Facilities Maintenance Specialist

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Laboratory Setting, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.), Various outside weather conditions, Working at heights

Job Description

Position: Facilities Maintenance Specialist

Location: Middleton, Wisconsin

Department: Facilities

This is a fully onsite role based at our GMP Lab in Middleton, Wisconsin. We welcome applicants from all locations within the US. Please note that relocation assistance is not provided for this position, and any relocation costs will be the responsibility of the candidate.  Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening. 

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Our PPD® Laboratory Services team has a direct impact on improving patient health through the expertise of scientists, industry thought-leaders and therapeutic experts. As the world leader in serving science, our laboratory professionals bring their commitment to accuracy and quality to deliver groundbreaking innovations.

Discover Impactful Work:

As a Facilities Maintenance Specialist, you will support the Facilities function for the Middleton Site to provide repair, maintenance, and oversight in a fast-paced technical GMP lab environment. You will work closely with the internal project management team and consultants to provide maintenance insights into facility renovations.

A Day in the Life:

• Handle all areas of mechanical, electrical, plumbing and specialty service calls and in-house repairs throughout the facility and grounds.

• Complete all facility work in a manner which maintains compliance with site Quality Management Systems.

• Respond to emergency, afterhours, and trouble calls in an on-call rotation and oversee the repair of the systems through completion.

• Manage the vendor-led scheduled and unscheduled work requests and special projects.

• Perform facility corrective and preventive maintenance and repairs as assigned.

• Perform monitoring, daily rounds, inspection, maintenance, and repair of facility equipment and architectural features.

• Maintain detailed knowledge of facility systems and equipment, and trains new employees.

• Troubleshoot electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and mechanical failures.

• Maintain a professional, safe and clean work area, including mechanical spaces, electrical rooms, and central utility plant.

• Identify and correct possible safety violations.

• Comply with OSHA, EHS, and other standard operating procedures, policies and regulations, maintaining personal training plan compliance

• Partner with Purchasing to issue purchase requests and review and approve invoices for vendor.

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders and contractors to complete work orders to trade standards and customer expectations.

• Provide daily operational support and perform other duties as needed.

Keys to Success:

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification

• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 5+ years).

OR

• Associate’s degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification

• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 7+ years).

In some case