Associate Mechanical Engineer

TekWissen LLC

Vacaville, CA

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$30–$36
SKILLS
Agriculture, Autoclave, Biology, Biotech and Pharmaceutical, Centrifuge, Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), Cross-Functional, Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP), Customer Support/Service, Disease, Diversity, Documentation, Driver's License, Equipment Maintenance/Repair, Equipment Validation, Gene Therapy, High School Diploma, Identify Issues, Instrumentation, Laboratory Management, Lift/Move 50 Pounds, Maintain Compliance, Maintenance Services, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance, Manufacturing Management, Manufacturing/Industrial Processes, Material Science, Materials Management, Mechanical Assembly, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Maintenance, Medical Products, Mentoring, Microsoft Office, Nutrition, Organizational Skills, Personal Care, Piping, Preventative Maintenance, Problem Solving Skills, Pumps, Quality Control, Safety Standards, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Support Documentation, System Start-Up, Time Management, Workforce Management
LOCATION
Vacaville, CA
POSTED
3 days ago
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is a leading biotechnology company that combines technological insight with world-class manufacturing, scientific expertise, and process excellence and helps their customers to deliver new and innovative medicines that help treat a wide range of diseases. Our client specializes in pharmaceutical ingredients, Bioscience, Biopharmaceuticals, Custom manufacturing, Biotechnology, Life science ingredients, Nutrition, Microbial Control, Agriculture, Materials Science, Personal Care, and cell and gene therapy.
Job Title: Associate Mechanical Engineer
Location: Vacaville, CA, 95688
Duration: 12 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite

Summary

The Process Mechanic is responsible for maximizing equipment availability by performing preventive and corrective maintenance, repairs, and troubleshooting in a safe and compliant manufacturing environment. This role supports 24/7 maintenance operations across manufacturing, materials management, quality control laboratories, and utility systems while ensuring compliance with cGMP, SOPs, and safety standards.

Responsibilities

  • Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on manufacturing equipment to maximize equipment availability.
  • Repair and maintain valves, centrifuges, pumps, autoclaves, washers, tanks, and associated piping.
  • Rebuild pumps, valves, bearing assemblies, and mechanical seals.
  • Follow cGMP, SOPs, manufacturing documentation, and Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures.
  • Conduct safety inspections of rigging and fall protection equipment.
  • Perform confined space entry and work safely at heights when required.
  • Complete maintenance work orders and documentation accurately to support Right-First-Time operations.
  • Read and interpret Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs).
  • Review and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as needed.
  • Collect and organize technical information from equipment manufacturers, engineering teams, and equipment users.
  • Collaborate with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Technology, and other departments to ensure reliable equipment performance.
  • Escalate equipment and process issues to ensure timely resolution.
  • Assist with equipment startup, validation activities, and spare parts management.
  • Train and mentor other maintenance mechanics.
  • Utilize CMMS, corporate applications, and Microsoft Office tools to support maintenance activities.
Required Skills
  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • 5 6 years of industrial process maintenance experience.
  • Strong knowledge of industrial equipment maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair.
  • Experience with pumps, valves, centrifuges, autoclaves, washers, tanks, piping systems, and mechanical seals.
  • Ability to read and interpret P&IDs.
  • Working knowledge of cGMP, SOPs, and Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures.
  • Experience using CMMS and Microsoft Office applications.
  • Strong documentation, problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
  • Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional manufacturing environment.
  • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs with reasonable accommodation.
  • Valid driver's license.
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

About the Company

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TekWissen LLC

WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE

TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.

To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.

Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.

It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.

Capabilities and accomplishments in one TekWissen business enhance the opportunity for success in the others. Put simply, TekWissen's unique combination of attributes promotes success.



COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
2009
WEBSITE
http://www.tekwissen.com/