Senior Maintenance & Utilities Technician

Primary Duties:

• Provide a brief summary describing the major role, responsibility and purpose of the job.
• Summarize key areas of accountability and budget responsibility, if applicable
• Responsible for efficient and reliable operations of the process and utility systems and equipment within his/her area of responsibility.
• Cover assigned shift as required and be available for rotational assignment as needed
• Monitor contractors on assigned shift to ensure compliance with procedures and policies
• Maintains cross boundary relationships with supervisors and leads to insure consistent effective plant communication and equipment readiness.
• Insures efficient communication and transfer of critical information to other maintenance personal and impacted groups during shift pass down or as solicited.
• Ensures quality of work, provides in-house expertise.
• Coordinates release and acceptance of Plant equipment and systems according to current maintenance procedures and practices.
• Monitors the operation of critical building systems, documents operational conditions and responds to abnormal conditions or alarming by coordinating and documenting appropriate corrective follow up measures.
• Supports or performs planned or corrective maintenance on critical utility and process systems.

Job Function and Description:

• Support 24/7 Plant operations, perform daily logs, alarm reports, building inspections, perform operations-based preventative maintenance, document work performed accurately and compliantly in GMP records
• Responsible for the operational readiness of the plant working closely with peers and ensuring deficiencies are resolved timely and with finality.
• Support calibration, maintenance, engineering, and repair activities within ensuring that work is performed in accordance with established procedures
• Evaluates equipment performance and recommends improvements to Maintenance Program and System Design
• Ensure a safe work environment is maintained through adherence to safety guidelines and policies

Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Demonstrated abilities and/or evidence of training in repair, operations, and troubleshooting of electromechanical process equipment and utility systems
• Experience with control systems, SCADA and Client systems preferred but not required.
• Relevant experience in Bio-Pharmaceutical, petrochemical and/or packaging industries

Key Skills, Abilities, and Competencies:

• Describe critical skill and abilities needed to successfully perform the job, which should be Good Communication skills and ability to provide training as supervision to contractors
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Good working knowledge of plant facilities and process equipment/systems
• Competency in maintaining and reviewing facilities related cGMP documentation representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Complexity and Problem Solving:

• Describe the decisions made by the incumbents on a regular basis. Include decisions within the Incumbent s authority to make as well as those decisions that must be referred to a higher level
• Performs troubleshooting of critical facility and process equipment.
• Makes decisions on operations and maintenance of critical Plant equipment and systems.
• Ability to handle emergencies on process equipment with minimal or no supervision.
• Makes recommendations to maintenance management on equipment performance and design improvements Internal and External Contacts
• List contacts this job advises, consults, or coordinates with on a regular basis. Describe to whom the job is accountable. Indicate each Contact category (Internal, Vendor, Customer, or Other) and provide examples.