Senior Manager, Maintenance & Reliability

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The Position

A healthier future. It's what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That's what makes us Roche.

As the Senior Manager, Maintenance & Reliability, you are responsible for driving toward exceptional equipment performance to meet company goals. You will manage a team of Supervisors, Technicians and Clerks to support a 24 hour operation and support the strategic direction of the company's maintenance program to ensure equipment reliability meets production operation demands.

Your Opportunity

• You implement maintenance strategy aligned with the company's goals and objectives. This includes establishing and maintaining a comprehensive maintenance program to ensure the reliability and availability of all equipment and facilities.

• You provide strong leadership to the maintenance teams, while fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement. You set priorities for the team to ensure task completion as a part of the overall department strategy. This includes providing staff with coaching, training and opportunities to develop skills, give ongoing constructive and timely feedback on performance.

• You manage maintenance infrastructure, monitor all systems status and analyze to identify trends. You develop and manage preventative, corrective and predictive maintenance programs to ensure cost effective and reliable operation of all equipment and systems. This includes implementing predictive and preventive maintenance practices to minimize downtime and optimize equipment performance.

• You monitor KPIs for equipment breakdowns, calibrations and PM, and implement corrective and preventive actions.

• You ensure all maintenance activities comply with regulatory requirements, including FDA and GMP standards and maintain accurate documentation/records to support regulatory audits and inspections.

• You manage the maintenance budgets, ensuring efficient resource allocation and identify cost-saving opportunities to implement cost-effective solutions.

• You promote a culture of safety and environmental responsibility within the engineering and maintenance teams.

Who You Are

• You have a Bachelor's degree in various Engineering or Science disciplines or a related discipline (i.e., Molecular, Mechanical, Biomedical, Chemical) or equivalent industry experience required.

• You have 12+ years in the medical device arena; in-vitro diagnostics manufacturing experience or related regulated industry (i.e. cGMP) required.

• You have 3+ years of experience managing projects and leading a team of 5 or more.

• Preferred: Six Sigma Black Belted.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• You have knowledge of metrology and calibration processes and it's applicable regulations.

• You have knowledge of tooling and processes to produce component parts and an understanding of lean manufacturing and use of analytical techniques such as DOE and SPC.

• You have proven success in leading teams to meet KPI goals.

• Preferred: Implementation of successful PMs/Calibration programs and of robust spare parts programs.Experience with high volume electronics manufacturing a plus.

Work Environment

The essential functions of the job are usually performed in an environmentally controlled facility where the noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. This position may involve a combination of office and biotechnology laboratory environments. The employee may be exposed to hazardous chemicals, blood borne pathogens and automated equipment.

While performing the job duties, the employee is regularly required to sit; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee may sometimes be required to lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

• Relocation Assistance is not available for this opportunity.*

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Carlsbad, CA is $130,900-$243,100. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

Who we are

GenMark is now a proud member of the Roche Group, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. As a global leader in healthcare, Roche Diagnostics offers a broad portfolio of products, tools and services that help in the prevention, diagnosis and management of diseases like HPV, HIV, hepatitis and diabetes as well as other medical conditions, such as fertility and blood coagulation. With the addition of GenMark to the Roche Group, syndromic infectious disease diagnostics is now added to the long list of disease states and conditions that the Roche Group addresses. GenMark's ePlex true sample-to-answer system offers unique solutions to address the most significant challenges facing clinical laboratories, while supporting hospital systems to deliver patient-centered, value-based care. ePlex streamlines the diagnostic workflow from physician order entry to the final test report and is the true sample-to-answer solution designed to improve patient care, reduce costs, and increase lab efficiency. GenMark is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.

GenMark is an equal opportunity employer and strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon an individual's race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.