Facilities Manager - #252559

Description

AVITA Medical is a leading therapeutic acute wound care company delivering transformative solutions. Our technologies optimize wound healing, effectively accelerating the time to patient recovery.

We believe that patients are at the heart of everything we do, our employees are the lifeblood of AVITA Medical, passion is key to making a difference, quality impacts everything we do, and integrity is essential to our success

Position Summary

The Facilities Manager is responsible for overseeing the maintenance and operations of the company's Ventura facilities. This includes managing building maintenance, coordinating with vendors, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, and overseeing facility-related projects. The Facilities Manager will work closely with various departments to ensure that the facilities meet the needs of the organization.

• Manage the infrastructure and ensure all utilities are operational and adequately maintained.
• Develop, maintain, and implement facility management policies and procedures.
• Maintain the facility in a clean and safe state and operating at peak condition, complying with identified Standards, Regulations, and Avita QMS.
• Oversee repairs and replacements and/or schedule maintenance of equipment, systems, tools and fixtures. Identify issues with the facility and equipment.
• Maintain service agreements and manage relationships with calibration vendors, maintenance vendors, pest control vendor, janitorial service vendor, and with the landlord.
• Respond to facility-related emergencies and coordinate appropriate responses.
• Maintain records of facility maintenance and repairs.
• Qualify, oversee, and document the repair of facility issues, equipment, tools, and fixtures.
• Identify potential facility upgrades, present to management and manage the work.
• Guide and develop one or more maintenance technician(s).
• Schedule facility walks and assigns action items to address issues and for continuous improvement.
• Determine and document the validation scope for newly acquired equipment, tools, fixtures. This includes temperature-controlled rooms, ovens, refrigerators, and pneumatic equipment. Write validation protocols and report.
• Assure equipment is operating within required parameters. Schedule and follow-up on calibrations and maintenance for equipment, tools, and fixtures. Review the calibration reports and make a disposition.
• Maintain the continuous temperature monitoring system. Keep the subscription current and qualify firmware upgrades. Address temperature excursions in refrigerators, freezers, and in the temperature-controlled rooms.
• Ensure the cleanroom and the compressed air system comply with ISO standards and AVITA specifications at all times. Determine the scope of cleanroom certification tests, schedule the tests, oversee the tests, and approve the test reports.
• Address calibration non-conformance of equipment, tools, and fixtures.
• Develop and manage EHS programs and procedures.
• Maintain and oversee the compliance calendar for permits for EPA, Fire Department, State Water Control Board, City of Ventura, and others as identified.
• Schedule and oversee hazardous waste pick-ups.
• Maintain Safety Data Sheets (SDS).
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Facilities Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Proven experience in facilities management or a related role.
• Strong knowledge of building systems, maintenance procedures, and safety regulations.
• Understand the use of data loggers and temperature sensors.
• Capable of troubleshooting HVAC, compressed air system, and diesel generator issues.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Proficiency in facility management software and tools.
• This position will be based in Ventura.
  
  

EEOC: AVITA Medical is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

Your Physical Work Environment Will Require: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, and hear, stand, walk and/or balance, use hands and fingers to type, handle, feel, grasp, push, and pull. Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate computers and various pieces of office equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. The individual is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, and repetitive motion, The individual is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, or crouch. The individual may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

AVITA Medical is an E-Verify participant.

AVITA Medical recognizes the role of information security in ensuring that users have access to the information they require to carry out their work in a secure manner. AVITA Medical is committed to protecting the security of its information and information systems. As such, each role within AVITA Medical must demonstrate the same commitment to information security.