Manager Site Operations, Facilities Maintenance, Second shift

AstraZeneca•Gaithersburg, MD

22h

About The Position

Join a collaborative, tech-enabled team using data, analytics, and current engineering to boost asset performance and sustainability. You’ll turn metrics into action, lead a high-performing team, and deliver projects that strengthen infrastructure and reduce environmental impact—shift after shift. What you’ll do: Facilities and utilities: Keep campus-critical systems running through preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance; ensure uninterrupted utilities for cGMP operations and respond to BMS alarms 24/7. Maintenance excellence: Build and optimize PM programs, follow KPIs, and lift uptime and asset health. Work management: Partner with Planning and Scheduling; drive accurate CMMS (SAP) data and effective work execution. Materials and spares: Set stocking and reordering strategies to protect reliability. Projects: Lead facilities capital projects from plan to handover—on scope, budget, schedule, and sustainability targets. Construction and commissioning: Oversee reviews, permitting, commissioning, and collaborator communications for safe, smooth delivery. Vendors and contracts: Source, debate, and lead to quality and value. Compliance and quality: Ensure cGxP/FDA/SOP adherence; handle changes, deviations, and training/qualification. Investigations and safety: Lead root cause analyses; champion SHE, hazard assessments, training, and PPE. Sustainability and CI: Cut carbon, waste, and cost; optimize energy and resources with partner teams. People leadership: Coach technicians, engineers, and contractors; build capability and strong cross-functional ties. Site stewardship: Contribute to site planning, procedures, budgets, schedules, and performance metrics; brief senior stakeholders.

Requirements

Maintenance leadership on sophisticated, cGMP-related infrastructure with 24/7 reliability expectations
Strength in utilities, BMS monitoring, CMMS (SAP), planning/scheduling, and KPI-driven improvement
Experience delivering facilities capital projects and managing vendors/contracts
Proven safety, cGxP/FDA compliance, and quality systems ownership
Track record in investigations (RCA/CAPA) and team development
Strategic influence across departments with budget, schedule, and policy accountability

Nice To Haves

cGMP lab/pilot plant/manufacturing experience; second-shift or 24/7 leadership
Certifications (PMP, CMRP), Lean/Six Sigma, and energy/sustainability (LEED, ISO 14001)
Analytics for BMS/CMMS to enable predictive maintenance and asset health
Managing multi-contractor environments and long-term service agreements

Responsibilities

Keep campus-critical systems running through preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance
Ensure uninterrupted utilities for cGMP operations and respond to BMS alarms 24/7
Build and optimize PM programs, follow KPIs, and lift uptime and asset health
Partner with Planning and Scheduling
Drive accurate CMMS (SAP) data and effective work execution
Set stocking and reordering strategies to protect reliability
Lead facilities capital projects from plan to handover—on scope, budget, schedule, and sustainability targets
Oversee reviews, permitting, commissioning, and collaborator communications for safe, smooth delivery
Source, debate, and lead to quality and value
Ensure cGxP/FDA/SOP adherence; handle changes, deviations, and training/qualification
Lead root cause analyses
Champion SHE, hazard assessments, training, and PPE
Cut carbon, waste, and cost
Optimize energy and resources with partner teams
Coach technicians, engineers, and contractors
Build capability and strong cross-functional ties
Contribute to site planning, procedures, budgets, schedules, and performance metrics
Brief senior stakeholders