Maintenance Technician - Vaccines

Job title: Maintenance Technician - Vaccines

Location: Swiftwater, PA

**Position will be Offshift (2nd or 3rd shift)

**Training could be be on 1st shift*

About the Job

We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families. Your job, as a Maintenance Technician - Vaccines within our Engineering & Maintenance, will have the potential to transform the practice of medicine, turning the impossible into possible for millions of people.

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for supporting the design, installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of Recombinant Manufacturing (RMF) equipment to maintain a quality Class A environment in GMP facilities at the Swiftwater site. This position reports to and supports the area team Maintenance Manager or Deputy Director who is ultimately responsible for the efficient, effective, and reliable operation of all equipment in their area.

The Maintenance Technician will have interactions with all levels of the organization including HSE, Industrial Operations, Engineering, contractors, R&D, Mtech, and various other support groups. 

We are an innovative global healthcare company that helps the world stay ahead of infectious diseases by delivering more than 500 million vaccine doses a year. Across different countries, our talented teams are exploring new technologies to protect people and promote healthy communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.

Main Responsibilities:

• Troubleshoot equipment failures, determine root cause, repair/replace site wide equipment

• Preventive/Predictive Maintenance - Daily checks of GMP and non GMP equipment at the site

• Assist and support other maintenance technicians performing preventive maintenance and /or repairs of site wide equipment

• Completion of work orders and time entries into the SAP system

• Completion of all assigned training modules, SOP’s, SWI’s, safety, and compliance requirements in the ISO train system

• Responsible for maintaining a safe work environment

• Train and mentor Associate Maintenance Technicians

• All other duties as assigned

CONTEXT OF THE JOB/MAJOR CHALLENGES:

• The Maintenance Technician is a member of the Recombinant Manufacturing (RMF) maintenance team that supports GMP and/or non GMP areas at the Swiftwater site.

• The ability to multitask, troubleshoots, evaluate and repair site wide equipment is critical to the success of this role and the maintenance department. This position requires the technician to work on intricate and site-specific equipment and systems.  The equipment and systems include both GMP and non GMP areas.

• The 7/24 GMP production environment requires maintenance technicians to work up to 25% overtime with short notice and working various shifts depending on business needs and production cycles.

• The Maintenance Technician interfaces closely with the customer to provide reliable, safe, and efficient equipment operation and uptime.

DIMENSIONS/SCOPE:

• The Maintenance Technician can influence and impact the Technical Services maintenance and contractor spending budgets with the recommendations and decisions that are made to repair and/or replace faulty equipment.

• The Maintenance Technician also can influence and impact the productivity and efficiency of manufacturing operations and other site support functions with the recommendations and decisions that are made to repair and/or replace equipment or facilities.

• The work performed by the Maintenance Technician and documentation of this work has a direct impact on the manufacturing operations and quality results of the site.

About You

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• The Maintenance Technician is expected to have a High School Diploma with 3-5 years of experience and a working knowledge of industrial and/or process equipment.

Preferred candidate:

• Preventive maintenance and repairs on production equipment and clean utilities.

• Experience work