Manager, Facilities at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Hillsboro, Oregon

Job Description:

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)



Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards



Job Description




Position: Manager, Facilities




Location: Hillsboro, OR



When you're part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll do exciting work, and join a team that values performance, quality and innovation. As part of a successful, growing global organization you will be encouraged to perform at your best. With revenues of more than $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and chances to create meaningful changes to the world.



Location/Division Specific Information



The Facilities department strives to provide a first-class operating environment for our employees, visitors and business partners. The site Facilities Manager coordinates and supports improvements, installations, and maintenance of new and existing facilities and equipment in and around the city of Hillsboro for the Materials & Structural Analysis Division. This role is based on site and reports directly to the Senior Facilities Manager, with a dotted line to the Site Lead.



What are your responsibilities?

• Define site maintenance and soft service requirements. Set service level agreements for services including security, janitorial, reception, cafeteria, catering, parking, and groundskeeping. Work with service providers to ensure site needs are met, on time and on budget.


• Lead site facilities team, to plan and coordinate projects and tasks to meet strategic, operational and financial targets. Check that agreed work by staff or contractors has been completed as scoped and follow up on any deficiencies.


• Coordinate people, budgets, equipment, and action requests in support of site and company objectives.


• Deliver a strategic plan for the utilization of space and resources with site leadership to meet corporate, sales, research and development, and operational needs.


• Coordinate with site leaders, functional managers, and corporate functions concerning facilities to achieve continuous improvement and growth objectives. Assess the appropriateness of existing base facilities & systems in meeting current and future process requirements.


• Facilitate and lead cross-functional facilities and operations projects from inception to completion.


• Ensure compliance with local, national and international legislation and adherence to company rules and regulations.


• Support external, internal and corporate audits for security, risk management, insurance, energy, quality, and business Continuity. Review outcomes and agree suitable countermeasures to concerns. Oversee implementation of agreed improvements and close identified gaps in a timely manner.


• Provide role model leadership, with accountability for team members performance and development and succession planning within the facilities team.


• Support sourcing group initiatives to identify value adding opportunities, working closely with local finance and procurement to deliver the best quality, price, and services for the site.


• Collaborate with Manufacturing, R&D, Quality, EHS, and financial organizations to define and meet project scopes, schedules, quality targets and budgets.


• Plan and develop project forecasts for capital requests

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or a related technical field required


• Minimum of 6 years experience leading site facilities activities or related project experience


• Experience developing and leading teams

• Knowledge of AutoCAD 2D software


• Proven use of systems-based problem solving approaches


• Ability to multi-task in a complex environment across many cultures


• Ability to make decisions independently and to work responsibly with a minimal amount of supervision


• Cleanroom experience