Senior Equipment Process Engineer- Downstream

Sanofi•Framingham, MA

3d•$100,500 - $145,167

About The Position

The Senior Equipment Process Engineer- Downstream is the technical owner for an assigned portfolio of manufacturing, utility, facility, or laboratory equipment. The role improves equipment safety, compliance, availability, and lifecycle performance through hands-on troubleshooting, effective maintenance strategies, equipment changes, technical documentation, and cross-functional leadership. The engineer owns equipment performance and lifecycle planning, supports mechanics and technicians with complex troubleshooting, develops complete maintenance work packages, optimizes preventive maintenance and spare-parts strategies, and leads equipment modifications and projects from requirements and design reviews through commissioning, qualification, turnover, and maintenance readiness. The role also leads equipment-specific quality actions and reliability improvements, coordinates vendors and internal stakeholders, and maintains accurate, traceable, inspection-ready technical records. The position is based in Framingham, Massachusetts. Sanofi describes itself as an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharmaceutical company focused on medicines and vaccines. The posted salary range is $100,500.00–$145,166.66; compensation is determined based on demonstrated experience.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, chemical, biomedical, or a related engineering discipline.
At least 3 years of engineering experience supporting manufacturing, facilities, utilities, laboratories, or complex process equipment in a regulated or high-reliability environment.
Demonstrated equipment troubleshooting capability using drawings, manuals, data, failure history, and structured root-cause methods.
Experience developing job plans, PM tasks, technical specifications, spare-parts recommendations, or maintenance strategies.
Experience supporting equipment modifications, commissioning, qualification, change control, deviations, or CAPAs.
Ability to work effectively in the field and communicate technical risk and recommendations to technical teams and leaders.

Nice To Haves

Experience in biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, medical-device, SUT, or other cGMP manufacturing.
Working knowledge of CMMS/EAM systems, equipment BOMs, work-order controls, and maintenance master data.
Knowledge of reliability methods, including criticality, FMEA, root cause analysis, condition monitoring, bad-actor elimination, and lifecycle planning.
Experience with P&IDs, electrical and mechanical drawings, instrumentation, controls interfaces, and OEM technical packages.
PE, CMRP/CRL, Lean/Six Sigma, project-management training, or related professional certification.

Responsibilities

Own equipment performance and lifecycle information, including asset health, design basis, operating limits, criticality, failure history, documentation, maintenance strategy, obsolescence risks, and improvement priorities.
Diagnose complex mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and control-interface issues and partner with mechanics and technicians through repair, testing, and return to service.
Develop and technically approve complete work packages covering scope, sequence, labor, parts, tools, permits, LOTO, acceptance criteria, post-maintenance testing, and restoration requirements.
Create risk-based preventive-maintenance strategies, equipment bills of materials, critical-spares lists, stocking recommendations, and obsolescence mitigation plans.
Define technical requirements and lead design reviews, vendor selection, FAT/SAT, commissioning, qualification, turnover, training, maintenance readiness, and documentation for equipment modifications and new equipment.
Lead equipment-specific change controls and CAPAs, provide timely deviation assessments, and ensure approved hardware changes are implemented, tested, documented, and effectively closed.
Use downtime, repeat work, deviations, maintenance findings, and condition data to eliminate bad actors and improve reliability, maintainability, safety, and compliance.
Develop technical scopes, assess vendor capability and performance, and collaborate with Operations, Quality, Validation, Metrology, HSE, Automation, Engineering, Procurement, Stores, and Finance.
Deliver technically complete, schedule-ready work packages and maintenance master data; risk-based PM programs; accurate equipment BOMs and critical-spares strategies; timely closure of quality and engineering actions; reduced repeat failures, emergency work, avoidable downtime, and obsolete-component exposure; maintenance readiness and technical turnover; and inspection-ready records.