Sr. Equipment Process Engineer- Downstream
About The Position
The Sr. 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, maintenance strategies, equipment changes, technical documentation, and cross-functional leadership. The engineer owns equipment performance and lifecycle health, supports field repairs and return to service, develops executable maintenance work packages, and optimizes preventive maintenance and spare-parts strategies. The role also leads equipment modifications and projects, technical quality actions, and reliability improvements, while coordinating vendors and stakeholders across multiple functions. The position is based in Framingham, Massachusetts. The listed salary range is $100,500.00–$145,166.66. Compensation is determined commensurate with demonstrated experience.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, chemical, biomedical, or a related engineering discipline, with at least 3 years of relevant engineering experience in manufacturing, facilities, utilities, laboratories, or complex process equipment in a regulated or high-reliability environment.
- Candidates without a bachelor's degree must have at least 8 years of relevant experience in 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, preventive-maintenance 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 and avoidable downtime; maintenance readiness and technical turnover; and traceable, inspection-ready technical records.
Benefits
- Health and wellbeing benefits, including high-quality healthcare and prevention and wellness programs.
- At least 14 weeks' gender-neutral parental leave.
- Rewards package recognizing employees' contributions and impact.
- Opportunities for career growth through promotion or lateral moves, at home or internationally.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
