Facilities Specialist - 1st Shift

Biomerieux - Earth City, MO

Full-time

Earth City, MO

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

About the position

The Facilities Specialist at bioMerieux is responsible for managing suppliers that provide various facilities services, including housekeeping, cafeteria, waste management, and maintenance. This role focuses on ensuring supplier efficiency, coordinating activities, and maintaining the functionality of facilities assets while adhering to quality and budgetary guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Drive supplier efficiency, set expectations, manage contracts, and ensure deliverables meet quality and delivery expectations.
• Coordinate and prioritize activities in collaboration with key stakeholders, managing those activities to ensure targeted effectiveness within specified time and budgetary guidelines.
• Define measures and analyze data to set appropriate specifications and key performance metrics.
• Anticipate obstacles and challenges; act with urgency to overcome them.
• Monitor and operate equipment to maintain and improve the proper, safe, and efficient functionality of facilities assets.
• Monitor and operate the automated facility energy management system, responding to alarms and urgent facility situations, and completing required documentation regarding alarm response.
• Perform Preventative, Corrective, Predictive, and Breakdown Maintenance on equipment as required.
• Troubleshoot mechanical and electrical problems, install, repair, and maintain piping systems.
• Use problem-solving tools to identify root causes for repetitive breakdowns or other losses, addressing key issues and educating peers on problems and solutions.
• Lead facilities improvement projects, including scope definition, resource planning, scheduling, implementation, and acceptance, coordinating work with vendors/contractors.
• Ensure all assigned scheduled preventive maintenance tasks are completed.
• Order materials as needed for maintenance and repair of equipment or systems.
• Perform immediate/daily clean up and organization of common maintenance areas and facilities equipment areas.

Requirements

• High School Diploma with 5 years of experience working with suppliers of facilities services OR an Associate's degree with 3 years' experience working with suppliers of facilities services.
• Knowledge of local regulations (waste management, sub-contracted activities) and good manufacturing practices.
• Proficiency in general HVAC equipment and application-specific equipment such as liquid and dry desiccant dehumidifiers, large air compressors, building automation systems, and fire alarm systems.
• Ability to use personal computers for document editing, report generation, controller programming, and database backups and restorations, with skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and MS Outlook.
• Ability to work well on a team and use problem-solving tools to identify root causes for repetitive breakdowns or other losses.
• Ability to address key issues and educate peers on problems and solutions.
• Ability to work safely and use all personal protective equipment as required by OSHA and job requirements.

Benefits

• Low-cost medical, dental, and vision benefits starting day one
• 11 paid holidays
• 160 hours of paid time off
• Annual bonus
• 9.5% 401k company contribution with no vesting period
• Tuition reimbursement up to $10,000 per calendar year
• Onsite cafeteria with daily food stipend