Facilities Engineer

6 months ago


Athlone, Ireland Thermo Fisher Scientific Full time

At PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Our GMP labs in Athlone are continually growing and developing and with that the work is dynamic – projects could include deployment of lab space, repurposing of lab space, working with vendors, to general soft facilities.

Lead Facilities Coordinator

Discover Impactful Work:

In this role, you will join our Facilities team providing support to our local site. As a Facilities Engineer/Lead Facilities Coordinator you will ensure the team is providing the best service for our building, ensuring routine schedules and/or new qualifications are completed, remedial maintenance support, site changes/expansions, performs and documents work in accordance with standard operating procedures and established maintenance schedules to meet regulatory requirements.

A Day in the Life:

Work closely with the Facilities Manager on any facilities projects within the GMP labs. Takes ownership to plan and schedule all maintenance and preventative maintenance activities, generates work orders, tracks and progresses work to completion, updating job details on the in-house system and progress to close stage. Supporting the site needs, responding to communication from other departments in a timely manner. Responding to real time requests to provide technical and mechanical assistance. Organizes and implements daily work schedules, prioritizes and dispatches personnel to critical tasks. Schedules work around operations to minimize impact to schedules, attends meeting with other departments to plan and schedule work. Responsible for contractors on PMs and site change projects. Performs daily walk throughs reviewing PMs & WO's to verify that tasks are being performed to the required expectations. Keeping records in an audit ready state. Ensuring all required GMP and technical documentation is generated and assuring compliance with GMP guidelines and written procedures. Manage and review service contracts. Generating quotations and providing competitive prices. Assisting with development of business objectives, plans and budgets.

Education and Experience:

Relevant educational qualification ideally to 3rd level. Min. 3 years experience working in a Facilities/Maintenance role where you have responsibility for site maintenance, equipment maintenance (HVACs, boilers, etc), working with vendors, facilities and all related paperwork

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Decision making role. Good understanding of Lab operations and support needed within a GMP environment. Experience with utilities such as HVACs, boilers, fume hoods, etc. Experience with soft facilities. Strong understanding of GMP. Ability to adhere to laboratory policies and standard operating procedures. Proficient computer skills. Effective communication skills. Ability to work with diverse workforce with multifaceted requirements. Ability to prioritize and coordinate resources to meet our customers needs. Ability to work in a team environment without close supervision.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain . As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.


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