Principal Facilities Engineer in Albuquerque, NM Curia provides global contract research and manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The Principal Facilities Engineer leads complex engineering initiatives in collaboration with Electrical Engineering, Automation, and Maintenance Operations, providing technical expertise and direction. This role serves as a key interface across Curia’s manufacturing plants and corporate departments, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. This role is responsible for spearheading efforts in equipment engineering, contributing to large-scale capital projects, and implementing strategic infrastructure modernization and expansion initiatives. The Principal Facilities Engineer is accountable for the end-to-end management of new technologies, including specification, design, procurement, and installation, to optimize capacity and efficiency for current and future product pipelines. Join our talented workforce, where a commitment to excellence and a customer focused attitude is everything. We pursue excellence because our work has the power to improve patients’ lives with the pharmaceuticals we develop and manufacture. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: + Collaborate effectively with internal teams, including administrative staff, cross-departmental managers, and external contractors, ensuring seamless communication and project execution + Provide expert technical support and guidance for plant mechanical systems, with a comprehensive understanding of facility HVAC and water systems, including boilers, steam systems, chilled water systems, and heated water interdependencies + Lead the design, modification, and upgrade efforts for plant systems such as compressed air, nitrogen, and process vacuum systems, ensuring optimal performance and compliance + Ensure adherence to electrical codes and maintain advanced expertise in energy management systems, HVAC systems, temperature controls, and process control systems within a manufacturing environment + Oversee and drive facilities projects from conceptualization through construction, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives + Define priorities, establish measurable goals, and consistently achieve project objectives + Direct, schedule, and review work performed by external engineering firms and contractors related to equipment, facilities, and utilities, ensuring quality and alignment with organizational standards + Develop detailed engineering drawings and comprehensive project proposals for management review and approval + Monitor and ensure projects remain within budgetary constraints while delivering value-added improvements + Identify, propose, and lead facility improvement initiatives in alignment with organizational goals + Create and maintain accurate and compliant engineering documentation, including drawings, work orders, and engineering change orders (ECOs) + Plan, manage, and track the progress of all assigned projects, ensuring timely completion and alignment with organizational objectives + Support site-based cost improvement programs by enhancing product and process productivity, reliability, and efficiency + Prepare detailed specifications and cost estimates for major equipment acquisitions, ensuring strategic alignment and cost-effectiveness + Ensure that facility engineering documentation is consistently updated, maintained, and readily available to support compliance and operational excellence + Perform other duties as assigned, demonstrating flexibility and a commitment to organizational success + Read/interpret SOPs to ensure compliance + Maintain up to date trainings + Other duties as assigned Education and/or Experience: + Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in an engineering discipline + Minimum of twelve (12) years in facilities engineering or related work experience + Building automation knowledge with Allen Bradley, and Rockwell + Pharmaceutical (CDMO) or FDA-regulated environment experience, preferred + Experience with Lyo, isolators, automation, prep equipment, and Autoclaves, preferred + Experience with clean utilities, purified water, injections, and clean steam, preferred Supervisory Responsibilities: This role does not have supervisory responsibilities, yet it may involve mentoring, guiding, and advising. Language Skills: The ideal candidate should have the ability to read and interpret various documents, such as safety instructions, standard operating procedures, technical procedures, and governmental regulations. Additionally, they should possess strong written and verbal communication skills, along with effective presentation skills. Mathematical Skills: Proficient in executing arithmetic operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division across various units of measurement, employing whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percentages. Candidates must possess a strong grasp of algebraic and geometric principles. Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Computer Skills: The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical foundation and proven capability in effectively utilizing diverse software tools to streamline the organization's daily functions. Essential skills encompass adeptness in manufacturing and internet software, alongside proficiency in Microsoft Office tools including PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Outlook. Other Skills and Abilities: + Provides guidance and mentorship to team members + Fosters a collaborative and positive work environment + Champions change + Promotes a safe and healthy work environment by actively identifying and addressing potential hazards, following established safety protocols, participating in safety training programs, and fostering a culture of awareness and responsibility among team members. + Demonstrates strong attention to detail + Ability to organize time to successfully manage multiple projects and priorities + Effective interpersonal relation skills, while maintaining the adaptability to achieve company goals Other Qualifications: Must pass a background check Must pass a drug screen May be required to pass Occupational Health Screening Must be able to obtain and maintain gowning certification May be required to obtain and maintain media qualification May be required to wear a respirator 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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The essential physical demands will vary for each Curia position. All positions may require regular or occasional lifting, pushing and pulling up to 10 pounds, frequently; up to 25 pounds occasionally; and up to 50 pounds infrequently. Additionally, all positions entail regular sitting, standing and reaching, with some roles requiring prolonged periods of time for each activity. Visual acuity, both close and distant, along with depth perception is necessary in each role, with or without corrective lenses. Please note that employees are prohibited from wearing contact lenses in work areas with exposure to cleaning agents. Hand and finger dexterity are integral to all positions, with specific activities varying from typing to manipulating maintenance tools or operating keypads, switches, and buttons. Occasional stooping, kneeling, twisting, crouching, crawling and balancing are also part of each position’s physical requirements. Certain roles may involve climbing and working at elevated heights as well. Work Environment: The work environment characteristics, described below, are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The working environments will vary for each Curia position. The employee may be required to work in an office, manufacturing, or warehouse environment. The office environment is designed for comfort and productivity, with room temperature settings maintained for optimal working conditions. It is common to hear conversational noise in the background. The pharmaceutical manufacturing environment is sterile. Therefore, aseptic gowning is required. Personal protective equipment (nitrile gloves, clean room socks, face-shields, safety glasses, aprons, steel-toed shoes and powered air purifying respirators) is necessary, depending upon the task at hand. The employee may be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, confined areas, and refrigerator or freezer temperatures when working in a sterile environment. The warehouse environment is typically set at a controlled temperature but the employee may be exposed to refrigerator or freezer temperatures when retrieving materials. Some positions may occasionally be exposed to moving mechanical parts, elevated heights, airborne particles, electrical activities and vibration. In addition, some positions may work with or be exposed to, compressed gases and must wear ear protection. All environments may be subject to working with or being exposed to cleaning agents. Education, experience, location and tenure may be considered along with internal equity when job offers are extended. We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. All resumes or profiles submitted by search firms to any employee at Curia, in any form without a valid, signed search agreement by an authorized signatory in place for the specific position, approved by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Curia. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Curia because of the unsolicited referral. All interested applicants must apply online. Please be aware of scammers. Curia will only send offer letters and requests for sensitive personal information from a curiaglobal.com email address. Curia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. 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