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Facilities Tech 3 - Night Shift-B

Location: Durham, NC, 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

Benefits at bioMerieux:
Low-cost medical, dental, and vision benefits starting day one
11 paid holidays160 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 & Responsibilities:
Normal working hours for this position will be 7:00pm - 7:30am working a 2-2-3 rotation schedule.
This position operates and maintains the major building systems that provide required services and critical utilities as needed to maintain life, safety, and production. This positions also ensures 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. 
  • 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
Education, Skills & Experience:
  • High School Diploma/GED with 5+ years of facilities equipment maintenance experience OR trade certification with 3+ years of facilities equipment maintenance experience also accepted
    • Experience supporting HVAC, chillers, steam and hot water boilers, coolers and ultra-low freezers, fire system is desired
  • 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. 
  • Valid Driver’s license required
  • Trade Certification preferred.
  • Requires the ability to read facility utility equipment manuals.
  • Use of computerized building management system, i.e. Metasys, to maintain and troubleshoot facility equipment.
  • Advanced understanding of equipment/systems and in the diagnosis and repair of electrical and mechanical problems.

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).

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