Lead Process Maintenance Technician

Lead 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.

Our Manassas, Virginia site is a part of the Consumer Health division and provides expanded capabilities in soft chews and 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 ​Lead Process Maintenance Technician will have in-depth knowledge of hydraulics, belt systems, motors, and other industrial machine mechanisms essential for job procedures. Must be a team player with strong attention to detail. In this position, you should also be able to make decisions, troubleshoot, and perform repairs with little to no supervision. The Lead 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. Millworks are 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. This includes diagnosing and repairing faulty electrical components of machines such as motors, AC/DC drives, and sensors as well as Automation controls, such as PLC IO.

Regular working hours for this position are Sunday-Thursday 2PM-10PM.

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.

Review and interpret engineering specifications, schematics, and blueprints to determine work procedures.

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

Work with a range of hand tools including measuring tools, welding, and brazing equipment.

Help maintain good housekeeping in mechanical and facility areas.

Troubleshooting of various types of mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic systems such as Allen Bradley PLC’s, VFD’s, Conveyors, Motors, and Pumps, AC and DC Circuits from 24vDC to 480vAC.

Other duties assigned

The Candidate

Associate degree with 3 years of relevant experience or High School Diploma and 5 years of relevant experience or technical/vocational training required

5 years experience with machinery or 8 years hands-on line maintenance equipment repair required

Available for 24/7 phone calls for troubleshooting, lead technical expert for facility

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

Ability to read and understand electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, and vendor documentation

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

Spearhead exciting and innovative projects

Fast-paced, dynamic environment

High visibility to members at all levels of the organization

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.

Visit Catalent Careers (https://careers.catalent.com/us/en) to explore career opportunities.

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

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to DisabilityAccommodations@catalent.com . This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

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