Director - Facilities Engineering

Job Responsibilities

• Own the Facilities Engineering strategy and execution across multiple sites, ensuring infrastructure reliability, scalability, and alignment with organizational growth objectives.
• Develop, implement, and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs that maximize equipment reliability, asset lifecycle, and operational uptime while maintaining compliance with regulatory and industry standards.
• Provide oversight and implement preventative maintenance programs to include the ongoing maintenance and repair of MEP equipment in compliance with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
• Assuring optimal functioning of building systems including HVAC, Plumbing, and Electrical.
• Leading the corrective maintenance program to solve reactive requirements in a structured manner through both in-house and contracted services.
• Leverage CMMS system and process to drive consistency and accountability.
• Deep understanding of facility regulatory compliance and ability to represent Caris Facilities to internal and external auditors.
• Responds on-site to immediate emergent and business critical issues and challenges.
• Drives a program of urgency with both in-house and contracted teams to ensure rapid response and solutions.
• Establish and lead emergency response and business continuity programs for facility-related incidents, ensuring rapid decision-making, effective escalation, and timely resolution of critical operational issues.
• Establishing relationships with key departmental leadership, developing and implementing facilities requirements for emerging and expanding business units and changing needs.
• Utilizing project management tools and processes to ensure projects achieve desired objectives and meet requirements with focused change management plans.
• Manages, directs, and leads a team of exempt and non-exempt individuals accountable for providing facilities MEP support.
• Recruits, hires, trains, and develops team.
• Provides direction to and development of associates through daily coaching, the administration of Performance Management, and the creation and implementation of development plans.
• Own and manage facilities departmental capital planning, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on schedule, and within budget.
• Assists as needed to perform other related duties and special projects as required.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, with a preference for Mechanical Engineering.
• 10+ years in a Facilities Leadership position in a Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, or Healthcare environment required.
• Hands-on leadership experience coordinating proactive and reactive services related to building operation and maintenance with in-house and contracted teams.
• Candidates should be comfortable taking a hands-on approach and should be able to thrive in a position that will be responsible for multiple projects in a growth-oriented environment.
• Further, candidates must possess the ability to proactively problem solve and manage programs and projects that require a strong attention to detail.
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, CMMS systems, BMS systems, and general working knowledge of Internet for business use.
• Lead by example and drive outcomes based on persistence and passion for excellence.
• Six Sigma and Lean experience.
• Quick study who can learn our business processes and apply general service and "production environment" quality tools across multiple departments.
• Excellent teamwork skills and proven ability to work under tight deadlines in a fast paced, competitive environment.
• Able to deal with confidential and sensitive information with tact and diplomacy.
• Excellent organizational and follow-up skills.
• Able to manage a wide variety of tasks and projects while maintaining timelines of delivery, quality of results, and maintain a calm demeanor in high pressure situations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Engineering or Business Discipline.