EXPANSION FEQ Technician

Piramal Pharma Solutions Inc.; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Piramal Pharma Solutions is seeking an Expansion FEQ Technician in Lexington, KY. The role focuses on calibrating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing process, facility, and lab equipment, with emphasis on electrical and mechanical skills. Night shifts required, with potential weekend/on-call duties.

Responsibilities include coordinating with Operations and vendors, ensuring adherence to cGMP and safety policies, and maintaining detailed documentation and procedures across the plant.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Technical Certification preferred.
• Associate’s degree in Engineering or Electrical Technology preferred.
• 5+ years of maintenance or technical/mechanical trade experience required.
• Hands-on calibration and instrumentation experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Calibrate, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair process, facility, and laboratory equipment.
• Identify equipment issues using instrumentation, controls, and electrical skills and perform repairs.
• Coordinate with Operations to gather information and oversee vendor technicians as needed.
• Develop and revise procedures for routine calibration and maintenance across the plant.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, cGMP, safety rules, and proper documentation.
• Foster a customer service mindset within the department and company.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Electrical troubleshooting

Calibration

Instrumentation

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Technical Certification

Associate’s degree in Engineering or Electrical Technology

Tools

PLC programming

HMI interfaces

VFDs

Electrical testing tools

Job description

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Piramal Pharma Solutions is a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), offering end-to-end development and manufacturing solutions across the drug life cycle. We serve our clients through a globally integrated network of facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. This enables us to offer a comprehensive range of services including Drug Discovery Solutions, Process & Pharmaceutical Development services, Clinical Trial Supplies, Commercial supply of APIs and Finished dosage forms. We also offer specialized services like development and manufacture of Highly Potent APIs and Antibody Drug Conjugation. Our capability as an integrated service provider & experience with various technologies enables us to serve Innovator and Generic companies worldwide. For more details, please visit : www.piramalpharmasolutions.com

Job Title

EXPANSION FEQ Technician

Business

Pharma Solutions

Department

Facilities & Equipment

Location

Lexington

Job Overview

Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor, the role of the FEQ Technician is to properly and efficiently calibrate, maintain, troubleshoot and repair process, facility, and laboratory equipment and instrumentation. Skills in electrical and mechanical are essential to performing this job. Shift Nights Reporting Structure This position reports to the Maintenance Supervisor.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for performing routine and non-routine calibration of critical, non-critical, and safety related instruments used to support cGMP process manufacturing, packaging, facility and other material testing processes.
• Possess instrumentation, controls, and electrical skills in order to identify equipment issues and make the necessary repairs.
• Works interdepartmentally to coordinate routine and non-routine activities, work closely with Operations personnel to obtain information needed to assess equipment problems in a courteous / professional demeanor, as well as coordinate and oversee the work of vendor technical personnel.
• Establish and maintain any necessary procedures and processes required to perform routine calibration and maintenance of equipment and systems throughout the plant.
• Perform all activities in compliance with company, cGMP, and safety policies, procedures, and practices.
• Foster and promote a customer service culture within the department and company.
• Operate PCs and various interface hardware and software to support automation platforms/components such as PLCs and HMIs.
• Work in a cGMP facility utilizing Good Documentation Practice while completing Work Orders, Log Books, CAPAs, Change Controls, Investigations, & all other regulated forms.
• Follows & enforces all SOPS and regulations in the Maintenance & Engineering department
• Exercise technical, mechanical and control system aptitude / skills in order to accurately identify root causes for machine failures or break downs and repair accordingly.
• Uses reliability technologies to identify equipment that is not working within specifications
• Performs, evaluates, and submits revisions to PMs to improve equipment reliability
• Identifies, sources, and orders wear and spare parts for inventory
• Assists in the set-up, change over, and operation of various pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment
• Read and understand technical information provided in equipment manuals and any associated electrical or mechanical drawings.
• Works safely with electricity, steam, compressed gasses, chemicals and mechanical moving parts
• Verifies dimensions and tolerances, using precision-measuring instruments
• Read and understand PLC (programmable logic controller) control logic, as well as other configurable controllers such as VFDs, relay logic, etc.
• Troubleshoots and replaces bearings, gears, pulleys, shafts. Changes oil and filters. Rebuilds pumps and other mechanical equipment.
• Ability to work extended shifts, weekends, holidays, and be on-call as needed to provide maintenance support.
• Must be physically capable of climbing ladders, working with minute hardware, working in a lying position, working with arms extended overhead.
• Must be physically capable of using a respirator and other personal protection devices/equipment.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Required: High school diploma or equivalent.
• Preferred: Technical Certification
• Highly desirable: Associate’s degree in Engineering or Electrical Technology or related discipline.
• Required: 5+ years of maintenance or technical/mechanical trade experience or combination of experience and education
• Preferred: Hands-on calibration, instrumentation and electronic equipment/controls maintenance experience.
• Highly desirable: Pharmaceutical or related industry electromechanical experience.

Piramal Pharma Limited, offers a portfolio of differentiated products and services through its 17 global development and manufacturing facilities and a global distribution network in over 100 countries. PPL includes Piramal Pharma Solutions (PPS), an integrated Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization; Piramal Critical Care (PCC), a Complex Hospital Generics business; and the India Consumer Healthcare business, selling over-the- counter products. In addition, one of PPL’s associate companies, AbbVie Therapeutics India Private Limited is a JV with AbbVie Inc. and has emerged as one of the market leaders in the ophthalmology therapy area. Further, PPL has a minority investment in Yapan Bio Private Limited. In October 2020, PPL received a 20% strategic growth investment from the Carlyle Group.

PPL provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. It prohibits discrimination and harassment based on race, color, age, sex, religion, national origin or ethnicity, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Our employment decisions are based on merit considering qualifications, skills, performance, and achievements. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruitment, selection, training, social programs, placement, promotion, demotion, compensation and benefits, transfers, terminations, and working conditions.