Senior Maintenance Manager, GMP Biotech Facilities

Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Maintenance Field Manager at Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. will lead maintenance across our Bedford, MA facilities, ensuring safety, compliance, and continuous improvement.

You will provide technical leadership to the maintenance team and partner with QA, Validation, Engineering, and Manufacturing to keep facilities running reliably. We seek a leader with 5+ years in facilities or equipment maintenance, 3–5+ years of supervisory experience, and strong knowledge of mechanical, utilities, and plant

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in facilities or equipment maintenance, preferably within a pharmaceutical, biotech, or similarly regulated GMP environment.
• 3–5+ years of supervisory or management experience, including experience managing supervisors or leads.
• Advanced knowledge of mechanical, utilities, and plant systems.
• Experience with deviations, risk assessments, Change Controls, and CAPA activities at a program level.
• Proficiency with CMMS or asset management platforms; Blue Mountain RAM (BMRAM) strongly preferred.
• Strong organizational, prioritization, problem-solving, and cross-functional communication skills.
• Ability to lead teams through change while fostering collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to work effectively with Quality Assurance, Validation, Engineering, Manufacturing, Calibration, vendors, and equipment owners.
• Familiarity with Vaisala or equivalent continuous environmental monitoring systems is preferred.
• Experience with building automation systems (BAS), HVAC, compressed gases, and cleanroom infrastructure at a program level is preferred.
• Familiarity with OSHA and facility safety compliance requirements is preferred.
• Experience supporting equipment qualifications (IQ/OQ/PQ) or capital projects is preferred.
• Experience managing or transitioning a maintenance program between CMMS platforms is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate daily maintenance activities across facilities, ensuring work is executed safely, accurately, compliantly, and in accordance with approved procedures and schedules.
• Provide field leadership and technical guidance to Maintenance Supervisors and other assigned personnel; remove barriers, establish priorities, and ensure timely escalation of issues.
• Provide operational oversight of building systems, utilities, and reliability programs; direct root-cause and systemic improvement efforts.
• Establish and monitor a maintenance criticality matrix and priority tiering to support risk-based scheduling and business continuity decisions.
• Manage maintenance vendors and service providers, including scheduling, technical oversight, performance evaluation, and compliance with site requirements.
• Lead and coordinate technical investigation, documentation, and closure of maintenance-related deviations; partner with Quality Assurance on disposition and quality record closure.
• Initiate and support Change Controls associated with maintenance procedures, equipment replacement, and infrastructure upgrades.
• Lead or support CAPA activities arising from maintenance deviations, audit observations, or systemic findings.
• Develop, review, and approve Maintenance SOPs, work instructions, job plans, and program documentation.
• Ensure maintenance records, work orders, and CMMS data meet cGMP and good documentation practice requirements and remain inspection ready.
• Directly manage Maintenance Supervisor(s), including performance management, coaching, and development planning; provide indirect leadership and support to Maintenance Technicians across the program.
• Develop team capability through coaching, mentoring, performance feedback, training, and individual development planning; participate in hiring and onboarding activities as needed.
• Establish, monitor, analyze, and report maintenance KPIs (PM compliance, CM turnaround, schedule adherence, program health) to the Associate Director; identify trends and drive corrective or improvement actions.

Skills

Leadership

Facilities management

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Facilities Management

Tools

CMMS

Blue Mountain RAM

Job description

The Maintenance Field Manager at Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. will lead maintenance across our Bedford, MA facilities, ensuring safety, compliance, and continuous improvement.

You will provide technical leadership to the maintenance team and partner with QA, Validation, Engineering, and Manufacturing to keep facilities running reliably. We seek a leader with 5+ years in facilities or equipment maintenance, 3–5+ years of supervisory experience, and strong knowledge of mechanical, utilities, and plant