Job Description

As part of Our Company's Manufacturing Division, within the Bioprocess Drug Substance Commercialization (BDSC), the Cell Culture and Fermentation Sciences (CCFS) department provides the technical process leadership and laboratory capabilities in support of late-stage pipeline and post-market commercial manufacturing processes for vaccines and biologics. CCFS supports various commercialization activities, second generation process development including process characterization, technology transfer to internal and external manufacturing sites, manufacturing investigations, process validation, and authoring of regulatory submissions.

Under the general direction of Director in the CCFS group and working in conjunction with internal and external partners, this individual will support late stage and commercial large molecule program activities within CCFS. As a member of the team, the Equipment Engineer will focus on asset management, maintenance strategies, and efficient operations. The Equipment Engineer will also work with internal and external partners to provide reliable and efficient laboratory operations. They will engage clients to understand their needs and continually look to improve operations by developing efficient solutions that will support business objectives and ensure continuity and Safety, and Environmental compliance. They will troubleshoot and solve problems for the laboratory and operating systems and contribute to the expense and capital planning processes and asset management programs.

The primary activities include and are not limited to the following:

• Serve as lead for purchase, installation, and commission on various capital assets in collaboration with Commercialization Operations & Process Attribute Sciences (COMPAS) partners.
• Support capital projects at various levels, including functional lab representative for Capital Project Team.
• Partner with Facilities Managers and Maintenance Managers to provide asset ownership and participate in developing and maintaining capital/expense project plans.
• Apply technical skills and ingenuity to correct equipment and system problems that result in downtime or consume excessive maintenance resources or energy. Perform root cause failure analysis on equipment failures and develop strategies to prevent recurrence.
• Support operations and maintenance supervisors in ensuring that system equipment is maintained in compliance with all safety, environmental, and quality requirements.
• Team representative for various asset improvement projects working with vendors and other partners to enable capability enhancements.
• Provide technical support for Facility Operations Process Safety Management (PSM) systems.
• Train and lead laboratory activities involved with HEC activities.
• Build/Coordinate lab prep activities enabling experimental execution.

Minimum Education Requirement and Experience:

• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Engineering or relative discipline with five (5) years' experience in Equipment Management or Maintenance/Utilities, OR

• Master of Science (M.S.) in Engineering or relative discipline with three (3) years' experience in Equipment Management or Maintenance/Utilities

Required Experience and Skills:

• Knowledge of basic safety standards including lock out/tag out, job hazard analysis, high risk work, hazardous materials management.
• Ability to quickly address issues and develop solutions to minimize risk and improve reliability.
• Ability to handle and prioritize many simultaneous assignments and quickly adapt to changes in business priorities.
• Strong customer service focus and communication skills

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Minimum of 3 years' experience troubleshooting equipment and utility systems
• Minimum of 3 years' experience executing/supporting Capital projects/Project Management
• Understanding of or experience with Capital and Profit Planning Processes
• Experience with Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) software such as SAP, Procal, or Maximo
• Experience in using QlikSense, Spotfire, or other data analytical software.
• Experience in performing root cause analysis.

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Requisition ID:R324411