Job Description

Job Purpose:

Utilities Maintenance Technicians are to ensure the reliable, efficient, and compliant operations of critical utility systems that support manufacturing. Maintain GMP and non-GMP equipment by preforming preventive maintenance, and repairs on equipment such as:

• HVAC and cleanroom environmental controls.
• Purified Water (PW), Water for Injection (WFI), and Pure Steam systems.
• Boilers, chillers, air compressors, and refrigeration units.
• Process gases (nitrogen, compressed air) and waste systems.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for higher level troubleshooting, repairing, maintaining and directing the installation of all plant utility equipment.
• Assists with additional work duties or responsibilities as evident or required.
• Performs other duties as assigned or apparent.
• Maintain all plant utilities equipment including HVAC, boilers, steam generators, multi-effect still, air compressors, dryers, nitrogen generators, chillers, water pre-treatment, clean room balancing, and other equipment as evident or required.
• Perform scheduled Upper-Level maintenance.
• Troubleshoot and perform on demand maintenance.
• Review and evaluate equipment data.
• Ensuring procedures are followed when performing maintenance.
• Back-up and assist all other Utility Maintenance personnel.
• Daily plant walkthroughs to ensure problems are caught before production demands are jeopardized.
• Ability to follow cGMP’s and good documentation practices.

Supplemental Functions:

• Copying, filing, and scanning of documents.
• Performs other similar duties as required.

Job Specifications and Qualifications:

Knowledge & Skills:

• The ability to take strategic objectives and accept accountability to drive results through effective actions.
• The ability and willingness to change direction and focus to meet shifting organizational and business demands.
• The ability to effectively manage one self, demonstrates integrity, be productive under pressure, and achieve development goals.
• The ability to create new products and processes that add value to the Business by generating new ideas and applying creative and analytical approaches.
• Must speak, write, and read English.
• Specific expertise, skills and knowledge within maintenance gained through education and experience.
• Rotating shift work may be required. Shift assignment may be adjusted as needed.
• Salary range: Based on experience
• Must pass a Drug Test.

Education/Experience:

• Engineering degree or 8-10+ years equivalent experience
• Prior electrical/electronic/controls and/or mechanical/vibration analysis experience
• Knowledge of the Pharmaceutical Industry preferred

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements:

• Position requires lifting (up to 50lbs), bending, climbing, reaching, good vision, standing, sitting, walking, gripping, talking, and hearing.
• Incumbents required to wear safety glasses, hearing protection and other non-specified protective equipment as necessary
• Incumbents are exposed to the following environmental factors: heat, cold, and water.