Senior Maintenance Technician- 2nd Shift

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Work Schedule
Second Shift (Afternoons)  Environmental Conditions
Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards

Job Description

Senior (Mfg Equip, Building) Maintenance Technician

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific Team, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.
We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the worlds toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for Cancer.

Location/Division Specific Information:
This position is based out of our Grand Island, NY site within the BIO Production Group.
How Will You Make an Impact:,
The candidate will be responsible for equipment at the Grand Island Facility. The Facility is a class 2 medical device manufacturer of liquids and dry powder media in cleanroom environments.
A Day in the Life:
Lead hands-on troubleshooting and repair of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and HVAC/utilities systems on manufacturing and packaging equipment.(e.g. fillers, cappers, lyopilizers, autoclaves, blister/cartoners, mixers and granulators.
Perform, document, and improve preventive and predictive maintenance using CMMS; analyze failure data to reduce unplanned downtime.
Execute calibrations and adjustments on critical instruments per approved procedures and schedules ;coordinate with Metrology as needed.
Support equipment changeovers and line setups to meet production schedules; optimize setup time and standard best practices.
Interpret and update technical documentation; P&IDs, electrical schematics, ladder logic prints, OEM manuals, and SOPs.
Partner with Engineering on Equipment modifications, reliability improvements, FAT/SAT, commissioning, and qualification activities under cGMP.
Maintain strong cGMP documentation practices; work orders, log books, calibration and maintenance records, deviation support, and change control inputs.
Lead root cause analysis and corrective/ preventive actions for equipment related events; implement error proofing and reliability centered maintenance.
Ensure compliance with EHS policies; LOTO, confined space, arc flash, hot work, chemical handling; drive a proactive safety culture and near miss reporting.
Oversee critical utilities operation and maintenance (clean steam, WFI, purified water, compressed air, HVAC, boilers, chillers), partnering with Facilities/Utilities teams
Train, mentor, and provide technical guidance to junior technicians; contribute to skills matrices and on the job training plans.
Support spare parts strategy; specify critical spares, BOM accuracy, min/max levels, and vendor/OEM coordination.
Participate in off shift/after hours support, rotating on call coverage, and shutdown/turnaround planning and execution.

Education:

High school diploma or GED required.
Trade or Technical school diploma or equivalent required.
Associate degree is preferred.

Experience:

Minimum of 2 years of work experience as a cGMP maintenance technician in a pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, or medical device manufacturing environment.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, electrical schematics, and OEM documentation; basic proficiency with Basic PLC troubleshooting (Allen Bradley/Siemens) preferred.
Proficiency with CMMS (SAP, PM, Maximo) and maintenance best practices (PM optimization, PdM Technologies such as vibration, thermography, oil analysis).
Experience troubleshooting equipment commissioning/qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ) and completing compliant GMP documentation.
Solid computer skills: CMMS, Microsoft Office/365; basic data analysis to track MTBF/MTTR and KPI reporting.
Excellent communication , teamwork, and mentoring abilities; comfortable working…