Senior Facilities Manager

Position: Senior Facilities Manager

Location: South Plainfield NJ

Shift: M-F 9am-6pm

Company Overview

At Azenta new ideas new technologies and new ways of thinking are driving our future. Our customer-focused culture encourages employees to embrace innovation and challenge the status quo with novel thinking and collaborative work relationships.

Azenta Life Sciences is a global leader in the life sciences space with headquarters in Burlington MA and offices and operations worldwide. We are a market leader in automated bio sample management solutions and genomic services across areas such as drug development clinical and advanced cell therapies for the industrys top pharmaceutical biotech academic and healthcare institutions globally. We provide unparalleled capabilities with our lab analysis sample management and storage services informatics software and consumables with the largest installed base managing over 1 billion samples globally.

How Youll Add Value

Azenta Life Sciences is seeking an experienced Senior Facilities Manager to provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for facilities services across one or more Azenta Life Sciences locations. This role will be responsible for leading site facilities strategy building operations vendor and contractor management capital and maintenance projects regulatory and safety compliance budget planning and team development. The Senior Facilities Manager will serve as a key site leader and cross-functional partner ensuring that lab office and operational environments are safe compliant reliable cost-effective and aligned with business needs.

What Youll Do

• Lead facilities strategy and day-to-day operations for assigned site(s) including lab office utility building infrastructure security space planning maintenance and workplace services.
• Ensure facilities operations are compliant with applicable safety environmental quality OSHA building code and company requirements including required documentation inspections corrective actions and recordkeeping in partnership with QA EHS and site leadership.
• Oversee hard and soft services including security cleaning waste disposal equipment and appliance maintenance building repairs and emergency response coordination to minimize disruption to employees customers and critical business operations.
• Own maintenance repair and lifecycle planning for facility infrastructure including electrical systems fire prevention and life safety systems personnel safety security parking environmental systems plumbing HVAC utilities and other critical building systems.
• Oversee site testing and monitoring programs such as emergency lighting fire extinguishers showers and eyewash stations generators temperature monitoring systems and other critical facility systems ensuring timely response escalation and maintenance in coordination with QA and site stakeholders.
• Lead coach develop and evaluate facilities personnel while building a culture of accountability safety service excellence and continuous improvement.
• Develop maintain and continuously improve facilities standard operating procedures preventive maintenance practices emergency response processes and site service standards.
• Develop and manage facilities budgets forecasts capital planning repair and maintenance spend vendor costs and project financials identifying opportunities for cost control risk reduction and operational improvement.
• Plan and execute facility projects renovations moves expansions infrastructure upgrades and business continuity activities ensuring projects are delivered safely on time within budget and with minimal disruption to operations.
• Serve as the primary facilities point of contact for site leadership internal stakeholders external vendors landlords contractors and service providers providing clear communication performance updates and timely resolution of issues.

What you will Bring

• Bachelors degree in Facilities Management Engineering Business Construction Management or a related technical field preferred; equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.
• 10-12 years of progressive facilities management experience including leadership responsibility in office lab manufacturing life sciences pharmaceutical biotechnology or similarly regulated environments.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute facilities plans using drawings diagrams maintenance manuals schematics building documentation and technical specifications.
• Strong working knowledge of MEP systems critical building infrastructure preventive maintenance programs building automation systems access control and facilities compliance requirements; GMP/GLP environment experience strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of OSHA regulations state and local building codes life safety requirements environmental and safety practices and applicable quality or regulatory requirements; OSHA 10-hour or 30-hour certification CFM PMP or related facilities certification preferred.
• 5-7 years of experience managing corporate property real estate landlord relationships vendor contracts construction projects or facilities service providers preferred.
• Broad experience across leasing construction engineering utilities maintenance space planning project management and property operations preferred.
• Ability to serve as a senior site leader for short-term and long-term infrastructure strategies that support business continuity operational growth employee experience and site readiness.
• Strong leadership technical interpersonal analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and drive accountability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to communicate technical financial compliance and operational information clearly to site leadership and business partners.
• Strong computer and systems knowledge including building management systems access control systems work order or computerized maintenance management systems Microsoft Office and facilities reporting tools.

Working Conditions/ Schedule

• Site-based role located in South Plainfield NJ
• Occasional travel including international may be required (not expected to be more than 10%)

EOE M/F/Disabled/VET

Azenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race color age religion gender sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or veteran status.

The posted pay range for this position is an estimate based on current market data and internal pay structure. Final compensation may vary above or below this range depending on factors such as experience education (including licensure and certifications) qualifications performance and geographic location among other relevant business or organizational needs.