Maintenance Technician

Job Title: Maintenance Reliability Technician

Location: Columbus, OH

Job Type: Full-Time

 

About Us:

As a developer, manufacturer, and supplier of essential medicines, Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and its affiliates’ mission is to bring Better Health. Within Reach. Every Day.® for millions of patients around the world.  We are a trusted, reliable partner and dependable source of over 750 high-quality generic, specialty and branded pharmaceutical products that hospitals, physicians and pharmacists need to treat their patients across North America, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.  Through our 32 manufacturing plants, eight R&D centers, and 8,500+ employees worldwide, we are always hard at work creating high-quality medicines and making them accessible to the people who need them.

 

Description:

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds.  We are seeking a talented and motivated MRT to join our team.

In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining manufacturing, packaging, and/or site facility equipment by troubleshooting, adjusting, repairing, rebuilding, and replacing components to ensure equipment performance is reliable.  Performs analysis of failures with support of other experienced MRT's, Team Lead, Engineer and/or Optimizer.  Perform preventive, corrective, or emergency work orders and respond to service calls while the plant is in operation, which may include off-shift periods and weekends.

Manufacturing equipment includes (but not limited to) equipment such as Fluid Bed Dryers, Granulators, Tumblers, Compactors, Tablet Presses, Encapsulators, Tanks, Pumps, Valves, Isolators, and various other process equipment.

Packaging equipment includes (but not limited to) equipment such as Bottle Blower/Erectors, Tablet/Capsule Fillers, Liquid Fillers, Thermoformers, Water Chillers, Cartoner, Sealers, Checkweighers, Labelers, Printers, and various other process equipment.

Site facility equipment includes (but not limited to) HVAC, building automation, chilled water systems, boiler systems, water purification systems, compressed air systems, or plumbing systems.

Responsibilities

• Provides experienced service and technical expertise by maintaining manufacturing, packaging and/or site facility equipment.  Completes predictive, preventive, and reactive work in support of reliable and efficient equipment.
• Experienced service includes troubleshooting and repairs to various equipment that require some decision making to determine business impact including prioritizing, cost-consciousness, and lead time. 
• Supports continuous improvement by completing work on time, identifying potential issues and execute improvements, and driving to improve work processes and procedures relative to manufacturing, packaging and/or site facility equipment.
• Monitors the manufacturing, packaging, and/or site facility areas and related equipment to identify problems or opportunities and identify root cause and remediation of failures either independently or with support of others for repairs or process improvements to efficiency and/or reliability of manufacturing, packaging, and/or site facility equipment.
• Communicates regularly with other MRT's, Team Lead, Coach and customers regarding the state of the equipment, status of work, known problems, and improvement initiatives.
• Maintains and ensures documentation, both written and electronic, is accurate, complete and factual as required by policies, procedures, and regulatory guidelines.  Documents activities supporting maintenance best practices to ensure that continuous improvement activities have adequate and reliable data for analysis.  Partners in the periodic development, review and modification of preventative maintenance, work instructions or other related procedures and methods, based on detailed specifications, drawings, and other technical requirements.
• Works with Optimizers and Engineers on projects and improvement initiatives to ensure equipment meets site standards, this may include support for Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) or Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) and related travel. Execute test protocols in support of the qualification of new and existing equipment.  Reviews project designs and make