What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering and Maintenance Technician IV position at Lantheus?
Description
Lantheus is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts with a state-of-the-art radioactive and non-radioactive manufacturing campus in North Billerica, MA. For more than 60 years, Lantheus has been instrumental in pioneering the field of medical imaging and has helped physicians enhance patient care with its broad product portfolio.
Lantheus is an entrepreneurial, agile, growing organization that provides innovative diagnostics, targeted therapeutics, and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that empower clinicians to find, fight and follow disease. At Lantheus our purpose and values guide our behaviors in all interactions and play a vital role in creating a dynamic environment that contributes to our success. Every employee is crucial to our success; we respect one another and act as one knowing that someone's health is in our hands. We believe in helping people be their best and are seeking to bring together a diverse group of individuals with different viewpoints and skill sets to be a part of a productive and inclusive team.
Job Summary
This role will report to the Associate Director of Manufacturing Technical Services within the Manufacturing Engineering organization to provide in-person high-level technical support to manufacturing to ensure product manufacturing schedules are met. Major systems in scope include Vial Filling, Inspection, and Labeling, support systems such as CIP and SIP systems, Parts Washers, Autoclaves and clean utilities such as clean compressed air, vacuum skids, RO and WFI water systems, and Clean Steam. The primary focus of this lead technical role will be support of the Isolated Vial Filling line and providing in person support on 2nd shift during manufacturing campaigns (20 runs per year, typically M-W 1800 - 0600 and R 1800 - 2200).
Key Responsibilities / Essential Functions
- Possesses all process understanding and troubleshooting skills associated with Engineering & Maintenance Technician III in addition to the following area specific responsibilities.
- Acts as liaison for Process Support in the support, development and implementation of capital projects within the manufacturing environment through technical input and resource management.
- Manages / Supports all non-capital based projects designated to the Process Support Team ensuring effective scope development, planning, implementation and close-out.
- Continuously monitors manufacturing processes with the focus on sustainability and reliability. Escalates high risk equipment related concerns to the appropriate action plans.
- Partners with Product Support, Process Engineering and Validation to maintain cross functional working relationships and to maintain a pulse on operations as it pertains to product and customer impact resulting from equipment performance.
- Writes, reviews, and updates job plans, preventive maintenance tasks and procedures. Initiates maintenance procedure development and implementation, updates standard operating procedures as needed.
- Provides emergency response to all production related events within the realm of responsibility for Process Support that cannot be resolved through on call responders.
- Is heavily involved with the production support team focused on line balancing, lean manufacturing and making necessary equipment / design improvements to eliminate downtime and yield loss
- Capitalizes on personal emergency response events as a development tool and applies a lesson learned type approach.
- Demonstrates subject matter expert level knowledge of manufacturing processes and equipment and is capable of leveraging these traits to support the development of other team members.
- Provides direct technical support to manufacturing processes in a JIT environment taking necessary actions to fully support manufacturing schedules, meet product delivery goals and ensure product compliance.
- Proactively monitors systems performance through application of process performance tools (SIC, Metrics etc.), Identifies opportunity for improvements in reliability, repeatability and efficiency. Effectively communicates and applies improvements with full compliance to MA DPS, OSHA, cGMP, FDA and NRC regulations utilizing standard practices / procedures for documenting changes and testing.
- Actively promotes safety rules and awareness. Demonstrates good safety practices at all times including the appropriate use of protective equipment. Reports and takes initiative to correct safety and environmental hazards.
- Actively demonstrates the Lantheus values of accountability, collaboration, customer service, efficiency, quality, and safety.
- Demonstrates excellent attention to detail, organizational skills, and rigorous process discipline
Basic Qualifications
15 years related experience in a highly regulated manufacturing environment. Equivalent work or military experience will be considered in lieu of formal education.
Other Requirements
Lantheus is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Lantheus is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Lantheus will make reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.
Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and / or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the Lantheus Talent Acquisition team at talentacquisition@lantheus.com.