Maintenance Reliability Technician

Maintenance Reliability Technician

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in engineering field or 5+ years’ experience as an outstanding mechanic in pharmaceutical or similar manufacturing operations.
• Ability to quickly research and develop expertise on any equipment.
• Good knowledge and experience in facilities and utilities (compressed air, HVAC, purified water, etc.) and mechanical and electrical systems.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and to work flexible hours.
• Ability to coordinate multiple job effectives, and to handle detailed and broad range projects. Must be diligent and able to meet deadlines.
• Proficient Computer Skills: Presentation Tools, Scheduling Tools, Typing, Microsoft Office Tools.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for driving the Predictive Maintenance Strategy as defined in Maintenance Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
• Conduct Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) for Process Equipment and eliminate risk for unplanned equipment breakdowns by systematically eliminating risk in equipment PM plans.
• Develops and provides hands-on technical training for maintenance lead and mechanics on new and existing systems to assess and build technical knowledge within the maintenance organization.
• Perform systematic review of Corrective Work Orders for critical process equipment. Identify and correct gaps in the equipment preventive maintenance program and associated SOP and instructions.
• Works with Project Engineering, to ensure accurate spare parts selection, reliability, and maintainability of new and modified equipment installations.
• Works with the Lead Maintenance Technicians and the Project Engineers to make ongoing improvements to equipment and utilities.
• Participates in the final check out of new installations. This includes factory and site acceptance testing that will assure alignment with functional specifications.
• Systematically defines and develops improved preventive maintenance tasks including the effective utilization of predictive maintenance technologies.
• Maintenance lead for identifying critical spare parts for MRO for new equipment.
• Strategically works with process and project engineering to identify and eliminate OEE losses due to equipment downtime or unplanned failures.
• Supports the completion of preventive maintenance swiftly and follows preventive maintenance schedules.
• Responds to production needs, using good judgment, and makes the appropriate repairs.
• Ensure that work is detailed through maintenance work orders and change controls.
• Ensure that documents are completed appropriately and retained in the file.
• Ensure that all work is performed in a timely and cost-effective manner in compliance with codes, cGMP, and industry good practices.
• Immediately reports deviations related to product or equipment that could compromise product quality or safety. Maintains a safe work environment by following all Health & Safety policies and procedures; immediately reports potential unsafe conditions to supervision.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience as an outstanding mechanic in pharmaceutical or similar manufacturing operations.
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Training
• Predictive Maintenance
• Development of SOPs and Maintenance Plan aligning with applicable codes, cGMP, and industry good practices.
• Vibration Analysis, Ultrasonic Testing, Laser Alignment, Mechanical Thermography.