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Join us as a Principal Facilities Engineer and lead strategic facilities initiatives that support critical business operations across our sites. In this highly visible role, you will oversee the planning, design, execution, and optimization of facility infrastructure, equipment, and building systems, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and in compliance with operational and regulatory requirements. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced engineering leader to drive high-impact projects, influence key decisions, and contribute directly to operational excellence and business growth.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
- Plans, designs and oversees the reconfiguration, maintenance, and alteration of equipment, machinery, buildings, structures, and other facilities.
- Gathers and reviews data concerning facility or equipment specifications, company or government restrictions, required completion date, and construction feasibility.
- Coordinates with architecture/engineering firms in developing design criteria and preparing layout and detail drawings.
- Prepares bid sheets and contracts for construction and facilities acquisition.
- Reviews and estimates design costs including equipment, installation, labor, materials, preparation, and other related costs.
- Inspects or directs the inspection of construction and installation progress to ensure conformance to established drawings, specifications, and schedules.
TECHNICAL SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM: An individual contributor with responsibility in our technical functions to advance existing technology or introduce new technology and therapies. Formulates, delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering R&D, systems or initiatives related to new technologies or therapies – from design to implementation - while adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills.
DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS
Autonomy: Recognized expert, managing large projects or processes.
Exercises considerable latitude in determining deliverables of assignments, with limited oversight from manager.
Coaches, reviews and delegates work to lower level specialists.
Organizational Impact: Contributes to defining the direction for new products, processes, standards, or operational plans based on business strategy with a significant impact on work group results.
May manage large projects or processes that span outside of immediate job area.
Innovation and Complexity: Problems and issues faced are difficult, moderately complex and undefined, and require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation.
Develops solutions to moderately complex problems, and/or makes moderate to significant improvements of processes, systems or products independently to enhance performance of job area.
Implements solutions to problems.
Communication and Influence: Represents organization as a primary contact for specific projects and initiatives; communicates with internal and external customers and vendors at various levels.
May negotiate with others to reach understanding or agreement, and influence decision-making.
Leadership and Talent Management: Typically provides guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area.
Typically manages major / moderately complex projects, involving delegation of work and review of work products, at times acting as a team leader.
Required Knowledge and Experience:
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- Master’s degree or Doctoral degree preferred.
- Tridium/Niagara Building Automation System certification preferred.
- Advanced English proficiency.
Experience
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in facility mechanical infrastructure, electrical infrastructure, and building automation systems.
- Experience working in Facilities within the medical device industry.
- Experience supporting the design and construction of clean rooms, chiller plants, and compressed air plants.
Technical Skills
- Strong knowledge of mechanical systems, including HVAC, electrical, building automation, and plumbing systems.
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints, shop drawings, and technical schematics.
- Experience with integrated building solutions, including temperature control, critical environment monitoring, power management and alarming, zoned lighting control, and facility access control.
Familiarity with automation protocols, including Modbus, BACnet, and Lon Works.
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Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
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