorial vendor to complete
• Work closely with facilities and HR personnel to support daily facilities requests and maintenance needs

Qualifications

• Required: High school/GED with a minimum of one year’s experience providing facilities support to a small to mid-size company
• Preferred: Biotech or life science experience
• Preferred: Experience working in a lab setting
• Preferred: Mechanical knowledge of equipment and tools, including biosafety cabinets, refrigerators, freezers, and other general laboratory equipment
• Able to understand general instructions with proficient problem-solving abilities and detail-orientation
• Ability to manage and prioritize end-user facilities requests
• Experience using Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Strong written and verbal communication and customer service skills
• Self-motivated, flexible, able to prioritize, multitask, and work in a professional, fast-paced and dynamic environment

Skills

• Facilities operations
• Inventory management
• Hazardous waste handling and reporting
• Room setup and event support
• Communication and customer service
• Basic mechanical knowledge of lab equipment
• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)

Education

• High school diploma or GED

Additional Requirements

• 100% onsite work at corporate headquarters in San Diego, CA
• Ability to lift up to 35 lbs on a regular basis
• Will require working with hazardous materials