Kindeva Drug Delivery
Sr. Supervisor, Facilities
Kindeva Drug Delivery, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63146
At Kindeva we make products that save lives, ensuring better health and well-being for patients around the world.
The Impact You Will Make The Senior Facilities Supervisor provides leadership and direction for the site’s facilities and utilities maintenance program in support of aseptic sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing. Supervise maintenance activities, sanitation programs, and the operation of GMP-critical utilities, cleanroom HVAC systems, and facility infrastructure. Ensures maintenance practices support sterility assurance, contamination control, and regulatory compliance while enabling reliable 24/7 manufacturing operations. Leads a multi-shift team of colleagues and contractors while upholding Kindeva’s standards for safety, quality, and operational excellence.
Role Responsibilities
Provide leadership, coaching, training, and technical development to Facilities Maintenance colleagues consistent with Kindeva values and standards.
Ensure maintenance teams are trained and compliant in aseptic support, cleanroom entry protocols, and GMP documentation requirements.
Oversee maintenance, repair, and reliability of GMP-critical utilities including cleanroom HVAC, HEPA systems, compressed air, clean steam, purified water, WFI, chilled water, and building automation systems.
Maintain cleanroom environmental conditions (pressure differentials, temperature, humidity, particulate control) in accordance with ISO classifications and contamination control strategy requirements.
Ensure all maintenance work is executed in compliance with GMP, FDA, EU Annex 1, and site SOP requirements.
Manage maintenance activities within classified cleanrooms, ensuring proper gowning, contamination prevention, and restoration of validated state after interventions.
Support sterility assurance through coordination with Quality on environmental monitoring responses, deviations, investigations, CAPAs, and change control.
Oversee GMP sanitation programs, ensuring appropriate cleaning frequencies, documentation, and vendor performance.
Manage contracted services for cleanroom cleaning, pest control, waste handling, calibration, and other facility support functions.
Act as primary point of contact for all facility maintenance services across the Brentwood site.
Develop and manage preventive and predictive maintenance programs, long-range plans, and performance standards for facility systems and utilities.
Support multi-shift manufacturing operations, including rapid response to facility, utility, or HVAC issues impacting sterile production.
Coordinate planned shutdowns, critical utility outages, and maintenance windows to minimize operational impact.
Define and manage facility improvement projects including scoping, bid evaluation, scheduling, and vendor oversight.
Collaborate with Engineering on capital projects, equipment installation, facility upgrades, and qualification/verification activities.
Ensure project completion is on time, within budget, and compliant with GMP requirements.
Manage facilities maintenance budget, expenditures, and service contracts.
Ensure all maintenance records, logbooks, work orders, and documentation meet data integrity standards (ALCOA+).
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree, Associate degree, or technical trade school certification in engineering, mechanical, electrical, HVAC, or related technical field.
Minimum six years of relevant experience in facilities, utilities maintenance, or technical operations; experience in a GMP environment preferred.
Strong problem-solving and leadership capabilities with ability to work independently in a regulated environment.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting aseptic sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing or FDA-regulated operations.
Knowledge of cleanroom HVAC systems, HEPA standards, pressure cascades, and contamination control.
Experience with critical utilities (WFI, purified water, clean steam, compressed air).
Familiarity with CMMS systems and reliability‑centered maintenance practices.
Kindeva does not accept unsolicited assistance from headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. Any resumes or candidate profiles submitted to Kindeva employees—regardless of format—without a valid, signed agreement and an approved job order from an authorized signatory in Talent Acquisition will be considered the sole property of Kindeva. No fees will be paid in the event that a candidate is hired as a result of an unsolicited resume or referral.
Equal Opportunity Employer Kindeva Drug Delivery is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, Protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
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The Impact You Will Make The Senior Facilities Supervisor provides leadership and direction for the site’s facilities and utilities maintenance program in support of aseptic sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing. Supervise maintenance activities, sanitation programs, and the operation of GMP-critical utilities, cleanroom HVAC systems, and facility infrastructure. Ensures maintenance practices support sterility assurance, contamination control, and regulatory compliance while enabling reliable 24/7 manufacturing operations. Leads a multi-shift team of colleagues and contractors while upholding Kindeva’s standards for safety, quality, and operational excellence.
Role Responsibilities
Provide leadership, coaching, training, and technical development to Facilities Maintenance colleagues consistent with Kindeva values and standards.
Ensure maintenance teams are trained and compliant in aseptic support, cleanroom entry protocols, and GMP documentation requirements.
Oversee maintenance, repair, and reliability of GMP-critical utilities including cleanroom HVAC, HEPA systems, compressed air, clean steam, purified water, WFI, chilled water, and building automation systems.
Maintain cleanroom environmental conditions (pressure differentials, temperature, humidity, particulate control) in accordance with ISO classifications and contamination control strategy requirements.
Ensure all maintenance work is executed in compliance with GMP, FDA, EU Annex 1, and site SOP requirements.
Manage maintenance activities within classified cleanrooms, ensuring proper gowning, contamination prevention, and restoration of validated state after interventions.
Support sterility assurance through coordination with Quality on environmental monitoring responses, deviations, investigations, CAPAs, and change control.
Oversee GMP sanitation programs, ensuring appropriate cleaning frequencies, documentation, and vendor performance.
Manage contracted services for cleanroom cleaning, pest control, waste handling, calibration, and other facility support functions.
Act as primary point of contact for all facility maintenance services across the Brentwood site.
Develop and manage preventive and predictive maintenance programs, long-range plans, and performance standards for facility systems and utilities.
Support multi-shift manufacturing operations, including rapid response to facility, utility, or HVAC issues impacting sterile production.
Coordinate planned shutdowns, critical utility outages, and maintenance windows to minimize operational impact.
Define and manage facility improvement projects including scoping, bid evaluation, scheduling, and vendor oversight.
Collaborate with Engineering on capital projects, equipment installation, facility upgrades, and qualification/verification activities.
Ensure project completion is on time, within budget, and compliant with GMP requirements.
Manage facilities maintenance budget, expenditures, and service contracts.
Ensure all maintenance records, logbooks, work orders, and documentation meet data integrity standards (ALCOA+).
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree, Associate degree, or technical trade school certification in engineering, mechanical, electrical, HVAC, or related technical field.
Minimum six years of relevant experience in facilities, utilities maintenance, or technical operations; experience in a GMP environment preferred.
Strong problem-solving and leadership capabilities with ability to work independently in a regulated environment.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting aseptic sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing or FDA-regulated operations.
Knowledge of cleanroom HVAC systems, HEPA standards, pressure cascades, and contamination control.
Experience with critical utilities (WFI, purified water, clean steam, compressed air).
Familiarity with CMMS systems and reliability‑centered maintenance practices.
Kindeva does not accept unsolicited assistance from headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. Any resumes or candidate profiles submitted to Kindeva employees—regardless of format—without a valid, signed agreement and an approved job order from an authorized signatory in Talent Acquisition will be considered the sole property of Kindeva. No fees will be paid in the event that a candidate is hired as a result of an unsolicited resume or referral.
Equal Opportunity Employer Kindeva Drug Delivery is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, Protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
Do you see yourself as part of the Kindeva mission? Click Apply Now Today!
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