Job Description
Senior Manager Maintenance and Facilities
Exton, PA
The Senior Manager, Maintenance and Facilities role is a critical leadership position responsible for ensuring reliability, compliance, and operational continuity across 3 manufacturing sites with a combined maintenance organization of approximately 20 employees, including 2 maintenance and facilities supervisors. This role oversees both equipment maintenance and facility infrastructure, which are essential to supporting regulated manufacturing operations and ensuring production uptime. This role oversees both equipment maintenance and facility infrastructure, which are essential to supporting regulated manufacturing operations and ensuring production uptime.
Key Responsibilities:
- Contribute to developing the facilities and maintenance strategy and plan aligned to the manufacturing plan.
- Ensure that any installation is maintained in a technically sound, safe and environmentally acceptable manner, by complying with all DSM requirements, Manufacturing work processes and other relevant requirements and best practices.
- Responsible for overall repair and maintenance of facility and equipment to minimize down time, meet production requirements, and pass audits.
- Maintain inventory of critical spare parts to ensure repairs can be made in an acceptable time frame.
- Develops and Updates Department SOPs as needed.
- Ensures availability for after hours and weekend maintenance issues.
- Set targets and Key Performance Indicators and ensure adequate management reporting of the performance of the maintenance and facilities groups.
- Select, manage, coach and develop staff, in line with dsm-firmenich values and HR requirements and procedures.
We Bring:
- A rich history and a promising future of bold scientific innovation and passionate creation with our customers.
- A space to grow by encouraging and supporting curiosity and an open mindset.
- A culture that prioritizes safety and well-being, both physically and mentally.
- The opportunity to work for a company where sustainability is much more than a claim and is core to our strategy and purpose.
- A flexible work environment that empowers people to take accountability for their work and own the outcome.
- Barrier-free communities within our organization where every employee is equally valued and respected – regardless of their background, beliefs, or identity.
- A firm belief that working together with our customers is the key to achieving great things.
- An eagerness to be one team and learn from each other to bring progress to life and create a better future.
You Bring:
- ~10 years of experience in maintenance with 5 years of supervision experience
- Previous experience in a GMP biotech/pharmaceutical/food environment preferred
- Experienced user of Blue Mountain software used for maintenance and calibration management
- Requires a knowledge of machines and tools, including their design, uses, repair and maintenance
- Requires a knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources
- Requires the ability to read schematics, specifications, blueprints, and technical drawings
- Requires knowledge of preventive, predictive and planned maintenance, and typical mechanical work such as pipefitting, hydraulics, and welding
- Expertise in the use of MS Office, Word and Excel, and experience in BAS (Building Automation system) is preferred
- Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills
- Accuracy, a detail orientation, initiative to multi-task with deadlines, flexible can-do attitude, and ability to adjust workload to meet varying schedules
- Extensive knowledge and experience working with Facility systems associate plant operations (Boilers, Chillers Cooling tower, Substation, emergency generator, Un-interruptible power supplies, MCC panels and detailed electrical delivery equipment tools
- Execute the job within the applicable DSM, OSHA, EPA, ISO, FDA, CE, IBC, NEC & other requirements
- Must be available to be on call to handle emergencies or any extra hours as required
The salary or hourly wage scale provided reflects the pay range dsm-firmenich expects to pay the successful candidate for the position. Individual pay offered will be based on the applicant’s job-related skills, experience, relevant education, or training, and primary work location. Salary: $135,000.00 - $160,000.00.
In addition to base salary, we also offer a comprehensive total rewards package, inclusive of annual incentive pay, a retirement savings plan, health care coverage, paid time off, recognition programs and a broad range of other benefits. All benefits and incentives are subject to eligibility requirements.
About dsm-firmenich
At dsm-firmenich, we don’t just meet expectations – we go beyond them.
Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life.
From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions – every single day. Whether it’s fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that’s better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere. And while you’re making a difference, we’ll make sure you’re growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas? They’re essential to our future. Because real progress only happens when we go beyond, together.
Inclusion, Belonging and Equal Opportunity Statement
At dsm-firmenich, we believe being a force for good starts with the way we treat each other. When people feel supported, included, and free to be themselves, they do their best work – and that’s exactly the kind of culture we’re building. A place where opportunity is truly equal, authenticity is celebrated, and everyone has the chance to grow, contribute, and feel they belong. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we’re serious about making our hiring process as fair and inclusive as possible. From inclusive language and diverse interview panels to thoughtful sourcing, we’re committed to reflecting the world we serve. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds — no matter your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes you, you. And if you have a disability or need any support through the application process, we’re here to help – just let us know what you need, and we’ll do everything we can to make it work.
Agency Statement
Please note this is a direct search led by dsm-firmenich. We only accept applications from candidates, not from agencies nor subject to agency’s fees, percentages or similar.
