Process Maintenance Technician

Job Description

The world’s most revolutionary biopharma companies are partnering with Agilent Technologies to advance the next frontier of medicine. Agilent continues to invest in capacity and expansion of its Colorado operations. Join our team of professionals dedicated to the development and commercialization of nucleic acid therapeutics for life changing, lifesaving medicines.

Join a growing team with this exciting new opportunity for a Process Maintenance Technician in our Engineering Maintenance group at our Frederick, Colorado GMP facility. Work in our dynamic, fast paced, API-Biopharma manufacturing environment with the ability to contribute to the growing industry of oligonucleotide (DNA-RNA) based therapeutics.  This role will support the ongoing construction and startup of the large capital expansion project.  After the project is completed and the new site is producing the role will transition into an ongoing support role.

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

Responsible for performing a variety of technical support duties in GMP manufacturing, utility, and laboratory areas. Duties may be related to installation, maintenance, repair, troubleshooting, and support of manufacturing equipment, technical support of production processes, technical analyses and problem-solving.

Coordination of process maintenance activities including PMs, emergency repairs, spare parts, and electronic asset management system.

Support of GMP activities including authoring / reviewing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Change Controls (CCs), Deviations (DEVs), and Corrective and Preventative Action plans (CAPAs).

Support of industrial control systems such as PLCs, SCADA, and BAS.

A successful person in this position will:

Support multi-discipline manufacturing processes with respect to the repair, maintenance, installation and/or enhancement of machinery and equipment or interrelated systems.

Evaluate, inspect, repair and maintain manufacturing equipment.

Communicate effectively and keep employees updated regarding the status of repairs and work orders (scheduled and un-scheduled).

Have familiarity working in regulated environments (GMP pharmaceutical manufacturing).

Have familiarity working with industrial chemical systems and processes.

Document each maintenance activity accurately and in a compliant manner within the service database (Regulatory Asset Manager).

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is often required to stand; walk; use hands to grasp or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. May require to lift and or move up to 50 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee could be exposed to chemical fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; outside weather conditions; and high voltage electrical systems. The noise level in the work environment can vary.

You may be required to work after regular business hours and/or on weekends and Holidays to support various shifts

Qualifications

• Requires Associate degree and/or higher education, specialized training/ certification, or equivalent combination of education and experience

• 6+ years relevant experience as a maintenance technician in a manufacturing environment

• Ability to perform maintenance and repairs on fluid handling and thermal control equipment (pumps, agitators, automated valves, piping systems, instruments, and temperature control module skids).

• Ability to perform electrical maintenance and troubleshooting on process and mechanical systems.

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as operating and maintenance instructions, Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), electrical and controls schematics, site drawings, equipment manuals, and safety procedures.

• Demonstrated communication skills, including verbal and written communication, in contact with vendors, internal customers, and employees

• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Documentation Practices (GDP)

• Knowledge of OSHA (Process Safety Management/PSM), local safety guidelines, lock-out tag-out, and hot work permits

• Experience with Blue Mountain Regulatory Asset Manager (RAM), Computerized Maintenance Management Software or equivalent will be helpful (Maxim