Facilties Team Lead

IDEXX is seeking an enthusiastic temporary, hands-on Facilities Team Leader, to be based in Montpellier, France. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone who can provide a small team daily direction, has experience in ensuring that building infrastructure and associated functions meet business and compliance requirements while providing for comfortable and safe employee working conditions and who is not afraid to take responsibility, shows initiative and can improve our business.

As part of the Global Facilities Team and reporting to the Facilities Supervisor Southern Europe, the Facilities Team Leader is responsible for overseeing all facility management activities on a veterinary production site. This includes maintenance, infrastructure, utilities, compliance, vendor management, and continuous improvement. The role ensures operational continuity, regulatory compliance (GMP, ISO, USDA), and a safe and efficient working environment.

Main Activities:

• Lead daily activities regarding preventative and corrective maintenance to critical assets including those associated with production equipment, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, refrigeration, and building envelope while maintaining associated administration needs aligned with company policy.

• Ensure availability, reliability and performance of building systems, technical installations and production equipment

• Manages relations with 3rd party suppliers (e.g. maintenance, cleaning, waste handling, grounds & gardens etc.) whilst complying with IDEXX screening standards and purchasing procedures

• Responsible for tracking maintenance services and work orders (request, planning, execution and closure), asset renewal and spare parts availability

• Responsible for administrative facilities tasks (e.g. invoicing, Purchase Orders) and maintaining documentation required for e.g. validation processes or environmental reporting

• Lead equipment validation activities (IQ/OQ/PQ) in collaboration with Quality and Validation Teams

• Ensures compliance and enforcement of norms, regulations and internal H&S procedures and participates in various audits (e.g. ISO, insurance, USDA and GMP)

• Act as main point of internal customer contact for facilities support and services

• Provide daily direction to a small team (equipment maintenance and janitorial services)

• Monitor operational FM services, conduct Facility inspections and drive continuous improvement

• Provide local support for capital projects (in conjunction with Facilities Project Manager) and manages small projects (such as internal office moves) independently

• Being ‘on call’ in rotation (one week a month) to respond to after hours alarms or coordination of some activities when required to minimize disruption to normal operations

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Able to work independently and provide clear guidance to a team

• Strong prioritization skills

• Good knowledge of building systems (HVAC, utilities, electrical etc.)

• Vendor and contract management experience

• Understanding of compliance and quality systems

• Attention to detail

Educational & experience profile:

• Bachelors degree in preferably Facilities Management or Engineering

• At least 3 – 5 years proven experience in Facilities Coordination or Maintenance in an industrial and regulated environment (e.g. pharmaceutical, biotech or food industry is preferred)

• Experience with CMMS (Maximo) or Facilities Maintenance Systems

• Experience in equipment qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ)

• Knowledge of GMP, ISO and USDA standards

• Proficiency in including Microsoft Office and preferably SAP

• Languages: Fluent in French a must, professional English is a plus

We’re proud of the work we do, because our work matters. An innovation leader in every industry we serve, we follow our Purpose and Guiding Principles to help pet owners worldwide keep their companion animals healthy and happy, to ensure safe drinking water for billions, and to help farmers protect livestock and poultry from disease. We have customers in over 175 countries and a global workforce of over 10,000 talented people.

So, what does that mean for you? We enrich the livelihoods of our employees with a positive and respectful work culture that embraces challenges and encourages learning and discovery.   At IDEXX, you will be supported by competitive compensation, incentives, and benefits while enjoying purposeful work that drives improvement. 

Let’s pursue what matters together.

IDEXX values a diverse workforce and workplace and strongly encourages women, people of colour, LGBT individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

IDEXX is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, colour, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.

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