Manager, Maintenance

Scorpion Therapeutics; De Soto (KS); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics in Kansas (De Soto) seeks a maintenance leadership professional to recruit, train, and oversee a multidisciplinary team while promoting a strong safety culture.

You will implement and manage CMMS, support facility commissioning and qualification, ensure GMP compliance, and assist with regulatory audits; travel up to 10% on day shifts. Experience in engineering, maintenance, or operations is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Associates degree or equivalent training required.
• 5+ years leading maintenance teams.
• 10+ years in engineering, maintenance, or operations.
• Strong mechanical and electrical aptitude.
• Excellent communication and team-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, train, and oversee a multidisciplinary team of technicians.
• Establish a strong safety culture across the site.
• Optimize maintenance efficiency via planning and scheduling.
• Implement and manage CMMS system.
• Support facility commissioning, qualification, and GMP compliance.
• Assist with regulatory audits.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Safety culture

Resource planning

Job scheduling

Communication

Team-building

Mechanical aptitude

Electrical aptitude

Education

Associate’s degree or equivalent trade/military training

Bachelor’s degree in engineering (preferred)

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Responsibilities

• recruit, train, and oversee a multidisciplinary team of technicians;
• establish safety culture;
• optimize maintenance efficiency via resource planning and job scheduling;
• implement and manage CMMS;
• support facility commissioning, qualification, and GMP compliance;
• assist with regulatory audits.

Requirements

• associate’s degree or equivalent trade/military training;
• 5+ years maintenance leadership;
• 10+ years in engineering, maintenance, or operations;
• strong mechanical/electrical aptitude;
• excellent communication and team-building skills.

Preferred

• bachelor’s degree in engineering;
• experience in aseptic environments, automated filling, lyophilized products;
• regulated environments like FDA or USDA;
• startup experience.

HighValue

animal health, biologics or chemical manufacturing, GMP, facility startup, CMMS, 10% travel, day shift.