Danaher

Senior Manager Maintenance & Facilities

Danaher$150K — $165K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Industrial) or related field.
  • Progressive leadership experience in maintenance, engineering, or operations in a GMP-regulated environment.
  • Knowledge of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), reliability engineering, and preventive/predictive maintenance.
  • Experience managing maintenance budgets, capital projects, and service providers.
  • Strong understanding of GMP regulations and quality systems.

Responsibilities

  • Lead maintenance organization through coaching, talent development, and performance management.
  • Maximize equipment uptime using preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
  • Oversee facilities operations including HVAC and utilities for uninterrupted site operations.
  • Champion Total Productive Maintenance, Lean Manufacturing, and Continuous Improvement initiatives.
  • Develop annual budgets and capital investment plans for maintenance and facilities.
  • Drive sustainability and energy optimization initiatives within operations.
  • Ensure compliance with GMP, FDA, ISO, and corporate standards across maintenance activities.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Paid time off for employees.
  • 401(k) retirement plan offerings.
  • Access to health care programs that contribute to life beyond the job.
Full Job Description
The Senior Manager, Maintenance and Facilities, provides leadership for all maintenance and facilities supporting the Sacramento site. This leader is accountable for maximizing asset reliability, equipment availability, regulatory compliance, and lifecycle performance while ensuring safe, efficient, and uninterrupted manufacturing operations.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Operations and located on-site in Sacramento, CA, this role is part of the Operations Leadership Team and partners closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, EHS and Supply Chain to develop and execute long-term asset strategies that improve operational performance, reduce risk, and support future business growth.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to do:
  • Build and sustain a high-performing maintenance organization through leadership, coaching, talent development, succession planning, and performance management.
  • Drive equipment reliability to maximize equipment uptime through preventive and predictive maintenance programs by utilizing Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), predictive analytics, and condition monitoring technologies.
  • Work with the Facility Manager to oversee facilities operations including HVAC, utilities, plumbing, compressed air, chilled water, building infrastructure, and office facilities to ensure uninterrupted site operations.
  • Champion the adoption of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Lean Manufacturing, Reliability Excellence, and Continuous Improvement initiatives that eliminate losses, improve asset performance, and increase manufacturing capacity.
  • Develop annual operating budgets and multi-year facility capital investment plans while effectively managing maintenance labor, contractors, service agreements, inventory, and capital expenditures.
  • Drive sustainability and energy optimization initiatives that improve operational efficiency while reducing operating costs and environmental impact.
  • Ensure compliance with GMP, FDA, ISO, OSHA, environmental, and corporate standards while maintaining inspection readiness across all maintenance and facilities activities.


The essential requirements of the job include
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Industrial) or related field.
  • Several years of progressive leadership experience in maintenance, engineering, or operations preferably within a GMP-regulated pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, diagnostics, or life sciences environment.
  • Strong knowledge of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) methodologies, reliability engineering, preventive and predictive maintenance, Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and CMMS/EAM systems such as SAP PM, Maximo, Fiix, Infor, or equivalent platforms.
  • Experience managing maintenance budgets, capital projects, contractors, and external service providers.
  • Strong understanding of GMP regulations, FDA requirements, quality systems, and regulated manufacturing environments.


Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:
  • Ability to travel ~ 10-15% to US manufacturing sites and supplier locations as business needs require.


It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
  • Master's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, or Business Administration.
  • Professional certifications such as Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP), Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) or Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
  • Knowledge of digital maintenance technologies and Industry 4.0 applications.

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it's a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

The annual salary range for this role is $150,000 - $165,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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About Danaher

Beckman Coulter develops, manufactures and markets products that simplify, automate and innovate complex biomedical testing. More than 275,000 Beckman Coulter systems operate in both Diagnostics and Life Sciences laboratories on seven continents. For more than 75 years, our products have been making a difference in peoples' lives by improving the productivity of medical professionals and scientists, supplying critical information for improving patient health and delivering trusted solutions for research and discovery.

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78,000 employees
Market Cap
$189 billion
Industry
Net Income
$3.6 billion
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
+11.8%
Revenue
$22.2 billion
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