Critical Utility Systems Technician (Water)

Alcon MX; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Alcon Fort Worth, TX is seeking an Associate II, Facilities Engineering Technical Support to design, plan, and maintain facilities and equipment on site. You will support energy plant water systems, DI/RO, and regulatory compliance within a GMP environment.

A High School Diploma or equivalent and 3 years of relevant experience are required; English fluency and strong troubleshooting across mechanical, electrical, and PLC drawings are expected.

Qualifications

• Maintenance work experience in industrial setting preferred.
• Experience with DI water systems, RO, energy plant water treatment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and troubleshoot industrial water systems and equipment on Fort Worth campus.
• Perform repairs and preventive maintenance on water systems, mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Assist with facility modifications, contractor management, and equipment validation.
• Review safety procedures; comply with SOPs and cGMP regulations.
• Support energy plant operations including water purification and treatment processes.

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

At Alcon, we're passionate about enhancing sight and helping people see brilliantly. With more than 25,000 associates, we innovate fearlessly, champion progress, and act swiftly to impact global eye health. We foster an inclusive culture, recognizing your contributions and offering opportunities to grow your career like never before. Together, we make a difference in the lives of our patients and customers.

This role is part of Alcon's Engineering function, a team focused on improving quality, processes, products, packaging and materials across our business to help deliver brilliant outcomes. The Associate II, Facilities Engineering Technical Support (Science/Tech/Engineering Path), is primarily responsible for supporting the design, planning, and maintenance of facilities and equipment, including facility modifications and contractor management.

In this role, a typical day will include:

• Maintain and troubleshoot the various industrial water systems and equipment.
• Perform a variety of repairs, troubleshooting, electrical and/or maintenance duties on various water systems on the Alcon Fort Worth campus.
• Perform energy plant water treatment of cooling towers, chillers, and Boilers.
• Conners buildings RO/DI, and WFI systems.
• Assist maintenance of industrial facilities systems in the various campus buildings.
• Perform daily preventative and corrective maintenance to various industrial water systems and equipment, mechanical and electrical equipment related to energy plant utility support systems focusing on water purification systems and water treatment systems.
• Perform instrumentation, electrical and computerized system troubleshooting and repairs with assistance of Plant and/or vendor engineering.
• Maintain, repair and troubleshoot water systems and equipment within the facility.
• Perform routine maintenance on water purification equipment including DI/Carbon exchange, Reverse Osmosis and energy plant water system equipment.
• Perform filter changes and water sanitization procedures.
• Review and follow safety procedures for all equipment.
• Comply with company policies, SOP’s.
• Familiarity with cGMP, and environmental regulations.
• Perform preventive, scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, safety checks, repairs, installations and modifications on Facilities equipment.
• Supports equipment validation and quality activities.

What you’ll bring to Alcon:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English.
• 3 Years of Relevant Experience.

Location: Onsite Fort Worth, TX

Travel Requirements: 0 – 10%

Relocation Assistance: Not Available

Sponsorship Available: Not Available

Preferred Qualifications/Skills/Experience:

• Maintenance work experience in an industrial setting maintaining DI water system or water service company.
• Prefer experience in pharmaceutical, food or other highly regulated industry.
• Hands-on work on industrial pure water systems: RO, mixed beds, EDI, or distillation columns.
• Capability to interpret mechanical, electrical and PLC drawings and diagrams.
• Knowledge on troubleshooting to include but not limited to: motors, pumps, valves, switches, transmitters, sensors, gauges and controllers.
• Current SC Wastewater license preferred.

How you can thrive at Alcon:

• Collaborate with teammates to share standard processes and learnings as work evolves.
• See your career like never before with focused growth and development opportunities.
• Join Alcon's mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career.
• Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off for exempt associates, PTO for hourly associates, and much more!

Alcon is an equal opportunity employer and participates in e-verify

Alcon takes pride in maintaining an inclusive environment that values different perspectives and our policies are non-discriminatory in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

At Alcon, we are committed to helping people see better. We believe patients should have access to quality eye care regardless of their economic circumstances; however, barriers to good eye health exist for patients in both developed and emerging markets.

Alcon develops and manufactures innovative devices to serve the full life cycle of eye care needs. Its surgical group is one of the largest makers of equipment used for cataract removal and laser vision correction. Its consumer products include the well-known Opti-Free line of contact lens solutions and related products. Alcon, which was founded in 1945, sells its products in 180 countries worldwide.