What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Technician - Days, Nights, Weekends position at Exela Pharma Sciences?
Position Summary:
The Maintenance Technician maintains production and quality by ensuring operation of production machinery and mechanical equipment.
Job Responsibilities:
- Independently performs repair/maintenance of GMP utilities and GMP production equipment, while following standard operating procedures
- Adhere to preventative maintenance schedules, performing the work within manufacturing or production schedules
- Update spare parts inventories as needed
- Follow all procedures and applicable guidelines
- Support technical, engineering, and manufacturing. Meet customer needs in support of business goals
- Document all PM and repair tasks by ensuring that entries are legible and document any excursions from written procedures or any abnormalities utilizing the appropriate reporting systems
- Comply with aseptic processing requirements
- Minimize active batch downtime
- Assist with product changeovers, set-ups, and start-up activities
- Maintain pharmaceutical processing equipment
- Perform PM activities
- Maintain maintenance records
- Comply with environmental health and safety requirements
- Maintain maintenance communications
- Train others in mechanical maintenance
- Perform other duties as assigned
Required Skills:
- Ability to read and understand wiring diagrams and P&ID
- Basic understanding of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and other systems
- Knowledge of lock out tag out procedures
- Must have a solid understanding of CGMP
- Good computer skills required.
- Attention to detail
- Must be flexible to work multiple shifts (Day, Swing, Nights) including weekends.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs without assistance.
Education and Experience Requirements:
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Trade School or Associates degree preferred
- Knowledge and experience with programmable logic controllers and/or Distributed Control Systems is desirable.
- Trade certification in Industrial Electrical, Refrigeration, Boiler operator, welding, or other pertinent craft is desirable.
- Knowledge and experience with pharmaceutical filling operations, desirable
- Desired familiarity with particle measuring systems (PMS), air monitoring systems, pneumatic and hydraulic systems, vacuum systems, and peristaltic pumps, etc.
