Facilities Specialist
Location: Hazelwood, MO, United States
Position Type: Unfixed Term
Job Function: Facilities & HSE
A world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics for more than 60 years, bioMérieux provides diagnostic solutions which determine the source of disease and contamination to improve patient health and ensure consumer safety.
In North America we have more than 6,200 team members across 11 sites or subsidiaries, including Salt Lake City-based BioFire Diagnostics and one subsidiary in Montreal, Canada.
Come and join a family-owned global company with a long-term vision, and a human-centered culture.
Description
PRIMARY DUTIES:
- Drive supplier efficiency, set expectations, manage contracts, and make sure deliverables meet quality and delivery expectations.
- Coordinate and prioritize activities in collaboration with key stakeholders, leads and manages those activities to ensure targeted effectiveness is obtained within specified time and budgetary guidelines.
- Define measures and analyze data in order to set the appropriate specifications as well as key performance metrics.
- Anticipate obstacles and challenges; acts with urgency to overcome them.
- Monitor/operate equipment in order to maintain and/or improve the proper, safe, and efficient functionality of facilities assets.
- Monitor and operate the automated facility energy management system. Respond to alarms and other urgent facility situations. Complete all required documentation regarding alarm response.
- Perform Preventative, Corrective, Predictive and Breakdown Maintenance on equipment (Repair and maintain pumps, evaporators, compressors and motors, steam and hot water boilers) as required.
- Troubleshoot mechanical and electrical problems. Install, repair and maintain piping systems.
- Use problem-solving tools to identify root cause for repetitive breakdowns or other losses. Address key issues and educate peers of problems and solutions.
- Lead facilities improvement projects, consisting of scope definition, resource planning, scheduling, implementation, and acceptance, to include coordination of work with vendors/contractors.
- Ensure that all assigned scheduled preventive maintenance tasks are completed.
- Order materials as needed for maintenance and repair of equipment or systems.
- Perform immediate/daily clean up and organization of common maintenance areas as well as facilities equipment areas, including tools and supplies.
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:
- High School Diploma with 5 years of experience in an equivalent role working with suppliers of facilities services; or an Associate’s degree with 3 years' experience in an equivalent role working with suppliers of facilities services.
- Knowledge of local regulations (waste management, sub-contracted activities), good manufacturing practices.
- Must be proficient on general HVAC equipment and application specific equipment such as liquid and dry desiccant dehumidifiers. Experience with large air compressors, building automation systems and fire alarm systems is essential.
- Requires the ability to use personal computers for document editing, report generation, controller programming, database backups and restorations. Should have some skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and MS Outlook.
- Must be able to work well on a team.
- Must have problem-solving tools to identify root cause for repetitive breakdowns or other losses.
- Must be able to address key issues and educate peers of problems and solutions.
- Must be able to work safely, use all personal protective equipment as required by OSHA and job requirements.
Please be aware that recruitment related scams are on the rise. Fraudulent job postings are being placed on other websites, and individuals posing as bioMérieux Talent Acquisition team members are reaching out via email or text message in an attempt to collect your personal and confidential information. In some cases, these scammers are also conducting bogus interviews prior to extending fraudulent offers of employment. Beware of individuals reaching out using general phone numbers and non-bioMerieux email domains (i.e. Hotmail.com, Gmail.com, Yahoo.com, etc.). If you are concerned that an interview experience or offer of employment might be a scam, please make sure you are searching for the posting on our careers site https://careers.biomerieux.com/ or contact us at [email protected].
BioMérieux Inc. and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. Please be advised that the receipt of satisfactory responses to reference requests and the provision of satisfactory proof of an applicant’s identity and legal authorization to work in the United States are required of all new hires. Any misrepresentation, falsification, or material omission may result in the failure to receive an offer, the retraction of an offer, or if already hired, dismissal. If you are a qualified individual with a disability, you may request a reasonable accommodation in BioMérieux’s or its affiliates’ application process by contacting us via telephone at (385) 770-1132, by email at [email protected], or by dialing 711 for access to Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS).
