Project Engineer II

Project Engineer II / Facilities Engineer

Location: Research Triangle Park, NC – 27709 Duration: 6 Months Pay Rate: $30/hr - $41/hr on W2

Our client is a leading, clinical-stage gene therapy company founded in 2001 with a focus on neuromuscular, central nervous system, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases with clinical trials underway for Pompe disease, Parkinson's disease, and congestive heart failure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with Facilities & Engineering team to manage and maintain proper building functionality inside and outside of laboratories including but not limited to, emergency and non-emergency power systems, HVAC units, cold storage, RODI water systems, air compressors, vacuum pumps, and other major utilities systems
• Perform daily site walk through and verify functional check on all major systems and utilities that are critical to our daily operations
• Assist with monitoring the building management system (BMS) as needed, investigate the issue(s), and follow procedures for the appropriate solution according to the issue(s)
• Troubleshoot and diagnose equipment or utilities problems, document findings and report back to the Facilities & Engineering team to work through a solution. Execute facilitating the solution if the task has been assigned to you to carry out
• Attend weekly Facilities & Engineering stand-up team meetings and update team on status of individual action items
• Participate in key project planning meetings with capital projects along with the facilities team, raising concerns and pursuing resolutions during project planning meetings, implementation, and delivery of assigned projects
• Support project delivery and monitor progress through assigned project deliverables, providing updates and recommendations to the internal engineering team
• Manage and maintain timely completion of service ticket requests from all internal users
• Coordinate with the internal customer on status updates of complex issues that develop into projects from work orders
• Collaborate across departments such as EH&S, QA, Lab Operations and Capital Projects to achieve group success in a number of stakeholder and vendor facing challenges
• Work to comply with safety initiatives set forth by EH&S to ensure departmental and organizational compliance
• Assist lab operations and department requests for equipment setup within various labs across the organization

About You:

• BS/BA required.
• 4-7 years' experience in Engineering/Facilities role required.
• Background in mechanical or electrical engineering a plus.
• Strong building utilities systems & HVAC experience preferred with working knowledge and experience using BMS systems.
• Prior pharma & experience working in a laboratory
• Possess basic office skills using a PC and working with MS office tools (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• Skills and experience utilizing CMMS systems, CAD, and other Design programs a plus
• Self-motivated, organized, individual capable of working independently as well as a team contributor.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact effectively with teams, internally and externally.