Facilities Tech 3

Benefits at bioMerieux:

• Low-cost medical, dental, and vision benefits starting day one
• 11 paid holidays
• 160 hours of paid time off
• Annual bonus
• 9.5% 401k company contribution with no vesting period
• Tuition reimbursement up to $10,000 per calendar year
• Onsite cafeteria with daily food stipend

Position Summary:

To operate and maintain the major building systems that provide required services and critical utilities as needed to maintain life, safety, and production. To ensure that the facilities are maintained and conditioned as needed to provide a clean, safe, and comfortable environment and enable the company’s associates to be productive while performing their job functions. Shift work required to provide 24 hour 7 day coverage for the Durham manufacturing facility.  This is a position that requires attendance during adverse weather conditions. 
 

Primary Duties:

• Monitor/operate equipment in order to maintain and/or improve the proper, safe, and efficient functionality of facilities assets. 
• Monitor and operate building maintenance system, environmental monitoring system and fire system. Respond to alarms and other urgent facility situations. 
• Perform Preventative, Corrective, Predictive and Breakdown work orders on plumbing, electrical, HVAC, chillers, steam and hot water boilers, fire system and other types of facility equipment as required. Patching, painting and carpentry work as needed. 
• Troubleshoot advanced mechanical and electrical problems on various facility equipment. Use problem-solving tools to identify root cause for repetitive breakdowns or other losses. 
• Address key issues and educate peers of problems and solutions. 
• Requires the ability to use computers for document editing, computerized maintenance management system. Should have basic skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and MS Outlook.
• Ensure that all assigned scheduled preventive maintenance tasks are completed.
• Must be able to work safely, use all personal protective equipment as required by OSHA and job requirements.
• Maintain excellent team working relationships and ownership of equipment and reliability while driving 100% customer satisfaction throughout all departments
• Participate in training as needed.
• Ability to train less experienced personnel.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Experience, and Skills:

• High School Diploma or GED Required. Valid Driver’s license required
• A minimum of five (5) years of progressive responsibility and related experience working in an industrial setting required, preferably in a regulated production/operations facility or trade certification and three (3) years experience working in an industrial setting. 
• Trade Certification preferred
• Must be able to push/pull 100 pounds, lift 50 pounds, work off ladders, and have the ability to crawl, lie down and work in tight places. 
• Requires the ability to read facility utility equipment manuals. 
• Use of computerized building management system, i.e. Metasys, to maintain and troubleshoot facility equipment.
• Ability to troubleshoot and effectively  resolve complex equipment malfunctions on carpentry, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, HVAC, chillers, steam and hot water boilers,  coolers and ultra-low freezers, fire system and other types of facility equipment.
• Advanced understanding of equipment/systems and in the diagnosis and repair of electrical and mechanical problems.
• Basic project management and planning/scheduling projects/repairs.
• Document clearly (verbal and written) and ability to work from verbal and written instructions, manuals, wiring diagrams, work orders and specification. 
• Demonstrated experience of working independently is required.