Technician I - Facilities, Equipment
Summary
Catalent Biologics is a fast-growing business within Catalent Pharma Solutions focused on providing innovative technologies and solutions to help more and better biologic treatments get to patients. The business includes our proprietary GPEx cell line engineering platform, our new state-of-the-art biomanufacturing facility in Madison, WI, and our market leading biologics analytical services in Kansas City, MO and Research Triangle Park, NC, as well as SMARTag Antibody Drug Conjugate technology in Emeryville, CA. Leveraging our growing differentiated technology portfolio, world class manufacturing capability, and other integrated services across the Catalent network, Catalent Biologics is positioned to drive significant growth for Catalent.
The Facilities Department is responsible for all maintenance and calibration of direct and indirect equipment to the manufacturing process, maintenance of the facility building and grounds, service contract management and project management for capital expenditures, expansions, or remodeling. The Facilities Department is also responsible for managing the facility in a manner that assures uninterrupted cGMP compliance in existing manufacturing, research, and process development areas. The department is broken up into Maintenance,
Equipment Maintenance, Calibration, and Engineering. All four groups work closely to support the site with a lot of interaction and overlapping support.
The Equipment Maintenance team works closely with both Maintenance and Calibration to directly support manufacturing and development equipment. This includes but is not limited to performing preventative maintenance in the clean room and lab environment and equipment troubleshooting, both in place and in a workshop space. The Equipment Maintenance Technician I is responsible for initial response to requests for support by manufacturing in the event of equipment problems.
This is a full-time on-site position, Monday – Friday, 7am-3:30pm
($2,000 Sign-On Bonus Available)
Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer, and Catalent employee.
The Role
- Complete work under supervision by more experienced team members with increasing independence as experience, training, and job specific aptitude are gained.
- Interact with other departments to schedule activities around the production schedules of the cGMP Manufacturing and Process Development departments.
- Schedule self-performed work assigned at beginning of month and due by end of month.
- Follow general instructions on routine work and detailed instructions of new work and perform basic troubleshooting as it related to assigned job duties.
- Use hand tools, power tools, and delicate testing equipment in performance of duties.
- Complete non-routine repair work orders for regulated and unregulated systems. Effectively document work performed following required documentation practices.
- Escort and supervise contractors through facility for routine inspections or repairs, ensuring they complete activities per procedure or agreements.
- Work with shipping to send out equipment or standard for offsite vendor service and track status. Identify and order spare or replacement parts for equipment utilizing inventory management system.
- Contribute to the creation of maintenance and calibration procedures and update existing procedures to match best practices and lessons learned.
- Recommend facility improvements to meet OSHA safety, ISPE, or FDA guidelines.
- Other duties as assigned.
The Candidate
- High school diploma with at least 2 years of relevant experience, OR Technical or Associate’s degree in maintenance related field and 1+ years’ experience in a manufacturing facility, preferably in a cGMP related environment.
- Ability to see and hear, read, and write clear English.
- Ability to use Excel, Word, and other office systems.
- Mechanical and electrical aptitude and the ability to apply basic math.
- Ability to gown for entry in clean room environment with the ability to operate within a clean room environment.
- Ability to understand basic training and apply the knowledge to work activities.
Physical Requirements
- Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reading of written documents and use of computer monitor screen, reaching with hands and arms, talking, writing, listening.
- Occasional stooping, kneeling, crouching, bending, carrying, grasping.
- Frequent lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds and occasional lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds.
- Must comply with EHS responsibilities for the position.
- Working conditions will be Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioned controlled.
- Ability to operate within a clean room environment as needed.
Why you should join Catalent:
- Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process
- Diverse, inclusive culture
- Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives
- 152 hours of paid time off annually + 8 paid holidays
- Competitive salary with yearly bonus potential
- Community engagement and green initiatives
- Generous 401K match
- Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment
- Tuition Reimbursement
Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.
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