Sr Engineer 1, Facilities & Utilities

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-to-market 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.

Responsibilities include:

• 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.

Education requirements include a BS 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 requirements include a minimum of 5-7 years' experience in engineering, facilities/lab operations and clean/dirty plant utilities, preferably in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry.

Work environment/physical demands include standing, walking, sitting, talking, or hearing, reaching with hands and arms, climbing stairs or ladders, balancing, stooping, kneeling, or crouching. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.