The patients we serve are at the heart of Edwards Lifesciences’ culture. We help our teams achieve this mission by building safe, clean, and innovative workspaces so our people can feel effective with their work. As part of our Facilities team, we’ll provide you with the resources needed to ensure you can keep our offices, plants, and facilities running smoothly so they may be a supportive and dynamic place to work. Your commitment to creating an effective and healthy working environment helps co-workers connect and feel engaged, allowing teams around the world to better contribute and focus their renewed energies on the patients we support.   

The Senior Technician, Facilities is responsible for supporting the day-to-day operation, upkeep, and reliability of facility systems and infrastructure to ensure a safe, compliant, and efficient manufacturing environment. This role performs preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs on critical systems such as HVAC units, compressors, electrical systems, while maintaining accurate maintenance records and documentation. Working closely with cross-functional teams and external contractors, the Senior Technician helps ensure facility reliability, uninterrupted business operations, and a workplace that enables teams to focus on delivering life-changing solutions for patients.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Perform more complex repairs and preventative maintenance , including two or more of the following: carpentry, plumbing, painting, lighting repair, in plant or office facilities with functional knowledge of all specialties, utilizing PM system.
• Conduct routine, periodic, or special inspections to determine repair and maintenance work necessary for continued operation of facilities and grounds, including HVAC systems, electrical systems, and general plumbing.
• Perform a wider range of routine, which may include on-call and weekend work orders including employee moves, office set ups and changes, setup and tear down of furniture and fixtures, meetings, events, and conferences with high customer satisfaction while adhering to company standards.
• Perform daily logging and inspection of facilities systems including production facility environmental support systems to ensure operations within specifications.
• Obtain quotes and initiate purchase requests for maintenance and renovation work.
• Perform predictive maintenance inspection of critical facilities systems to detect abnormalities for predictive maintenance action to prevent premature system failures.
• Other duties as assigned by Management.

What you’ll need (Required):

• H.S. Diploma or equivalent with 3 years of related work experience
• Working knowledge in two or more of the related fields including plumbing, lighting, carpentry, and painting

What else we look for (Preferred):

• Certification in a related area - HVAC, electrician, welding, machining, etc.
• Experience working in a regulated industry
• Good communication skills
• Good computer skills, including MS Office and computerized maintenance management system (CMMS)
• Ability to use hand and power tools and read and understand blueprints, sketches, layouts, wiring diagrams, drawings, and specifications
• Must be able to work in a team environment, including inter-departmental teams
• Ability to represent the organization to outside contacts, e.g., contractors, vendors, suppliers
• Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.