GxP Lead Automation Technician

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for completing work requests, maintenance projects, and operational assignments with minimal supervision.
• Responsible for completing and/or reviewing work requests, maintenance projects, and operational assignments with minimal supervision, escalating when appropriate and necessary.
• Be proficient in the operation of the automation systems (EMS, BMS, and standalone PLCs), and understand the sequences required for proper building/equipment/system operation.
• Understand the sequence of operations when starting/stopping building systems.
• Effectively work with cross departmental stakeholders to achieve departmental goals and objectives.
• Responsible for the training, wellbeing, and operational proficiency of the facilities operations team.
• Oversee the planning and execution of critical site projects, coordinate with subcontractor PMs ensuring compliance with safety, scope, schedule, and budget.
• Sit down with team members weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, and annually to ensure that their goals and concerns are addressed.
• Coordinate with the reliability engineering department to ensure that appropriate preventive and predictive maintenance is planned for all utilities and equipment to include the facility envelope.
• Coordinate with Planning and Scheduling to ensure that facilities operations personnel are efficiently tasked to execute work and maintain the site schedule.
• Coordinate and assist the facilities engineering team on eCRs and SOP-0666a forms.
• Follow and understand SOP's & WI's when executing work onsite safely.
• Be proficient in the operation of the automation systems (BMS Metasys), and understand the sequences required for proper building operations.
• Responsible for system monitoring and alarm responses.
• Effectively work with cross departmental stakeholders to achieve departmental goals and objectives
• Apply GEP (Good Engineering Practice) to troubleshoot facility, equipment or system issues.
• On call responsibilities will be required on a rotating basis to cover for any off-hour emergencies.
• Maintain proper housekeeping practices, safe and clean work environment.
• Comply with OSHA Safety Policies, regulations, and site procedures.
• Ensure 100% compliance with assigned training curriculum.
• Provide leadership on routine and non-routine maintenance activities.
• Execute root-cause analysis and make recommendations.
• Adhere to GMP - ensures that work order logs and documentation is completed with accurate information following GMP.
• Build and sustain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders including Manufacturing, Quality.
• Working knowledge of power and hand tools
• Ability to read system and engineering drawings (P&IDs).

IDEAL CANDIDATES:

• Demonstrate planning and organizational skills.
• Ability to lead by influence.
• Foster change and innovation - Seeks solutions that strengthen quality, value, service and effectiveness
• Demonstrate business acumen and business agility - Demonstrates functional/technical proficiency
• Accountable for Results - Translates goals/objectives into actionable plans and results
• Able to work on multiple projects and manage various priorities and timelines
• Demonstrates proficiency in the following competencies:
  • Responsive to change - Adapts (quickly) to changing circumstances
  • Model collaboration and commitment - Focuses on team success before individual success
    Demonstrates operational excellence - Continually looks for new and better ways to get things done and shows functional/technical proficiency in work
  • Demonstrates effective self-management - Seeks to understand and act upon improvement opportunities

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

• Hands-on experience with electrical, HVAC, mechanical, plumbing, and mechanical equipment maintenance, and operations.
• Experience with operating BMS and CMMS
• Knowledge of Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Equipment, general GxP, and other applicable regulations including OSHA
• Experience with Job Hazard Analysis and Lock out Tag out.
• Physical abilities include but not limited to, lifting objects up to 50lbs, able to be on feet all day, climb steps and ladders as required by job.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills including the demonstrated ability to manage through influence.
• Knowledge of facility related engineering disciplines (MEP) in GMP manufacturing environment
• Ability to navigate and be successful in a fast-paced, highly matrixed work environment
• A desire to be part of a highly innovative company aimed at transforming the lives of people with serious diseases, their families and society

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