Senior GMP Maintenance Technician
- Employer
- Adicet Bio, Inc.
- Location
- Redwood City, CA
- Start date
- Aug 23, 2024
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- Discipline
- Quality, Quality Assurance
- Required Education
- High School or equivalent
- Position Type
- Full time
- Hotbed
- Biotech Bay
Job Details
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Adicet Bio, Inc. is a clinical stage biotechnology company discovering and developing allogeneic gamma delta T cell therapies for cancer. Adicet is advancing a pipeline of “off-the-shelf” gamma delta T cells, engineered with chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) and adaptors (CAds), to enhance selective tumor targeting and facilitate innate and adaptive anti-tumor immune response for durable activity in patients. For more information, please visit our website at https://www.adicetbio.com.
Sr. GMP Maintenance TechnicianThe Sr. Maintenance Technician is responsible for the execution of planned and unplanned facilities and process maintenance in ADICET BIO laboratory and GMP Manufacturing facilities. This role will be primarily responsible for supporting the maintenance lifecycle management of laboratory, GMP process equipment, facility utilities, building management systems and site infrastructure. This technical specialist will fulfill this responsibility through maintenance planning, performance of facility and equipment work orders, and coordination with contract vendors and documentation of work. The successful technician will take a proactive role in workplace safety and maintaining the fit and finish of ADICET BIO facilities to a best-in-class standard. Cross functional teamwork and communication are essential attributes as is comfort working in a regulated environment.
Key responsibilities:
- Champion safe working practices ensuring and providing safe work observations, proper controls for stored energy (lock-out, tag out), hot work permits, ensuring appropriate work PPE, hazardous materials storage and handling, spill prevention and response, proper lifting techniques and utilizing proper tools.
- Maintain LOTO equipment area and Confined Space Entry/Elevated Work equipment in accordance with Site EHS requirements
- Maintain system reliability for all HVAC-R systems including Chillers, Boilers, Air Handler Units, Cooling Towers, packaged refrigerators/freezers and walk-ins, mini-splits, D/X and cryogenic freezers
- Timely completion of tasks and work orders with appropriate documentation according to standard operating procedures, applicable standards, guidelines, practices, and policies.
- Perform daily routine rounds and checks throughout facility.
- Proactively inspect, maintain, calibrate and repair facility assets, including but not limited to process equipment, critical utilities, process utilities, laboratory equipment and general office.
- Maintain facility housekeeping standards, including 5S program.
- Schedule routine maintenance and repairs for facility, utilities and equipment.
- Provide troubleshooting ability to diagnose and repair HVAC-R systems, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems, including build and re-build mechanical assemblies (as applicable).
- Determines methods and procedures for new assignments and may recommend solutions.
- Coordinate with service providers and technical trades.
- Respond to facility disturbances and assist in alarm management, and maintenance of electronic equipment record keeping.
- Experience with lean tools and predictive maintenance concepts preferred.
- Interact with cross functional teams, vendors and contractors and report findings and proposals to stakeholders.
- Maintain training compliance to curriculum and technical knowledge to support facility equipment and systems, including basic repairs and maintenance.
- Improve performance of facility and maximizing equipment/facility uptime.
- Follow all GMP procedures and policies.
- May delegate work to other team members as needed.
Qualifications:
- Minimum High School Diploma, or equivalent, and 7+ years of maintenance industry experience, or 2-year degree in technical discipline and 4 years of applicable experience, additional experience can replace education.
- EPA 608 Universal Refrigeration Certification is Preferred
- Experience working in facilities subject to GMP regulatory compliance, preferred.
- Experience in biopharmaceuticals industry desired but not required.
- Demonstrated experience working with mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and control systems.
- Demonstrated understanding of systems needed to manage a GMP facility such as: HVAC, electrical, process systems, plumbing/piping, pneumatics, automation, general maintenance, pest management, bother interior and exterior HVAC systems
- Experience working with and supporting Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).
- Experience working with process equipment and laboratory instruments
- Excellent technical problem-solving and analytical skills
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills are essential to our collaborative work environment.
- Ability to work independently possessing strength in organizing work and time management.
- Demonstrated ability to provide written and oral summaries of work.
- Proficiency in working standard office applications such as Microsoft Word and Excel as well as PLC based equipment and computerized maintenance management systems.
- Ability to handle competing priorities, projects, as well as urgent situations
- Ability to read and understand electrical, mechanical and pneumatic drawings and equipment manuals.
- Excellent attention to detail and documentation.
- Ability and willingness for on-call and after-hours emergencies response.
- Ability to stand and walk throughout scheduled work shift, ability to lift and or move up to 50 lbs, work in tight, low or elevated positions.
We offer a competitive compensation package including base salary, annual cash bonus, long-term incentives (equity), Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) and a 401(k) with ROTH and a 4.5% Company match.
To ensure the wellness of our employees and their loved ones, we offer comprehensive health plans (medical, dental, vision, etc.), Flexible Health and Commuter Spending Accounts (FSA) and a company matched Health Savings Account (HSA). We also offer a life, AD&D, short and long-term disability insurance, and legal, pet, and various other voluntary insurance programs.
We also believe our greatest ideas come when we are refreshed and focused, and we offer generous paid time-off including 12 company holidays with end-of-year shutdown, vacation, sick time, and paid parental leave.
Pay Range$77,000—$107,000 USDAt Adicet, our people are our greatest focus. We believe that attracting and retaining the best and brightest is the key to achieving our mission to deliver best-in-class gamma delta T cell therapies for patients fighting cancer.
Adicet is located in a state-of-the-art facility and works to create an incredible office experience with an onsite gym and various other fitness options, abundant, zero-cost, onsite parking with electric vehicle charging stations and free shuttle (Caltrain), company subsidized lunches (delivered onsite daily) and fully stocked breakrooms.
In compliance with California’s pay transparency law and in pursuit of pay equity and fairness, we publish salary ranges for all open positions. The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, their qualifications (education, experience, specialty, and training), and peer and market data. This listed salary range represents the Company’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.
Company
Adicet Bio, Inc. is a privately held, pre-clinical stage biotechnology company developing novel universal immune cell therapies based on gamma delta T cells engineered with Chimeric Antigen Receptors. Adicet is also focused on identifying and validating cancer specific targets directed to the intracellular proteome and then generating T Cell Receptor-like monoclonal antibodies (TCRLs) directed to these cancer-specific peptide targets presented by MHC Class I complexes. These TCRLs are being used to arm T cells or as T cell engagers in solid tumors. In August 2016, Adicet entered into a strategic collaboration with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to develop next-generation engineered immune-cell therapeutics using Adicet's gamma delta T cell allogeneic platform technology.
For more information, please visit our website at http://www.adicetbio.com.
- Website
- http://www.adicetbio.com/
- Location
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1000 Bridge Parkway
Redwood City
California
94065
US
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