Facilities Engineer III (Biopharma)

Location: Onsite at the Patriot Park Facility, 47 National Way, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Non-routine off-hours weekday and weekend work may be required, with a maximum one-hour response time to system anomalies.

Company

hirify.global operates biotechnology manufacturing facilities and supports regulated cGMP operations.

What you will do

• Maintain site infrastructure, facilities, utilities, laboratory equipment, HVAC, electrical systems, automation, and clean utility systems in a reliable and compliant state.
• Own Facilities Engineering systems and provide technical support for operations, maintenance, corrective repairs, and preventive maintenance across multiple locations.
• Lead multiple concurrent projects, including scope definition, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, procurement, installation, and stakeholder coordination.
• Support the design, implementation, commissioning, and validation of new or modified facility systems.
• Coordinate outside contractors and trades and support project execution through delivery and installation.
• Prepare and maintain change controls, CAPAs, deviations, risk analyses, root cause analyses, SOPs, drawing controls, and project controls.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in mechanical, chemical, or electrical engineering with 5–6 years of progressively responsible facilities development, construction, and maintenance experience, or a relevant Master of Science with 2–3 years of experience.
• Experience supporting facilities, utilities, equipment, construction, and maintenance activities.
• Strong engineering, mathematical, analytical, and problem-solving skills, including heat-load calculations and utility-system sizing.
• Ability to write concise reports and communicate effectively with management, technicians, government agencies, customers, and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to access confined spaces, mechanical rooms, interstitials, cramped areas, ladders, and other difficult-to-reach facility locations; ability to lift equipment weighing up to 40 lbs.
• Ability to work with toxic materials and gases, electrical hazards, and dangerous tools and equipment while complying with FDA cGMP, GDP, health, safety, and environmental requirements.

Nice to have

• Facilities management experience in a cGMP biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or medical-device manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of biotechnology and pharmaceutical facility operations.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local building-code requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment supporting active biotechnology manufacturing operations.
• Work across engineering, maintenance, facilities, validation, quality, contractors, and trades.
• Work is governed by pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry regulations and company procedures.
• hirify.global is an EEO/AA employer committed to workforce diversity.