Facilities Maintenance Planner/Scheduler

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies.

When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform.

In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

Job Summary

The Maintenance Planner will anticipate and eliminate potential delays by planning and coordinating maintenance resources, parts, materials, and equipment access.

The Maintenance Planner reports to the Manager of Engineering and Validation. Responsibilities include planning and coordinating all planned maintenance activities performed at the site.

Work is performed under general direction. Provide oversight with GMP and non-GMP equipment to ensure compliance with applicable Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) regulations, corporate policies, and site Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's).

• Coordinate and schedule system vendors with respect to the execution of calibration, preventative maintenance, and repairs to ensure compliance with site procedures, Calibration Master Plan, and regulatory requirements.
• Requisition vendor services, parts, and materials for planned work.
• Track parts usage and ensure necessary inventory limits are maintained.
• Submit Purchase requests as dictated by current stock levels.
• Estimate costs, including labor, materials, and contract services, for each work order.
• Communicate Work Planning Package information to Manager of Engineering and Validation
• Inform Manager of Engineering and Validation of abnormal or critical situations.
• Seek Manager of Engineering and Validation’s advice on matters outside the Planner’s knowledge or authority.
• Prime contact to Schedule outside Vendors, as required.
• Administrate the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), Maximo, for tracking of asset maintenance and on-demand work orders.
• Oversee system vendors while performing calibration, preventative maintenance, and repair service, as needed.
• Assist, as needed, during client and regulatory audits and help to resolve or mitigate audit findings related to the CMMS.

Job Qualifications

• Education : High School Diploma, GED or equivalent
• Experience : 2-5 years Maintenance in a GMP environment.
• Familiarity with a CMMS, preferably Maximo.
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills. Strong documentation development and technical writing skills are critical to this position.
• Some basic knowledge and hands-on experience performing basic field work, as needed
• Other : Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to read and interpret OEM manuals to ensure proper parts and maintenance schedules are determined.
• Proficient with maintenance terms, equipment, and parts.
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Must have good interpersonal, organizational, and analytical skills.

The pay range for this position is $66,233K - $83,900K. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

About Biologics Testing Solutions

With more than 50 years of experience and proven regulatory expertise, the Charles River Biologics group can address challenging projects for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies worldwide.

Offering a variety of services such as contamination and impurity testing, protein characterization, bioassays, viral clearance studies and stability and lot release programs, we support clients throughout the biologic development cycle, from the establishment and characterization of cell banks through preclinical and clinical studies to marketed products.

Whether clients need stand-alone services, a unique package of testing, or insourced support, our Biologics group can create a custom solution to suit their needs.

Each year more than 20,000 biologic testing reports are sent each and over 200 licenses products are supported by our biologics testing solutions team.

About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development.

Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities.

Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges.

Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe.

We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.