Manufacturing Facilities Maintenance Technician

West Pharmaceutical Services / Progressive Medical; Saint Petersburg (FL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

West Pharmaceutical Services in Saint Petersburg, Florida, is seeking an onsite Maintenance Technician to support installation, maintenance, and repair of facilities and equipment. You will assist with tool provisioning, housekeeping, and ensuring equipment readiness for operations.

The role requires performing minor electrical work, supporting TPM/PM programs, and collaborating with contractors. A high school diploma or GED is required; overtime and weekend work may be needed; safety and cGMP

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• No minimum maintenance experience required; experience preferred but not mandatory.
• Ability to read safety rules and operating instructions.

Responsibilities

• Maintains equipment and tools to ensure availability and good working condition.
• Performs minor electrical maintenance/repair and determines when an electrician is required.
• Assists with moves and disconnects computer equipment and hangs items as needed.
• Carries out preventative maintenance and TPM/PM programs.
• Ensures cGMP compliance and safe operation of facilities and equipment.

Skills

Maintenance

Electrical maintenance

Safety compliance

PM/TPM programs

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Description

This is an onsite position requiring the team member to be onsite for all scheduled workdays.

No relocation assistance is provided for this opportunity.

This position is Monday - Friday 2:30 - 10:30.

At West, we’re a dedicated team that is connected by a purpose to improve patient lives that has been at the center of our Company for more than a century. Our story began when Herman O. West solved the problem of supplying penicillin in mass quantities to the US Government during World War 2. Through our work to deliver thousands of life-saving and life-enhancing injectable medicines to millions of patients daily, West’s indelible mark on the healthcare industry has just begun. A name started our story. How will yours help write our future?

There’s no better place to join an inclusive community of professionals with opportunities for lifelong learning, growth and development. Supported by benefit programs, we empower the physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our team members and their families.

We believe in giving back to help those in need in the communities where we live and work. And are equally committed to creating a healthier environment and planet through our sustainability efforts.

Job Summary

Help installation, maintenance, and repair workers in maintenance, parts replacement, and repair of facilities, and equipment. Perform duties such as furnishing tools, materials, and supplies to other workers; cleaning work area, machines, and tools; and holding materials or tools for other workers.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Maintains equipment and tools to ensure that they are available when needed and in good working condition; includes housekeeping, parts storage, equipment maintenance, ensuring calibration of equipment against specified standards, and tool using.
• Works with maintenance personnel including contractors working on specific projects, to ensure that they are performing their work efficiently in a safe, compliant manner.
• Performs minor electrical maintenance/repair to include, but not be limited to, replacement or repair of fixtures (e.g. wall switches and outlets, incandescent and fluorescent bulbs and tubes, ballast, sockets, fuses, minor appliances, cords, etc.) using appropriate hand, power, and specialty tools and determines when an electrician is required.
• Assists with departmental and employee moves. Disconnects computer equipment. Hangs pictures, shelving and televisions, as needed.
• Carryout preventative measures and look for alternative solutions to maintenance problems encountered
• Ability to learn basic hydraulic and pneumatic maintenance
• Work with operators to improve TPM/ PM program
• Follow directions and communicate effectively with all levels of plant personnel
• Weekly and monthly PMs - reporting and documenting
• Performs minor and major repair of all buildings and equipment on a routine basis.
• Ensures all equipment and facilities are cGMP compliant and are running efficiently and safely.
• Dismantles moves, assembles, and installs furniture, as needed. Transports goods or equipment, as assigned.

Additional Responsibilities

• Maintain and promote a safe and clean work environment throughout the maintenance department
• Instruct, train, guide and assist other maintenance personnel as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned based on business needs.
• Conforms with and abides by all regulations, policies, work procedures, instruction, and all safety rules.
• Exhibits regular, reliable, punctual and predictable attendance.

Education

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent required.

Work Experience

• No min required maintenance and manufacturing experience preferred

Preferred Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, schedules, diagrams, and procedure manuals
• Ability to work weekends and overtime as required
• Experience in medical device industry or other regulated industry
• Able to apply basic concepts of algebra, geometry and trigonometry.

Travel Requirements

None: No travel required

Physical Requirements

Medium-Exerting up to 50lb/22kg of force occasionally and/or up to 20lbs/9kg of force frequently, and/or up to 10lbs/4kgs of force constantly to move objects.

Additional Requirements

• Must be able to wear and use a full-face respirator
• Stand and walk for 8 hours per shift
• Willing to work overtime as needed
• Frequent bilateral grip/grasp and manual dexterity work required
• Frequent bending and twisting, squatting, pushing and pulling and working at elevated heights and in confined spaces as required by the job
• Must be able to tolerate industrial odors, heat and high temperatures, and smells on a frequent basis

Shift

West is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you have a special need that requires accommodation in order to apply to West, please send an email to [e-mail] . Where permitted by law, an offer of employment with West Pharmaceutical Services, or any of its subsidiary or affiliate companies, is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of background screening.