Corporate Overview
Aluris Sciences is a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) headquartered in Carlsbad, CA with over 50,000 square feet of manufacturing space. The company is dedicated to serving highly innovative companies in the life sciences, diagnostics, drug-device, and combination product industries. Aluris is a full-service, cost-effective partner, providing complete solutions across technical transfer, formulation, filling, lyophilization, assembly, and final kitting of reagents, consumables, and combination products. Aluris provides quality and regulatory expertise to assure the highest in quality manufacturing and supply chain excellence.
Position Overview
The Senior Facilities Manager is accountable for the safe, compliant, and reliable operation of GMP facilities, critical utilities, and site infrastructure supporting pharmaceutical manufacturing. This role ensures systems remain in a qualified state, maintained in a state of control, and ready to support production, laboratories, warehouses, and business operations.
The position leads facility operations, maintenance, reliability, contractor management, shutdown execution, capital improvements, regulatory compliance, and inspection readiness. The Senior Facilities Manager partners closely with Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Validation, Environmental Health and Safety, Information Technology, and Technical Operations.
What You’ll Do
- Lead the operation, maintenance, and reliability of GMP facilities, critical utilities, and supporting infrastructure.
- Ensure facilities and utilities remain compliant, qualified, in a state of control, and production-ready.
- Own preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs, including Computerized Maintenance Management System governance, backlog control, work-order quality, and performance metrics.
- Lead investigations, deviations, corrective and preventive actions, change controls, and technical impact assessments related to facilities and utilities.
- Develop maintenance strategies based on GMP impact, asset criticality, equipment history, manufacturer recommendations, and operational risk.
- Manage contractors and service providers to ensure work is performed safely, compliantly, and in accordance with approved procedures, scope, schedule, and budget.
- Lead shutdown planning, utility outages, major maintenance activities, system restoration, and return-to-service coordination.
- Support the design, commissioning, qualification, startup, turnover, and lifecycle management of new or modified facilities and utility systems.
- Maintain accurate and controlled procedures, drawings, specifications, equipment records, sequences of operation, and technical documentation.
- Establish and monitor key performance indicators for safety, compliance, reliability, cost, maintenance execution, and operational performance.
- Maintain continuous inspection readiness and represent Facilities during regulatory inspections, customer audits, internal audits, and management reviews.
- Manage department budgets, capital forecasts, service contracts, staffing, and resource priorities.
- Recruit, coach, and develop Facilities personnel while establishing clear accountability, technical standards, and escalation paths.
- Participate in emergency response and provide after-hours support for critical facility and utility events, as required.
What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- At least 7 years of progressive Facilities, Maintenance, Utilities, or Engineering experience within a GMP-regulated pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or sterile manufacturing environment.
- At least 3 years of leadership experience managing technical personnel and contractors.
- Strong working knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practice requirements, Good Documentation Practices, deviations, corrective and preventive actions, change control, and commissioning and qualification practices.
- Demonstrated experience with critical utility and infrastructure systems such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning; purified water or Water for Injection; clean or plant steam; compressed gases; Building Management Systems; Environmental Monitoring Systems; refrigeration; boilers; chillers; electrical distribution; and emergency power.
- Experience using a Computerized Maintenance Management System to manage assets, preventive maintenance, corrective work, backlog, equipment history, and maintenance performance.
- Experience troubleshooting equipment or utility failures and leading structured root-cause investigations.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, piping and instrumentation diagrams, specifications, trends, alarms, and technical documentation.
- Strong written and verbal communication, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to balance compliance, production, safety, reliability, cost, and schedule priorities in an operating manufacturing environment.
- Experience supporting aseptic processing or sterile fill-finish manufacturing.
- Knowledge of 21 CFR Parts 210 and 211, EU GMP Annex 1 and Annex 15, and risk-based commissioning and qualification principles.
- Experience with facility startup, expansion, remediation, operational readiness, or major capital projects.
- Professional certification such as Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional, Certified Facility Manager, or Project Management Professional.
What to Expect:
This role is a Full-Time, 100% on-site, Monday through Friday, with an 8-hour workday (excluding meal breaks). Overtime, weekends, and holidays may be required based on business needs.
The position offers a flexible start time between 6:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.; however, employees are expected to maintain a consistent schedule. Any exceptions to the established schedule must be approved in advance by the manager.
What We Offer/Compensation
At Aluris Sciences, LLC. we value our employees and are proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being and financial future. Eligible employees enjoy:
Health & Wellness
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
- Company-paid life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
Financial & Time Off
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Paid vacation
- California Paid Sick Leave
- Paid company holidays
Additional Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Voluntary and supplemental benefit options
The pay range for this position is $160,000 - $198,000 annually. The final compensation offered will be based on a variety of job-related factors, including geographic location, skills, education, experience, certifications, and other relevant qualifications.
Aluris Sciences, LLC. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or disability, or any other class protected by Federal, State or local laws. Argonaut complies will all employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and all must have the authorization to work in the US.