Senior Manager Facilities EHS

About Acadia Pharmaceuticals

Acadia is advancing breakthroughs in neuroscience to elevate life. Since our founding, we have been working at the forefront of healthcare to bring vital solutions to people who need them most. We developed and commercialized the first and only FDA-approved drug to treat hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson’s disease psychosis and the first and only approved drug in the United States and Canada for the treatment of Rett syndrome. Our clinical-stage development efforts are focused on Prader-Willi syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease psychosis, and multiple other programs targeting neuro-psychiatric and neuro-rare diseases. For more information, visit us at Acadia.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

 

Please note that the position is based in Princeton, NJ. Acadia's hybrid work model requires this role to work in our office three days per week on average.

The Senior Manager, Facilities EHS will be responsible for directing and overseeing all organization functions associated with facilities maintenance, equipment repair, and safety and environmental compliance programs. They will schedule and supervise all employees and contractors working on maintaining buildings and systems for the facility's operations. They will analyze and determine the overall advantage of facility improvements and equipment requests. Position also includes assisting with facility remodeling and expansion projects. This includes assistance in the design of areas, expansion, space planning, contacting specific trades and general contractors for project discussions and job-walks, solicitation of project quotes, and analysis of quotes to ensure the project scope is met. This role also offers the opportunity to travel between our New Jersey and San Diego locations, broadening your experience and influence across multiple sites..

Primary Responsibilities:

• Performs routine maintenance within the facilities, including painting, patching, basic HVAC, and electrical repairs
• Initiates and monitors mechanical repairs and maintenance for HVAC and Energy Management System (EMS)
• Ensures vendor service contracts are followed and builds good working relationships with vendors
• Monitors and ensures a high standard of quality for janitorial services
• Assists with building facility projects including facility design and construction, furnishing and space planning
• Aids with scheduled department/facility moves, coordinating with IT, moving, furniture and equipment vendors, to ensure smooth and timely transitions
• Assist with start-up and/or decommissioning of facility space
• Participates in space planning projects with the Facilities Director and Department heads
• Works cross-functionally and provides direction for corporate events and meeting set-ups
• Acts as liaison to the landlord on routine facility issues, submission of tickets and COI’s
• Manage Facility Service Ticketing system with IT (Service Now)
• Responsible for building access and security system

Environmental Health & Safety Responsibilities:
Develops and supports programs and procedures to meet facility objectives and targets with the environmental health, safety, and security functions of the organization. This includes:

• Accident Prevention
• Waste Minimization
• Coordinates all EHS training; trains and updates employees in use of MSDS sheets, hazard communication, emergency response plan, and building evacuation procedures.
• Assist with coordination & management of Safety Committee Meetings
• Supports and manages corrective actions from EHS audits
• Function as onsite contact for all Cal-OSHA actions
• Inspects or tours organization facilities to detect existing or potential accident and health hazards and recommends corrective or preventative measures where indicated.
• Investigates all accidents and near misses, coordinating with P&P on Workers Compensation claims.
• Performs all applicable EHS reporting requirements in a timely and accurate manner. Maintains necessary EHS records.

Education/Experience/Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and applicable job experience may be considered. A minimum of 8 years’ progressively responsible related experience with some previous supervisory experience
• Prior experience with Facilities, EH&S required
• US DOT Hazmat training required
• Prior experience facilitating organizational moves required
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