Senior Facilities Engineer II, Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Everyone at Kite is grounded by one common goal – curing cancer. Every single day, we seek to establish a direct line between that purpose and our day-to-day work. Our manufacturing facility located in El Segundo, California is currently seeking a highly motivated individual to join the team as a Senior Facilities Engineer II with a focus on industrial electrical systems.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Demonstrate an expert level of understanding of medium and low voltage electrical systems and hardware;

• Serve as the subject matter expert and lead for the building electrical systems and equipment and, lighting, security, and fire protection systems;

• Support the troubleshooting and resolving of complex problems through ingenuity and an innovative mindset;

• Support the design, planning, and execution of facilities/equipment/utility system projects including conceptual design, detailed design, construction, and commissioning;

• Define project scopes, prepare requests for proposals, prepare cost estimates and business cases for justification of capital projects;

• Serve as a project manager for small projects in accordance with capital project governance;

• Self motivated and work with minimal supervision. Consistently demonstrate excellent time management and presentation skills and an expert level of knowledge of job specific applications;

• Proactively assemble proposed solutions to complex problems and present to manager in an efficient and effective manner (slide decks, visual metrics, etc.);

• Develop and present metrics, project updates, etc.;

• Provide accurate budget estimates for OPEX and CAPEX expenses to respective budget holder(s);

• Organize and effectively lead meetings, assemble meeting agendas, and distribute meeting minutes and action items;

• Represent site engineering across the Kite network;

• Facilitate the management of contractors performing equipment, utility system, and facility work during project implementation;

• Partner with the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) department to provide a safe work environment during project implementation. Draft and/or review job hazard assessments. Develop LOTO plans for equipment and system planned outages;

• Partner with EHS to ensure compliance with the EPA and other applicable regulatory bodies;

• Partner with EHS to achieve Kite energy and sustainability initiatives;

• Ensure electrical systems operate in a safe manner and comply with all applicable laws and codes;

• Review and approve project drawings, specifications, submittals, and turnover packages;

• Address requests for information (RFIs) during project design and implementation;

• Write and/or provide technical review of documentation including standard operating procedures and facility and engineering drawings;

• Demonstrate an expert level of knowledge of GxP operations and Regulatory compliance and lead discussions with Quality pertaining to facility/equipment/utility system compliance;

• Serve as the SME and address audit requests including interfacing with auditors during regulatory inspections;

• Assemble documentation required for equipment and system inductions into the Enterprise Asset Management System (EAMS);

• Develop preventive maintenance and calibration plans and assemble the documentation required to input these plans into the EAMS;

• Source proposals for vendor provided maintenance services;

• Identify spare parts requirements for electrical equipment and systems and source proposals to facilitate procurement;

• Perform investigations, root cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and manage quality record work flows in the document control system;

• Perform risk assessments, system impact assessments, and FMEAs

Basic Qualifications:

Master’s Degree and 6 years of relevant experience

OR

Bachelor’s Degree and 8 years relevant experience

OR

Associate's Degree and 10 years of relevant experience

OR

High School Degree and 12 years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

• 8+ years of experience working with medium and low voltage electrical systems in an industrial setting.

• Eligible for professional engineering licensure.

• Proficient understanding and application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards relevant to the industry.

• Expert level of understanding of NFPA 70, 70E, and 70B and electrical code compliance.

• Knowledgeable of commercial manufacturing of pharmaceutical products and Good Manufacturing Procedures (GMP).

• Ability to collect, evaluate, and communicate information through relevant business analyses to guide resolutions.

• Ability to communicate vertically and horizontally through multiple channels and promote cross-functional collaboration.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills and comfortable working in a team environment.

• Excellent presentation skills to different audiences including stakeholders and upper management.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Proficiency in CAD applications including BIM, Revit, AutoCAD a plus.

• Smartsheet proficiency a plus.