Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician (2nd shift) – Clinical Supply/Packaging Machine & Equipment Support

Position Summary:

Catalent, Inc. is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) whose mission is to develop, manufacture, and supply products that help people live better and healthier lives. Catalent is dedicated to delivering unparalleled service to pharma, biotech, and consumer health customers, supporting product development, launch, and full life-cycle supply. With time-tested experience in development sciences, delivery technologies, and multi-modality manufacturing, Catalent supports the acceleration of development programs and the launch of more than a hundred new products every year. Powered by thousands of scientists and technicians and the latest technology platforms at more than 40 global sites, Catalent supplies billions of doses of life-enhancing and life-saving treatments for patients annually.

Catalent’s Kansas City facility is home to our Oral & Specialty Drug Delivery, Biologics Analytical Services and Clinical Supply Services businesses. The site provides a range of integrated services for oral solid dosage forms, from formulation development and analytical testing to clinical and commercial-scale manufacturing.  The Kansas City facility is a Center-of-Excellence for our Biologics Analytical Services business. Our talented team has over 25 years of experience providing analytical services for stand-alone and integrated biologics projects.

Catalent Pharma Solutions in Kansas City, MO is hiring a Maintenance Technician. The Kansas City Clinical Supply Maintenance Technician provides maintenance and technical support for service and repair of packaging equipment in the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) packaging rooms in building P on our campus. You will support packaging operations by providing quality, compliant and timely equipment service to prevent excessive down-time and ensure optimum equipment operation. As a Maintenance Technician, you will provide technical assistance to operators on a daily basis.

This is a full-time hourly position on-site: Monday – Friday, 2:30pm-11pm (2nd shift). Occasional overtime as needed to meet production needs.

Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer, and Catalent employee. 

The Role:

• Communicate with business line leaders providing data to develop priorities for maintenance repairs
• Provide support for validation, calibration and preventative maintenance of all GMP equipment and systems
• Diagnose and repair of all electronic, pneumatic and control system problems on GMP equipment. Diagnose, repair, and perform preventative maintenance on manufacturing/packaging equipment
• Perform preventative maintenance tasks on GMP and non-GMP equipment. Respond to all non-routine maintenance calls including “on-call” scenarios for off-shift production
• Execute equipment-related work orders in support of Operations. Manage and order equipment spare parts inventory. Troubleshoot problems during equipment set-up/change-over
• Provide technical support to equipment operators to prevent unsafe operations of equipment and to prevent unnecessary damage to equipment
• Source or fabricate small tools and/or modifications to equipment. Assist in design and implementation of engineering controls. Assist process engineers as needed
• All other duties as assigned

The Candidate:

• High School Diploma/GED or vocational/trade school degree required
• Must have two or more years of previous manufacturing equipment maintenance experience or equivalent demonstrated knowledge and experience
• Past experience with service and repair of electrical and mechanical equipment/systems is required
• Basic computer skills required – including but not limited to e-mail, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Internet Explorer, and Inventory Systems
• Must have basic mathematical skills and ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with external vendors as necessary
• Understanding of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) systems
• Physical requirements: stand, walk, sit, use hands to manipulate, and reach with hands and arms for up to 8 hours per day. Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reading of written documents and use of computer monitor screen. Able to work with re