Engineering & Maintenance Lead - Biotech GMP Facility

Moderna Therapeutics; Oxford; On-site; GBP 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Generous vacation and holidays

Family building support

Hybrid work options

Job summary

Moderna Therapeutics is seeking a Senior Manager - Engineering & Maintenance at our Oxford site. You will lead building infrastructure, utilities, and facility systems ensuring GMP-aligned reliability and compliance.

The role requires driving maintenance excellence, coordinating internal and external teams, and shaping long-term site performance. You will own maintenance strategy, asset reliability improvements, and regulatory readiness while collaborating with global teams to enable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 8 years of Facilities/Engineering experience in biotech/pharma; GMP facility experience required.
• Excellent negotiation, interpersonal and communication skills; able to present to peers and managers.
• Proven structured problem-solving approach to root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Experience with CMMS planning and maintenance execution; Maximo preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for building infrastructure, utilities and facility systems.
• Ensure compliance with environmental, health, safety, statutory and GxP requirements.
• Lead maintenance and engineering activities across the site with internal and external teams.
• Develop and implement a maintenance strategy and asset reliability improvements.
• Collaborate with Global teams to implement maintenance plans and job cards.
• Support major engineering initiatives including site shutdowns and capital projects.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Problem solving

Communication

Project management

Stakeholder management

Regulatory/compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Maximo

Honeywell Niagara

Siemens Desigo

Job description

Moderna Therapeutics is seeking a Senior Manager - Engineering & Maintenance at our Oxford site. You will lead building infrastructure, utilities, and facility systems ensuring GMP-aligned reliability and compliance.

The role requires driving maintenance excellence, coordinating internal and external teams, and shaping long-term site performance. You will own maintenance strategy, asset reliability improvements, and regulatory readiness while collaborating with global teams to enable