Utilities Engineer

Sanofi • Framingham, MA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Utilities Engineer serves as the technical owner and subject-matter expert for critical utility and facility systems supporting the MA BioCampus. Systems may include HVAC, high-purity water, clean and plant steam, compressed air and gases, chilled and heating water, building automation interfaces, and related campus infrastructure. Working with limited supervision, the engineer ensures assigned systems remain safe, compliant, reliable, capable, and in a validated state of control.

The role supports manufacturing operations, maintenance, investigations, capital projects, shutdowns, commissioning, qualification, and regulatory inspections. It includes responsibility for system performance, reliability, compliance, lifecycle strategy, troubleshooting, technical assessments, project delivery, and maintenance and contingency planning. The position also identifies opportunities to improve reliability, energy efficiency, water consumption, sustainability, and lifecycle cost, and manages technical vendors while guiding and mentoring engineers and technical personnel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, chemical, electrical, environmental, or a related engineering discipline.
• At least 3 years of engineering experience supporting utility, facility, manufacturing, or process systems.
• Experience working in a regulated environment with knowledge of cGMP, OSHA, environmental, and engineering requirements.
• Demonstrated expertise in one or more utility areas, such as HVAC, high-purity water, clean steam, compressed gases, plant steam, chilled water, or heating water.
• Experience with engineering calculations, equipment sizing, troubleshooting, design reviews, project execution, and equipment lifecycle management.
• Working knowledge of deviations, CAPAs, change control, commissioning, qualification, and maintenance strategies.
• Strong problem-solving, technical-writing, project-management, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Ability to access manufacturing, controlled, mechanical, utility, roof, and interstitial areas in accordance with safety and gowning requirements.
• Availability to support a 24/7 manufacturing operation, including planned shutdowns, outages, start-ups, emergencies, and restoration activities as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Three to five or more years supporting pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, or similarly regulated manufacturing.
• Experience with campus utilities, classified-space HVAC, high-purity water and steam, energy management, or business-continuity planning.
• Familiarity with BMS, EMS, DCS/PLC interfaces, CMMS, data historians, and engineering drawing systems.
• Knowledge of applicable ASME, NFPA, OSHA, EPA, ISPE, ASHRAE, and Good Engineering Practice standards.
• Professional Engineer, Certified Energy Manager, PMP, Lean Six Sigma, or comparable certification.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical performance, capacity, reliability, compliance, and lifecycle strategy for assigned utility systems.
• Monitor system performance, alarms, trends, sampling results, energy consumption, maintenance history, and emerging risks.
• Lead complex troubleshooting and provide evidence-based assessments for failures, excursions, deviations, recurring alarms, and manufacturing interruptions.
• Perform or review engineering calculations, equipment sizing, capacity evaluations, design reviews, and technical risk assessments.
• Define maintenance requirements, acceptance criteria, post-maintenance testing, condition-monitoring activities, and critical-spare strategies.
• Develop lifecycle plans and recommendations addressing equipment condition, obsolescence, redundancy, vendor support, and business-continuity risks.
• Lead or support utility projects and modifications from requirements and design through implementation, testing, qualification, and turnover.
• Own or support deviations, CAPAs, change controls, investigations, and effectiveness checks.
• Maintain accurate, current, inspection-ready drawings, specifications, calculations, system descriptions, and lifecycle records.
• Support planned shutdowns, utility outages, start-ups, emergency response, restoration, and system return-to-service.
• Identify opportunities to improve system reliability, energy efficiency, water consumption, sustainability, and lifecycle cost.
• Manage technical vendors and provide guidance and mentoring to engineers and technical personnel.

Benefits

• Health and wellbeing benefits, including high-quality healthcare and prevention and wellness programs.
• At least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
• A rewards package that recognizes employee contributions.
• Employees may be eligible to participate in company employee benefit programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level