CONTRACTOR - Facilities Technician

**Please note that this is a full time (40 hours a week), onsite, contract position.

Your Impact

The Facilities department is a tight-knit, agile, collaborative, and fun team who are looking for a team member with a strong work ethic. In this role, you will support ongoing research and manufacturing. You will have an opportunity to learn and advance in your career as this group is forward thinking and fully supportive of development. We understand the meaning of team and are looking for an individual that wants to be a part of something bigger and a driving force in changing the lives of patients.

Position Summary

The Facilities Technician will support a rapidly growing research and development lab and office facilities and assist with a cGMP building. The successful candidate will possess experience in maintaining building related equipment and R&D lab support activities. Any candidate must be able to adapt to working in both R&D and cGMP environment simultaneously.

Responsibilities

These may include but are not limited to:

• Support the day-to-day operation and maintenance of all Poseida Facilities, including the management of building utilities (HVAC, compressed air, house vacuum, microbulk CO2 tank, and access control system).
• Quickly and efficiently analyze work orders (WO) that affect operations, providing corrective action suggestions.
• Be the liaison and manage service providers for regular service visits and after hour emergency calls.
• Performs daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance rounds for assigned tasks and completes all logs and paperwork associated with their tasks.
• Respond to and address alarms from Building Management System.
• Manage company assets that require asset tagging and work with multiple departments to provide proper classification.
• Maintain inventory of parts and supplies for facilities repairs; order materials as needed.
• Monitor, maintain, and perform standard repairs to building electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilation, and cooling systems.
• Assist licensed plumbers, electricians, and HVAC personnel as appropriate.
• Prepare job estimates for customers including time and materials costs.
• Perform quality inspections on work completed by other facilities services technicians.
• Prepare and maintain records on all maintenance activities.
• Ensure proper care in the use and maintenance of equipment and supplies; promote continuous improvement of workplace safety and environmental practices.
• Assemble and disassemble equipment.
• Develop and maintain equipment maintenance logs as new systems are added.
• Manage all WO documentation in the CMMS and document management systems.
• Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) as needed.
• Stay current and adhere to training requirements.
• Provide high level of customer support and service.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• High School diploma or equivalent. Formal education in a related technical or engineering discipline or related military training/experience is desirable.
• Minimum of four years of related experience and/or training.
• Experience using Siemens Desigo Building Management system or similar systems.
• Ability to comprehend and interpret instructions, short correspondence, and memos and ask clarifying questions to ensure understanding.
• Good communication skills with the ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from clients, co-workers, and/or supervisor.
• Ability to effectively present information to internal departments and/or large groups of employees.
• Ability to solve problems in standard situations using basic analytical skills.
• Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office Suite and Outlook.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Ability to stand, walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) as required, including but not limited to safety glasses, hard hats, respirators, and safety shoes.
• Work may be performed in office, manufacturing floor, research lab, and vivarium environments.
• Potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens, hazardous materials, chemicals, etc.
• May require occasional travel to other company sites or for training.

Facilities Technician Pay Rate: $28.17/hour to $51.92/hour

The final pay offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and length of experience within the job, type, and length of experience with the industry, education, geographic location, etc.

Who We Are:

Poseida Therapeutics was acquired by Roche in early 2025 and is now part of the Roche Group. Poseida is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing differentiated allogeneic cell therapies and genetic medicines with the capacity to cure. The Company's approach is based on its proprietary genetic editing platforms, including its non-viral DNA Delivery System, Cas-CLOVER Site-Specific Gene Editing System, Booster Molecule and nanoparticle gene delivery technologies, as well as in-house GMP cell therapy manufacturing.

Our people are as important as our cutting-edge technology. That's why we invest in offering excellent career development opportunities to our employees, as well as highly competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits. We are committed to giving employees the resources they need to thrive, personally and professionally.

Within the Roche organization, a healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100'000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let's build a healthier future, together.