Want to see how your resume matches up to this job?
A free trial of our JobsAI will help! With over 2,000 biopharma executives loving it, we think you will too!
Try it now — JobsAI.
Role Summary
Based in Los Angeles, CA. Key member of our management team responsible for the day to day operations of the refrigeration department.
Responsibilities
- Provide a leadership role ensuring employee health and safety. Monitor and drive improvements in OSHA incident rates.
- Manage predictive, preventative and corrective maintenance efforts as required to improve constraint/critical equipment availability
- Oversee department expense budget
- Responsible for coaching, mentoring, motivating staff of Refrigeration Dept
- Manage equipment related to freezers and temperature gauges.
- Support a smooth transition of new equipment or troubleshooting equipment to manufacturing
- Analyze/trend maintenance costs, prioritize improvement activities
- Conduct timely/competent root cause analyses. Recommend/implement innovative, efficient and effective corrective actions resulting in stable and capable processes.
- Perform personnel performance reviews.
- Support vendor negotiations, including purchasing of spare parts, equipment and service contracts
Qualifications
- BS/BA in Science or Engineering, or technical field required.
- 5+ years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment and 2+ years of maintenance management experience
- Must have demonstrated interpersonal and leadership skills to promote teamwork.
- Excellent supervision skills utilizing sound judgment, evaluation and critical thinking.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Medical manufacturing, cGMP experience preferred.
- Knowledge of freezers and cooling systems.