Facilities Engineer - Physical Security & Controls

About the role

The Facilities Engineer - Physical Security & Controls supports a multi-building laboratory and office campus. This role designs, installs, and maintains physical security systems, low-voltage infrastructure, and facility control systems.

Responsibilities

• Designs, implements, and maintains comprehensive security and facility controls across multi-building laboratory and office environments to ensure operational continuity, compliance, and asset protection.
• Researches and creates innovative and cost-effective technical solutions for security, monitoring, data, and control systems.
• Installs, maintains, and repairs security cameras, ID access systems, burglar alarms, equipment monitoring, and facility control systems across labs, offices, and campus.
• Runs, labels, and terminates low-voltage and data cabling to professional standards; performs cable testing and documentation.
• Collaborates with vendors, manages parts inventories, and maintains administrative records, including updates to equipment monitoring system notification lists for each lab.
• Supports electro-mechanical equipment and automation initiatives, building toward maintenance and repair expertise of a state-of-the-art automated order fulfillment system.
• Works with original equipment manufacturer technicians (vendors) for specialized repairs and upgrades across all supported technical systems.
• Ensures all maintenance activities, system modifications, and operational procedures adhere to ISO standards, GMP requirements, safety procedures, and internal quality protocols; Maintains proper documentation for audits and validation and conducts non-conformance investigations.
• Provides hands-on support for lab equipment installation, validation, troubleshooting, and repair; coordinates with contractors and vendors for campus improvements and expansions, and for ongoing maintenance and repairs (e.g., HVAC, fire safety systems).
• Oversees and supports maintenance tasks and projects carried out by facility associates across multiple technical areas.
• Performs as project manager for various Facilities and Operations related technical projects.
• Works directly with warehouse, manufacturing, laboratory, and quality teams to ensure all technical systems support organizational objectives.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline with 3 years’ experience in facilities, low-voltage, or physical security systems installation and maintenance, or High School/GED with 10 years of highly relevant experience.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with operation and maintenance of fire alarm and sprinkler systems, familiarity with access control and CCTV platforms, experience with CMMS, vendor coordination, inventory control, and diligent documentation practices, strong troubleshooting skills across electrical/electronic and electro-mechanical systems, hands-on experience pulling and terminating low-voltage/data cabling and using test tools, 4 years of facilities experience in the Biotech industry and/or lab equipment maintenance experience, 2 years of experience using a robust and auditable quality maintenance system, intermediate-to-expert understanding of mechanical, electrical, and control systems with associated troubleshooting skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills, demonstrated ability to train and provide guidance for Facilities team members.

Skills

• Strong troubleshooting skills across electrical/electronic and electro-mechanical systems; ability to read wiring diagrams and schematics.
• Hands-on experience pulling and terminating low-voltage/data cabling and using test tools (e.g., multimeter, toner).
• Intermediate-to-expert understanding of mechanical, electrical, and control systems with associated troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; Must communicate technical information accurately and succinctly to quickly resolve system faults and anomalies.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Options
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Paid Time-Off
• Parental Benefits
• Compassionate Care Leave
• 401k with Company Match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan