Senior Facilities Technician

Repligen Corporation•Marlborough, MA

About The Position

The Senior Facilities Technician performs highly diversified work to install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain production and facility equipment safely. The role supports equipment start-up, preventive maintenance, equipment changeovers, building repairs, and routine facility maintenance. It assists the manager and oversees the maintenance team, leads projects, schedules repairs and maintenance around manufacturing needs, and helps with scheduling time and labor. The technician also updates and creates drawings or charts and leads the team during preventive maintenance, projects, rollouts, and procedure changes. The position performs routine and emergency maintenance on production, utility, and facility equipment; diagnoses faults; repairs or replaces parts; tests and adjusts equipment; and returns equipment to safe operating condition. Duties include equipment rounds, basic machinist work, machinery setup, and mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, plumbing, calibration, troubleshooting, and repair tasks. The technician manages hazardous waste, reads manuals, drawings, work orders, and P&IDs, keeps logs, assembles components and systems, oversees outside vendors and contractors, and supports shutdowns and cross-functional projects. The role also provides subject matter expertise on critical spare parts, communicates downtime, supports continuous improvement in SOPs, work instructions, GMP, safety, and machine operations, and may redline SOPs and develop equipment descriptions and operating procedures. The technician is accountable for site wellbeing, including utilities, general work areas, and customer needs, and is expected to maintain a safe, clean, compliant work environment and effective working relationships. The role requires participation in an on-call rotation and obtaining at least a Massachusetts Level 1 Wastewater Operators License within the first year of employment. The stated estimated hourly pay range is $36.00 to $48.00. Employees may participate in a variable cash program, and eligible roles may receive equity. Benefits include paid time off, health, dental, and vision coverage, retirement benefits, and flexible spending accounts.

Requirements

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent completion of a craft apprenticeship.
Seven or more years of advanced mechanical, steam generator, electrical, plumbing, building, or HVAC system repair experience, or related experience.
Experience in industrial manufacturing with hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical equipment and PLC/electronically controlled equipment.
CAD experience.
Management skills and leadership ability.
Ability to read and follow P&IDs.
Ability to participate in an on-call rotation.
Ability to obtain a minimum Massachusetts Level 1 Wastewater Operators License within the first year of employment.
Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Ability to meet the described physical requirements, including standing, walking, using hands, communicating, sitting, reaching, and stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling; peripheral vision and depth perception are also required.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of 5S/6S techniques.
Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing skills.

Responsibilities

Install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain production and facility equipment in accordance with safety requirements.
Start up equipment, perform preventive maintenance and changeovers, and complete building repairs and routine facility maintenance.
Assist the manager and oversee the maintenance team; lead the team during routine preventive maintenance, projects, rollouts, and procedure changes.
Lead projects and schedule repairs and maintenance to meet the manufacturing schedule; assist with time-and-labor scheduling.
Update and create drawings or charts and contribute to the site matrix.
Perform routine and emergency maintenance on production, utility, and facility equipment; diagnose problems, repair or replace parts, test and adjust equipment, and restore safe operation.
Conduct routine rounds to monitor equipment and facilities and detect faulty operations or equipment.
Perform basic machinist duties and set up machinery and equipment according to specifications or directions.
Perform mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, plumbing, calibration, troubleshooting, and production-equipment repair work.
Manage hazardous waste throughout the facility.
Read and interpret equipment manuals, drawings, work orders, and P&IDs; perform service work and maintain logs.
Assemble new or modified components, assemblies, and systems.
Oversee projects, repairs, and services performed by outside vendors or contractors.
Comply with safety regulations and support cross-functional teams and projects as required.
Provide subject matter expertise for critical spare-parts assessments.
Support shutdowns when needed.
Maintain a safe, clean work environment and comply with policies and procedures.
Establish effective relationships with employees and take responsibility for completing work on schedule.
Escalate and communicate downtime to system and area owners.
Drive continuous improvement related to SOPs, work instructions, GMP, safety, and machine operations.
Redline SOPs and develop equipment descriptions and operating procedures.
Take ownership of site wellbeing, including utilities, general work areas, and customer needs.
Perform other duties as needed by the Supervisor or Manager.
Participate in an on-call rotation.
Obtain a minimum Massachusetts Level 1 Wastewater Operators License within the first year of employment.