Facilities & Maintenance Manager

Harrowhealth; Ledgewood (NJ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Harrowhealth is seeking a Facilities & Maintenance Manager responsible for the reliability and performance of facility systems. This position requires hands-on troubleshooting, leading a maintenance team, and ensuring compliance with GMP practices.

The ideal candidate holds a degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering and has experience in GMP pharmaceutical manufacturing. The role involves managing maintenance teams and ensuring successful completion of various maintenance and calibration tasks.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in GMP pharmaceutical manufacturing experience.
• 3+ years managing maintenance teams in sterile environments.
• Strong knowledge of HVAC and cleanroom classifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance team through direct engagement and training.
• Own site-wide maintenance across all operations.
• Ensure timely preventive maintenance execution.

Skills

Hands-on troubleshooting

Leadership

Project management

Lean/Kaizen

GMP compliance

Budget management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

CMMS systems (BMRAM or equivalent)

Environmental monitoring systems (Lighthouse or equivalent)

Job description

Job Summary

The Facilities & Maintenance Manager is a hands-on technical leader responsible for the daily reliability, performance, and compliance of facility, utility, manufacturing, filling, and packaging systems across the 503A and 503B operations. This role is actively engaged on the production floor, directly troubleshooting equipment, leading maintenance execution, and driving real-time solutions that protect sterile operations and business continuity.

Core Responsibilities

• Develop and lead maintenance team through direct floor engagement, accountability, training, and performance management.
• Full ownership of site-wide maintenance across manufacturing, filling, packaging, utilities, and infrastructure for 503A and 503B operations.
• Ensure >98–100% on-time preventive and predictive maintenance execution; drive rapid response to equipment failures.
• Lead hands‑on troubleshooting of critical systems including HVAC, cleanrooms, water for Injection, compressed gases, and sterile processing equipment.
• Own and manage the complete calibration program; maintain 100% compliance and audit readiness.
• Investigate out-of-tolerance and equipment-related deviations; implement effective root cause and CAPA solutions.
• Serve as system owner for BMRAM (CMMS); ensure accurate asset records, timely work order closure, KPI tracking, and data integrity.
• Own Lighthouse environmental monitoring system; ensure continuous ISO compliance, alarm functionality, trend review, and excursion management.
• Maintain validated state of facilities, utilities, and monitoring systems; support inspections as technical SME.
• Lead capital projects from specification through commissioning (URS, FAT, SAT, IOQ, PQ) with direct contractor oversight.
• Control maintenance and calibration budgets while optimizing spare parts inventory and reliability metrics (MTBF, downtime reduction).
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean/Kaizen to enhance uptime, throughput, and GMP compliance.
• Develop and implement solutions to difficult problems, manage outside contractors and be on call for emergencies.
• Manage spare parts inventory to balance cost control with operational reliability.
• Ensure facility and utility systems consistently meet ISO classifications, pressure cascades, and environmental control requirements.
• Lead change management, risk assessments (FMEA), and impact evaluations related to facility, equipment, and utility modifications.
• Coordinate and oversee third‑party contractors and service providers to ensure GMP‑compliant execution and documentation.
• Partner cross‑functionally with Operations, Quality, Validation, and Supply Chain to align maintenance strategy with production readiness and business continuity objectives.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering preferred; equivalent hands‑on experience considered.
• Minimum 5 years in GMP pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Minimum 3 years managing maintenance teams in sterile or regulated environments.
• Demonstrated hands‑on troubleshooting of manufacturing equipment and critical utilities.
• Direct experience managing CMMS systems (BMRAM or equivalent).
• Experience overseeing environmental monitoring systems (Lighthouse or equivalent).
• Strong knowledge of HVAC, cleanroom classifications, utilities, and GMP documentation practices.
• Experience supporting regulatory inspections.
• Commitment and drive to improve manufacturing operations.
• Perform other duties, as assigned.

Position Type

• On‑Site

Travel

Up to 10%