Maintenance Engineer

Scorpion Therapeutics; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks a Maintenance Engineer to support engineering and facilities operations in a cGMP biotech environment in Durham, NC. The role focuses on equipment reliability, preventive maintenance, and utility systems.

Responsibilities include developing and optimizing maintenance programs, leading maintenance and utility projects, ensuring compliance and safety, troubleshooting complex systems, and driving continuous improvement through SOPs, RCA, and reliability enhancements.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, or related field.
• Minimum 6 years of experience with manufacturing equipment, facilities, or utilities in regulated environments.
• Experience with CMMS, AutoCAD, and GMP documentation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize maintenance programs.
• Lead maintenance and utility projects and troubleshoot complex systems.
• Ensure compliance, safety, and cGMP documentation; perform RCA and SOP change control.

Skills

Maintenance engineering

Reliability engineering

Root cause analysis

SOP development

Education

Associate degree

Tools

CMMS (Blue Mountain Ram 4)

AutoCAD

Job description

Role: Maintenance Engineer supporting engineering and facilities operations within a cGMP biotech environment, focusing on equipment reliability, preventive maintenance, and utility systems.

Responsibilities: develop and optimize maintenance programs, lead maintenance and utility projects, ensure compliance and safety, troubleshoot complex systems, and drive continuous improvement initiatives including SOP development, root cause analysis, and reliability enhancements. Core collaboration with manufacturing, quality, validation, and EHS teams.

Requirements: associate degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, or related field; minimum 6 years supporting manufacturing equipment, facilities, or utility systems in regulated environments; expertise in maintenance, reliability principles, root cause analysis, and cGMP documentation.

Preferred: Bachelor's degree; experience with CMMS (Blue Mountain Ram 4), AutoCAD, and GMP documentation.

HighValue: biotech manufacturing, equipment reliability, clean utility systems, cGMP compliance, root cause analysis, SOP and change control authoring, cross-functional collaboration.

WorkSetup: onsite Durham, NC; flexible hours with potential for additional shifts.