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Position Summary

The Vice President of Facilities Management will be responsible for coordinating with Senior Leadership regarding overall facility strategic planning, new building construction, renovation, and lease negotiation. This position will further be responsible for maintaining optimal functioning of current building systems and everyday facility and space management. The environment is growth-oriented and dynamic, supporting both new business line launches & additional sites during this year and coming years.

Job Responsibilities

• Develops an overall strategic expansion plan for the facilities department including international expansion.

• Coordinates with key departmental leads, architects, engineers, and other key stakeholders to create floorplans and construction documents for all new construction and renovations to current Caris buildings.

• Negotiates new lease agreements with current and potential building ownership/management.

• Evaluates and prioritizes new upcoming facilities projects by creating budgets and timelines to meet company goals.

• Utilizes a tactical project management style to track all project costs and schedules to ensure projects are completed in a timely and efficient manner.

• Ensures that the company is compliant and adheres to all regulatory facilities requirements.

• Oversees the management of preventative maintenance programs to include the ongoing maintenance and repair of buildings, grounds, and equipment.

• Assures optimal functioning of building systems including HVAC, plumbing, and electrical.

• Coordinates the ordering of required and appropriate supplies, equipment, furniture, etc. to support day-to-day needs as well as buildouts.

• Manages, directs, and leads a team of exempt and non-exempt individuals accountable for providing facilities support.

• Recruits, hires, trains and develops the team. Provides direction to and development of associates through daily coaching, the administration of goals and performance management, and the creation and implementation of development plans.

• Assists as needed to perform other duties and special projects as required.

• Requires frequent travel and occasional weekend work.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent of five to ten years leadership experience required.

• Requires experience planning, budgeting, executing new construction and/or renovation of a BSL-2 laboratory (or similar) in the US (international experience preferred).

• Requires experience working with the FDA and other regulatory entities in the US (international experience preferred).

• Requires experience in coordinating services related to building operation and maintenance.

• On-call on a rotational basis is required.

• Requires experience in supervising contractors and vendors.

• Proficient knowledge of AutoCAD, Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Word, Excel, Outlook, and general working knowledge of Internet for business use.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Illumina next gen sequencing and Hamilton robot experience.

• International experience.

• Candidates should be comfortable taking a hands-on approach and should be able to thrive in a position that will be responsible for multiple projects in a growth-oriented environment. Further, candidates must possess the ability to proactively problem solve and manage projects that require a strong attention to detail.

• Drive outcomes based on persistence and passion for excellence.

• Quick study who can learn our business processes and apply general service and “production environment” quality tools across multiple departments.

• Lead by example, demonstrating commitment to continuous improvement.

• Excellent teamwork skills and proven ability to work under tight deadlines.

• Ability to deal with confidential and sensitive information with tact and diplomacy.

• Excellent organizational and follow-up skills.

• Ability to manage a wide variety of tasks and projects while maintaining timelines of delivery, quality of results, and a calm demeanor in high pressure situations.

• Ability to work productively and effectively with a wide variety of people, internally and externally.

Physical Demands

• Must possess ability to sit and/or stand for long periods of time.

• Must possess ability to perform repetitive motion.

• Crouching and bending may be required when retrieving files. Ability to lift, bend, twist, carry, pushing & pulling.

• Ability in hearing acuity, visual acuity, and color discrimination.

• Ability in manual dexterity.

• Excellent hand – eye coordination.

• Ability to lift up to 30 pounds.

Required Training

• All job specific, safety, and compliance training are assigned based on the job functions associated with this employee.

Other

• This position requires periodic travel and some evenings, weekends and/or holidays.

Conditions of Employment: Individual must successfully complete pre-employment process, which includes criminal background check, drug screening, credit check ( applicable for certain positions) and reference verification.

This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Caris Life Sciences is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.