Facilities Planner/Scheduler

More than one million people in the United States today are fighting blood cancer. While a traditional allogeneic stem cell transplant has been the best hope for many, the transplant itself can prove fatal or lead to serious conditions, such as graft vs. host disease. Orca Bio is a late-stage biotechnology company redefining the transplant process by developing next-generation cell therapies with the goal of providing significantly better survival rates with dramatically fewer risks. With our purified, high-precision investigational cell therapies we hope to not only replace patients' blood and immune systems with healthy ones, but also restore their lives.

The Facilities Planner/Scheduler is responsible for asset management across multiple production sites producing clinical and commercial drug products.  This role involves utilization of a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to manage asset data, asset labelling, asset status, preventative and corrective maintenance, and calibration & certification activities to ensure compliant and reliable asset operations to support production requirements to meet customer needs.

LOCATION: 3400 Business Drive, Sacramento, CA and 7910 Metro Air Parkway, Sacramento, CA.

• Onboarding new assets and maintaining current assets in the CMMS, including asset identification and status, labelling, and assigning required maintenance, calibration and certification plans 
• Planning, scheduling and coordinating onsite and offsite maintenance and calibration activities to be completed by service providers or company personnel 
• Review, approval and retention of service provider documentation  
• Completion and closeout of tasks in the CMMS 
• Ensure that the facility and assets are maintained, calibrated and certified to applicable GMP standards 
• Execution of facility preventative and corrective maintenance tasks, and small projects and continuous improvements 
• Manage spare parts program to ensure strategies are developed and required inventory is in place 
• Tracks and reports metrics on asset maintenance and identifies risk, needs and opportunities

• Associate’s degree and prior work experience in a GMP manufacturing environment. Bachelor’s degree preferred 
• 2 years of experience in asset maintenance planning, scheduling and execution in a GMP manufacturing facility 
• Experience managing assets and maintenance activities using a CMMS system 

• Ability to multitask and handle multiple responsibilities simultaneously; able to prioritize    
• Demonstrates strong work ethic, curiosity to learn and contribute in a fast-paced collaborative environment  
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively 
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills to support making decisions in a timely manner 
• Ability to gown and work in clean room areas from time to time 
• Ability to work in a collaborative manner, independently and as part of a team 
• Ability to work in a fast-paced start-up environment while following documented procedures and instructions. 
• Strong problem-solving skills with desire to improve upon established processes 
• Ability to work for long periods of time at a computer 
• Occasional need to ascend/descend stairs within the workspace; job requires sitting, standing/walking 

Who we are

We are driven by a passion for science and compassion for patients. We act with urgency to ensure our treatments are one day accessible to all who need them.

We live by our core values of passion, courage, and integrity. Excellence in our work means the chance to unlock a better quality of life for our patients, and with that comes tremendous responsibility.

We innovate on a path that hasn’t been paved. We embrace an entrepreneurial spirit and take calculated risks to achieve our mission. We aren’t afraid to ask “why not” and challenge the status quo.

We maintain a start-up culture of camaraderie and leadership by example, regardless of title.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and recognize that celebrating our differences creates stronger, lasting solutions that better serve our team, our patients and their healthcare providers.

To learn more: https://orcabio.com/join-our-team/

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Notice to staffing firms

Orca Bio does not accept resumes from staffing agencies with which we do not have a written agreement and specific engagement for a particular opening. Our employment activities, inquiries and offers are managed through our HR/Talent team, and all candidates are presented through this channel only. We do not accept unsolicited resumes, and we rarely outsource recruitment.