Process Maintenance Technician

Process Maintenance Technician

Position Summary

Catalent is a global, high-growth, public company, and a leading partner for the pharmaceutical industry in the development and manufacturing of new treatments for patients worldwide.

Your talents, ideas, and passion are essential to our mission : to help people live better, healthier lives. 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.

Manassas provides expanded capabilities in soft chews and lozenges. The site has the capability to manufacture cold-processed soft chews for nutritional supplements and nutraceuticals, as well as small batch lozenges.

With extensive development and manufacturing expertise and a wide range of flavors, ingredients, and colors available, we can work with complex formulations to help create engaging new products consumers will love.

The Process Maintenance Technician is responsible for performing emergency and routine maintenance on all manufacturing equipment, including equipment changeovers, and assisting production personnel as necessary to minimize downtime.

The Process Maintenance Technician is responsible for the installation and repair of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems and ensuring that equipment is maintained in top working condition through troubleshooting, repair, and preventative maintenance.

Shift : C Shift (6 AM-6 PM with a rotating 2-2-3 schedule - 2 days on, 2 days off, 3 days on)

The Role

Perform basic PMs, mechanical maintenance, repairs across the site, and assist small scale process improvement projects.

Build the foundation for machines, grind, and file machinery parts.

Construct and install equipment such as shafting, conveyors and tram rails.

Transfer equipment to the applicable site for maintenance to avoid contamination or safety hazards.

Help maintain good housekeeping in mechanical and facility areas.

Maintains cleanliness and upkeep of repair shop, maintenance office, and storage areas including all equipment, tools, supplies, and materials.

Observe and follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Food Safety Plan (HACCP) and Food Quality Plan (FQP.)

Other duties as assigned.

The Candidate

Associate degree with 2+ years of relevant experience or High School Diploma and 5+ years of relevant experience or technical / vocational training.

Background in industrial maintenance or skilled trades in the food industry is preferred.

Ability to troubleshoot various types of equipment.

Looking for combination of hands-on experience with current machinery or similar.

Knowledge of basic computer programs and ability to learn new programs.

Technicians should be able to run conduit and wire electrical control panels according to NEC guidelines.

Ability to program Allen Bradley PLC’s and HMI’s.

Pipefitting, plumbing, welding, and fabrication are preferred.

The employee must regularly lift and / or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and / or move up to 100 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 1000 pounds.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk and stand; frequently talk or hear; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb or balance.

The employee is occasionally required to sit, taste or smell.

Why You Should Join Catalent

Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on D&I

Potential for career growth within an expanding team

Diverse, inclusive culture

152 hours of PTO + 8 Paid Holidays

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.

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

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