Maintenance Specialist - Berkeley, CA

Bayer CropScience Limited; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Vision

Dental

Retirement plan

PTO

Job summary

Bayer is seeking a Maintenance Specialist in Berkeley, CA, to coordinate field-based maintenance and vendor activities in a regulated pharmaceutical setting. You’ll optimize equipment availability, develop preventive maintenance strategies, and drive improvements using data analysis.

Work with maintenance, production and engineering teams to ensure safety, GMP compliance and high-quality workmanship. Relevant CMMS experience and strong communication are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent certification and 6+ years’ total work experience, including 3+ years in maintenance or manufacturing operations within a regulated environment.
• Experience coordinating or supervising contractor/vendor work in the field.
• Hands-on familiarity with CMMS platforms for work order creation, updates and closure.
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, mechanical drawings, equipment manuals and job plans.
• Strong communication and coordination skills to bridge planning, engineering and operations.

Responsibilities

• Review work orders, plans, permits and site readiness before execution.
• Coordinate downtime, clearances, and staging of parts and materials.
• Lead pre-job safety briefings and verify permits, hazards and crew understanding.
• Provide field oversight to ensure plans, procedures and GMP standards are followed.
• Act as liaison among craft, operations and engineering, tracking progress and escalating issues.
• Verify completion to specification, close out permits and document maintenance actions.
• Support continuous improvement projects and small maintenance improvements.
• Assist with deviations, DR and CAPA activities and ensure corrective actions are completed.

Skills

CMMS platforms

GMP/OSHA knowledge

Permits to work

Reading P&IDs/drawings

Cross-functional coordination

Field safety leadership

Education

Associate degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP PM

Maximo

Trims

Job description

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

Maintenance Specialist - Berkeley, CA

Serve as a field-based maintenance operations specialist responsible for coordinating and overseeing vendor-performed maintenance and repair activities, supporting safe execution, quality completion, compliant documentation, improvement projects, and DR/CAPA-related actions in a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment; You will work closely with maintenance and production teams to organize and schedule maintenance activities that optimize equipment availability and performance and to develop preventive maintenance strategies using data analysis to enhance overall maintenance effectiveness.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review work orders, job plans, permits, and site readiness to confirm maintenance activities are properly prepared before execution;
• Coordinate equipment downtime, operational clearances, and the staging of required parts, tools, and materials at the job site;
• Lead pre-job safety briefings and verify all required permits, hazard controls, and crew understanding are in place before work begins;
• Provide field oversight during execution to ensure work follows approved plans, procedures, safety standards, GMP requirements, and environmental expectations;
• Serve as the primary field liaison among craft, operations, and engineering by monitoring progress, tracking labor and equipment status, and escalating issues or scope changes promptly;
• Verify work is completed to specification, ensure permits and punch-list items are closed out, confirm equipment return to service, and complete accurate CMMS/work order documentation;
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and small maintenance improvement projects by coordinating field execution, tracking actions, and helping implement changes that improve equipment reliability, work execution, safety, and compliance;
• Support deviation, DR, and CAPA activities by gathering field information, assisting with investigations, documenting maintenance-related actions, and helping ensure corrective and preventive actions are completed effectively and on time.

WHO YOU ARE

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent certification and 6+ years’ total work experience, including 3+ years in maintenance, reliability, or manufacturing operations within a regulated environment (pharmaceutical, biotech, food, or chemical);
• Demonstrated experience coordinating or supervising contractor/vendor work activities in the field;
• Hands-on familiarity with CMMS platforms (e.g., SAP PM, Maximo, Trims, or equivalent) for work order creation, updates, and closure;
• Working understanding of GMP, OSHA, and environmental compliance requirements as they apply to maintenance activities in a pharmaceutical setting;
• Knowledge of permit-to-work systems including hot work, confined space, LOTO, and line break permits;
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, mechanical drawings, equipment manuals, and job plans;
• Strong communication and coordination skills to bridge planning, engineering, craft personnel, operations, and external vendors;
• Field presence, situational awareness, attention to detail, and accountability to ensure work is completed to specification and properly documented.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with reliability concepts and standard maintenance practices that support equipment performance improvements;
• Demonstrated problem-solving and escalation skills, time management, and ability to coordinate multiple concurrent repair activities.

Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $96,480.00 - $144,720.00 . Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant). Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc.

This salary range is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant’s location, market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.

This posting will be available for application until at least 10/02/2026.

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Location: United States : California : Berkeley

Division: Pharmaceuticals

Reference Code: 886803

Email: [e-mail]