Facilities Maintenance Supervisor

Position Summary:

The Facilities Maintenance Supervisor leads maintenance operations to ensure the safe compliant and highly reliable performance of critical manufacturing and facility systems supporting cell therapy production in Tarzana a Cell Therapy environment where products are often patient-specific and time-sensitive this role is critical to maintaining uninterrupted operations cleanroom conditions and strict chain-of-identity and chain-of-custody controls Tarzana CA. The role integrates reliability engineering principles with daily maintenance execution focusing on eliminating repeat failures reducing unplanned downtime and improving asset lifecycle performance in a highly regulated environment governed by FDA expectations and advanced therapies guidelines.

Success in this role requires the ability to:
Lead teams in a fast paced patient-centric manufacturing environment
Balance speed compliance and precision
Anticipate and mitigate risks to critical often irreplaceable batches
Drive transition from reactive to predictive maintenance strategies
Collaborate multi-functionally with Manufacturing Quality and Engineering to support 7 days cell therapy operations

Ultimately the Maintenance Supervisor plays a direct role in ensuring that life-saving therapies reach patients safely reliably and on time by maintaining the integrity and performance of the systems that produce them.

Responsibilities:

• Leadership & Team Management: Manage and mentor maintenance technicians; set clear expectations for safety quality and performance; lead daily tier meetings and shift handovers; build a culture of ownership urgency and continuous improvement; collaborate with Engineering Quality and Operations.

• Maintenance Execution & Compliance: Ensure all activities meet GMP FDA and site standards; review and approve complete accurate work orders; enforce CMMS usage (e.g. SAP); lead aspects of preventive and corrective maintenance and calibrations; maintain inspection readiness and support audits.

• Reliability & Asset Management: Implement reliabilitycentered maintenance; investigate failures using RCA and FMEA; improve MTBF and MTTR; identify and resolve bad actor equipment; partner on upgrades and lifecycle management.

• Planning & Scheduling: Work with the Maintenance Planner to prioritize and schedule work; secure parts tools and permits in advance; validate and refine job plans; increase labor efficiency and minimize reactive work.

• Safety Health and Environment (SHE): Enforce LOTO confined space and permit systems; conduct safety observations audits and incident investigations; lead by example to sustain a zeroincident culture.

• Continuous Improvement: Remove waste from maintenance processes; increase schedule compliance PM efficiency and spareparts management performance; lead or participate in Kaizen and Lean initiatives.

• Work Environment: AZ is a cGMP regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing facility. We require your presence on the production floor and occasional off-shift support This may involve gowning for cleanroom environments

Minimum requirements:

• High school diploma/GED required.
  8 years in industrial facilities maintenance/leadership experience

• 4 years of leadership experience in a pharmaceutical biotech or GMP regulated environment (medical device/food service may be acceptable.)

Desirable:

• Technical diploma/apprenticeship in HVAC or Boiler maintenance.

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical engineering or Facilities Management is a plus.

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The annual base salary for this position ranges from $89874 to $134812. However base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors including market location job-related knowledge skills and addition our positions offer a short-term incentive bonus opportunity; eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles) to receive a retirement contribution (hourly roles) and commission payment eligibility (sales roles).

Our Benefits:

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