Utility Maintenance Technician
About The Position
FITS is seeking a Maintenance Technician to support a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer. The role helps keep critical manufacturing and plant support equipment operating by troubleshooting failures, performing advanced maintenance, and supporting equipment startups. The technician may also operate and monitor complex plant support equipment and investigate complex issues. The position works with maintenance procedures, spare-parts inventory, operational logs, work orders, training, SOPs, job plans, validation documents, and applicable regulatory and client requirements. The stated shift is 5:00 PM–5:30 AM, according to business need.
Requirements
- Associate's degree, or a high school diploma/GED plus at least one year of maintenance or military experience.
- Confined Space certification.
- Project management skills.
- Bilingual in English and Spanish.
Nice To Haves
- Intermediate computer skills, including Excel, Word, and Adobe Acrobat.
- Ability to work constructively with peers and teams and seek outside resources when needed.
- Experience with utility plant operations or maintenance, process equipment or system maintenance, HVAC operations or maintenance, or fire systems.
- Central Utility Plant operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting experience.
- Knowledge of WFI stills, clean steam generators, purified water production units, water distribution systems, water softeners, emergency power systems, and UPS.
Responsibilities
- Execute advanced maintenance activities, or operate and monitor complex plant support equipment, and investigate complex issues or problems.
- Help maintain an up-to-date working spare-parts inventory system for assigned equipment and systems.
- Perform housekeeping activities, including keeping work areas clean and cleaning equipment.
- Complete operational logs, daily log files, and work-order documentation accurately.
- Provide detailed training to build the team's knowledge of maintenance, operations, and other plant areas.
- Complete work in accordance with CFRs, cGMPs, SOPs, job plans, and client policies.
- Maintain an up-to-date cGMP training book and support the development, revision, and review of SOPs and work plans for work-related areas.
- Evaluate maintenance procedures and assist with changes to optimize the maintenance program.
- Troubleshoot and repair equipment and system failures.
- May assign day-to-day work to other technicians, ensure work follows the plan or schedule, and work with the scheduler to resolve conflicts between the work schedule and operations.
- Interpret and review utility, process-system and equipment, plumbing, ductwork, architectural, and HVAC P&ID plans.
- Provide basic support and may start up new equipment to ensure it meets mechanical design specifications.
- Assist with developing and executing validation documents for mechanical equipment.
Benefits
- Opportunities to work on high-impact projects with one of Puerto Rico's top pharmaceutical manufacturers.
- Opportunities to grow a career across FITS' network of clients in pharma, biotech, and medical devices.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
