Senior Supervisor, Facilities
Astellas

About Astellas Gene Therapies

Astellas Gene Therapies is an Astellas Center of Excellence developing genetic medicines for patients with rare, life-threatening diseases. Based on our innovative approach to developing genetic medicines, as well as our industry-leading internal manufacturing capability and expertise, we have become the Astellas Center of Excellence for their newly-created Genetic Regulation Focus Area. We are currently exploring three gene therapy modalities: gene replacement, exon skipping gene therapy, and vectorized RNA knockdown, with plans to expand our focus and geographic reach under Astellas. We are based in San Francisco, with manufacturing and laboratory facilities in South San Francisco and Sanford, North Carolina. For more information, please visit our website: www.astellasgenetherapies.com

About Astellas

Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are promoting the Focus Area Approach that is designed to identify opportunities for the continuous creation of new drugs to address diseases with high unmet medical needs by focusing on Biology and Modality. Furthermore, we are also looking beyond our foundational Rx focus to create Rx+® healthcare solutions that combine our expertise and knowledge with cutting-edge technology in different fields of external partners. Through these efforts, Astellas stands on the forefront of healthcare change to turn innovative science into value for patients. For more information, please visit our website at https://www.astellas.com/en.

Our Values:

• Be BOLD (Find a Way)
• Care Deeply -- for our patients, each other and our work
• #GSD (Get Stuff Done)

What is the catalyst for you in your professional career? Are you ready to be a part of a bold, innovative company, to make a change and to make a difference? Listed below is a current opening for a smart, driven, experienced, and just plain nice individual who wants to join us and be a part of our journey.

The Role

Reporting to the Associate Director, Facilities, Utilities, and Engineering, the Senior Supervisor, Facilities will be part of the leadership team for our Facilities Operations department supporting GMP production facilities. This position will lead a small team of employees and vendors to ensure proper operation of utility systems, process equipment, and site services using approved procedures. The role is primarily located in South San Francisco, CA.

Primary Responsibilities

• This is a Monday thru Friday day shift schedule (7am-4pm).
• Be part of the department's leadership team responsible for day-to-day operations in the Central Utility Plant (CUP) and facilities services. Support troubleshooting and recovery efforts including after-hours when necessary.
• Assign and review work orders using a CMMS. Monitor employees progress to ensure maintenance records and service reports follow cGMP.
• Use automation systems to oversee operations of utility systems and analyze data to plan improvements and repairs, as necessary.
• Create, review, and revise SOPs, maintenance plans and schedules. Assist with defining maintenance processes, driving improvements and achieving KPI targets.
• Understand and adhere to internal and external regulations, procedures, and policies to ensure facilities and equipment are fit for use, service interruptions minimized, and cGMP and safety standards maintained.
• Collaborate on and implement Quality Change Records for utility and process equipment, as necessary.
• Lead breakdown investigations and process improvement changes to maximize asset performance.
• Help lead change initiatives and continuous improvement efforts such as Lean Six Sigma/5S.
• Coach, mentor, and develop employees to be able to meet current and future business needs, as well as employees' individual career goals.
• Ensure group members complete training and maintain accurate training records.
• Identify and effectively communicate safety, quality, technical and training issues to team.
• Partner with internal customers, colleagues, service vendors and suppliers, to meet due dates, achieve department goals and improve quality of service.