Facility & Asset Manager

Pharmaron is looking for an experienced Facility & Asset Manager to join our team at our Germantown, MD location. If you're craving a role that offers challenges, growth, and meaningful impact, one where you are the go-to person for the entire team, this role could be yours.

What you will do:

In this role, you will be responsible for the operation and management of the equipment program, facilities and utilities, shipping and logistics, to include management of associated support staff.

In addition:

• Equipment Coordination
  • Function as the business owner of Blue Mountain Regulatory Asset Manager, including performance of Administrator functions.
  • Ensure Life Cycle Asset Maintenance by facilitating all critical equipment calibration and preventative maintenance, completed per defined schedule.
  • Collaborate, when needed, with Metrology team members on LC-MS/MS units.
  • Create and/or maintain vendor contracts for services to instruments and equipment.
  • Coordinate outside vendor visits for all vendor performed calibration and maintenance activities.
  • Champion Change Control processes for commissioning and decommissioning of equipment.
  • Collaborate with User Departments to determine equipment qualification requirements and author and execute qualification documents, when applicable.
  • Manage and maintain equipment history files and ensure proper documentation of all work. performed on equipment or systems, as applicable.
  • Provide support and troubleshooting of equipment necessary to meet all customer. requirements including identifying issues or causes of failures.
  • Author instrument or equipment SOPs, as needed.
    
• Facilities and Utilities
  • Coordinate and manage the general upkeep of the buildings and utilities for the site.
  • Provide technical assistance concerning laboratories, facilities and utilities.
  • Maintain site generators in performance condition, ensuring maintenance, exercising and challenging per defined frequencies.
  • Manage any utility and facility leasing vendors/representatives.
  • Manage periodic renewal and provision of data for site specific permits, including HAZMAT permit.
  • Manage periodic testing of business continuity processes as per SOP defined procedure.
  • Manage fixed asset inventory and provide timely reports, as requested.
  1. Shipping and Logistics
  • Mange scheduling and receipt of internal and external shipments including obtaining necessary permits and custom clearance, as needed.

What We're Looking For:

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Science or Engineering or related field
• 10+ years of experience with the pharmaceutical, biotechnology or CRO industry in a GLP/GMP environment.
• Working knowledge of laboratory equipment and facilities
• Communicating in a professional manner

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