Senior Maintenance Leader - Pharma, 24/7 Operations

PCI Pharma Services; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

PCI Pharma Services is seeking an experienced Maintenance Leader to oversee mechanical maintenance operations in a 24/7 pharmaceutical manufacturing setting. You will lead a multi-shift team of mechanical managers and reliability supervisors, ensuring staffing, training, and compliance with GMP and labor agreements.

You will drive reliability programs, RCA processes, and cost controls while partnering with HR, procurement and production to optimize uptime and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical/industrial engineering or related field is preferred.
• Minimum 5 years leading maintenance teams in a unionized manufacturing facility.
• Experience in pharmaceutical/biotech/advanced manufacturing and supporting 24/7 operations.
• Experience with GMP requirements and pharmaceutical processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate mechanical maintenance across all shifts.
• Directly manage mechanical managers and reliability supervisors.
• Ensure proper staffing, coverage, and skill distribution.
• Establish standardized shift handoff processes.
• Lead maintenance operations in a unionized environment with compliance to bargaining agreements.
• Serve as liaison with union reps on maintenance matters.
• Address grievances and workforce concerns per HR and labor agreements.
• Promote fairness, accountability and engagement within standards.
• Collaborate with HR on workforce planning and negotiations support.
• Monitor overtime and labor utilization.
• Own and improve Preventive and Predictive Maintenance programs.
• Implement reliability-centered maintenance to maximize uptime.
• Lead RCA and corrective action for equipment failures.
• Develop KPIs like MTBF, MTTR, uptime/downtime trends.
• Ensure optimal stocking levels to support uptime.
• Partner with procurement on vendor relationships and cost control.
• Implement systems for critical spare identification, inventory accuracy, obsolescence reduction.
• Apply Lean, Six Sigma and continuous improvement to maintenance.
• Lead initiatives to reduce downtime, improve changeovers, and boost labor productivity.
• Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Quality, EHS and Supply Chain.
• Support installation/startup of new equipment and capital projects.
• Ensure training, documentation and integration into maintenance systems.
• Develop visual management and standard work practices.
• Manage department budget (labor, parts, capex).
• Develop and track maintenance KPIs and cost.
• Identify and deliver cost-saving initiatives without compromising safety.
• Ensure regulatory and company compliance and safe practices.
• Oversee multi-shift maintenance for 24/7 operations.
• Manage performance, workforce planning, development and succession.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Asset management

Cross-functional leadership

Root cause analysis

Lean Six Sigma

Labor relations

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Engineering Technology, or related technical discipline

Tools

SAP

CMMS

Job description

PCI Pharma Services is seeking an experienced Maintenance Leader to oversee mechanical maintenance operations in a 24/7 pharmaceutical manufacturing setting. You will lead a multi-shift team of mechanical managers and reliability supervisors, ensuring staffing, training, and compliance with GMP and labor agreements.

You will drive reliability programs, RCA processes, and cost controls while partnering with HR, procurement and production to optimize uptime and performance.