Senior Facilities Lab Engineer
Senior Facilities Lab Engineer
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$ 138000 - 207000
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Job Description
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative was founded by Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg in 2015 to help solve some of societys toughest challenges from eradicating disease and improving education to addressing the needs of our local communities. Our mission is to build a more inclusive just and healthy future for everyone.
The Team
CZI supports the science and technology that will make it possible to help scientists cure prevent or manage all diseases by the end of this century. While this may seem like an audacious goal in the last 100 years biomedical science has made tremendous strides in understanding biological systems advancing human health and treating disease.
Achieving our mission will only be possible if scientists are able to better understand human biology. To that end we have identified four grand challenges that will unlock the mysteries of the cell and how cells interact within systems paving the way for new discoveries that will change medicine in the decades that follow:
- Building an AIbased virtual cell model to predict and understand cellular behavior
- Developing stateoftheart imaging systems to observe living cells in action
- Instrumenting tissues to better understand inflammation a key driver of many diseases
- Engineering and harnessing the immune system for early detection prevention and treatment of disease
Our Central Operations & Partners team provides the support needed to push this work forward. Central Operations & Partners consists of our Brand & Communications Facilities Finance Infrastructure/IT Operations/Business Systems Initiative Operations People Real Estate/Workplace/Facilities/Security Research & Learning and Ventures teams. These teams provide the essential operations services and strategies needed to support CZIs progress toward achieving its mission to build a better future for everyone.
The Opportunity
The Senior Facilities Lab Engineer will be responsible for maintaining and optimizing the building infrastructure and laboratory equipment in a cuttingedge scientific research institute and ensuring compliance with strict regulations and proper functionality of critical systems like HVAC electrical and other utilities while supporting research and production operations safely and efficiently.
What Youll Do
Facilities Operations:
- Serve as the primary point of contact for all daytoday facilities operations in the research institute ensuring a safe efficient and wellmaintained environment including BSL 1/2 laboratories.
- Maintain operate and repair all building and laboratory systems including HVAC electrical plumbing DI/RO water compressed air vacuum and Building Management Systems (BMS) with expertise in Schneider and Sunbelt BMS platforms.
- Ensure building systems are optimized for energy efficiency reliability and staff comfort.
- Conduct routine visual inspections of facilities and grounds to proactively identify and resolve maintenance issues.
- Develop and maintain SOPs equipment manuals and operational protocols for facility systems
- Work closely with scientists researchers and operations teams to identify and support facility needs.
- Communicate effectively with management and stakeholders regarding facility status maintenance updates and project progress.
- Provide technical support and safety training to facility personnel as needed.
Preventative Maintenance & Repairs:
- Perform scheduled preventive maintenance and repairs on mechanical electrical plumbing systems and selected laboratory equipment to ensure minimal staff impact continued operation and reliability.
- Develop and refine preventative maintenance programs and provide feedback to improve equipment lifecycle and reduce downtime.
- Maintain accurate records of completed work and report facility conditions with actionable recommendations.
Vendor & Contractor Oversight:
- Supervise schedule and coordinate vendors and contractors to ensure work is completed safely efficiently and in accordance with performance specifications.
- Escort vendors as needed to ensure worksite safety and compliance.
- Manage the purchasing and receiving of supplies parts and equipment.
Projects & Renovations:
- Participate in reviewing and overseeing facility related construction and renovation projects including monitoring work progress through completion.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders on short and longterm facility improvement projects to support CZII organizational goals.
Health Safety & Compliance:
- Partner with EH&S to ensure proper storage usage and disposal of hazardous materials in compliance with regulatory standards.
- Support safety functions including emergency preparedness disaster recovery business continuity and evacuation planning.
- Ensure all work is performed in compliance with OSHA and federal state and local safety regulations including in BSL1 and 2 level laboratories..
- Oversee proper disposal of property waste in accordance with city and facility policies.
Other Duties:
- Perform other assigned duties to support the effective operation of the facility.
Availability:
- Remain available for afterhours work projects and emergency response as required.
What Youll Bring
- 5 years of experience in facilities management within life sciences pharmaceutical or biotechnology environments.
- Deep technical knowledge across HVAC electrical plumbing DI/RO water systems compressed air/vacuum and BMS platforms.
- Familiarity with cleanroom protocols and regulatory standards including BSL1/2 FDA OSHA and GMP.
- Proven ability to lead projects manage vendors and collaborate across crossfunctional teams.
- Exceptional critical thinking and problemsolving skills; able to anticipate challenges and deliver effective solutions.
- High integrity and dependability; committed to acting in the best interests of the organization.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage competing priorities under time constraints.
- Proactive and selfmotivated with a strong sense of ownership; takes initiative and follows through.
- Excellent communication skillsboth written and verbaland a collaborative teamoriented approach.
- A positive solutionsfocused mindset with a genuine commitment to safety service and operational excellence.
Compensation
The Redwood City CA base pay range for this role is $138000 $207000. New hires are typically hired into the lower portion of the range enabling employee growth in the range over time. Actual placement in range is based on jobrelated skills and experience as evaluated throughout the interview process.
Benefits for the Whole You
Were thankful to have an incredible team behind our work. To honor their commitment we offer a wide range of benefits to support the people who make all we do possible.
- CZI provides a generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions to support planning for the future.
- Annual benefit for employees that can be used most meaningfully for them and their families such as housing student loan repayment childcare commuter costs or other life needs.
- CZI Life of Service Gifts are awarded to employees to live the mission and support the causes closest to them.
- Paid time off to volunteer at an organization of your choice.
- Funding for select familyforming benefits.
- Relocation support for employees who need assistance moving to the Bay Area
- And more!
If youre interested in a role but your previous experience doesnt perfectly align with each qualification in the job description we still encourage you to apply as you may be the perfect fit for this or another role.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
