Manager, Facilities

Twist Bioscience is looking for Facilities Manager; you will be responsible for management of Twist's facilities in the Wilsonville, Oregon, as well as provide support for Twist Facilities in other locations worldwide. This includes maintaining and supporting CGMP and ISO certified production facilities.

What You'll be Doing

• Responsible for the management of an assigned Twist facility.


• Hire, lead, coach, performance manage, develop and discipline members of the Facilities team, including Supervisors and Sr Supervisors.


• Primary point of contact for all facilities related issues in the assigned location.  Acting as liaison to property management, contractors, and Twist personnel.  


• Along with the EH&S Specialist, champion safety within the site, assists with the annual OSHA 300 report and influence all managers to maintain safe working conditions in labs and common spaces. 


• Monitor and maintain building functions, including lighting, HVAC, backup power, life safety, and all other building support functions, working closely with outside facilities engineers as necessary. 


• Manage vendor services at local facility and inspect/audit facility for cleanliness and proper 5S efforts.  


• Work with Supply Chain to manage moves, offsite storage and other logistics functions. 


• Work closely and cooperatively with Engineering and Operations Departments to maintain and PM all lab support hardware; for example, vacuum, clean dry air, and UPS


• Interface with Federal, State, County, and City agencies as required for ongoing operations. 


• Oversee facility planning, design, and execution, including reconfiguration and expansion.


• Follow regulatory and ISO 13485 requirements.

What You'll Bring to the Team

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience in similar function.


• 7+ years of facilities management experience. 


• EH&S management experience. 


• Prior experience in Biotech, ideally with GMP and ISO experience. 


• Demonstrated success in maintaining similar size and function facilities(approximately 80,000+ square feet, 50% lab, 50% office), including build-outs, moves, renovations, and reconfigurations. 


• Capability to communicate with all levels of employees and outside vendors and contractors. 


• Demonstrated strong collaborative skills. 


• Strong oral, writing and interpersonal communication skills. 


• Well organized and stays on schedule, able to function under pressure in a rapidly changing environment, emphasis on quality. 


• Experience with tools and simple mechanical, plumbing and electrical work.


• Able to supervise trades as necessary. 


• Able to lift and move up to 70 lbs. 


• Ideally forklift certified and experienced working with rigging companies to move heavy, expensive, and delicate equipment safely. 


• Experience maintaining autoclaves, laboratory dishwashers, DI systems,CDA, vacuum and other laboratory systems.