Senior Upstream Equipment Engineer – Reliability

Sanofi; Framingham (MA); On-site; USD 101,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanofi is seeking a Senior Equipment Process Engineer - Upstream in Framingham, MA. You will own the performance and lifecycle of critical equipment, lead troubleshooting with field teams, and develop comprehensive maintenance packages to keep facilities compliant and reliable.

Responsibilities include leading changes, optimizing PMs, and coordinating with cross-functional groups to ensure safe, compliant operations in a regulated biopharma environment.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated equipment troubleshooting capability using drawings, manuals, data, failure history, and structured root-cause methods.
• Experience developing job plans, PM tasks, technical specifications, spare-parts recommendations, or maintenance strategies.
• Experience supporting equipment modifications, commissioning, qualification, change control, deviations, or CAPAs.

Responsibilities

• Own equipment performance and lifecycle: maintain asset health, design basis, operating limits, criticality, failure history, documentation, maintenance strategy, obsolescence risks, and improvement priorities.
• Lead troubleshooting and field support: diagnose mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and control-interface issues; partner with mechanics and technicians.
• Build executable maintenance plans: develop and technically approve work packages including scope, sequence, labor, parts, tools, permits, LOTO, acceptance criteria, post-maintenance testing, and restoration.
• Optimize preventive maintenance and spares: create risk-based PM strategies, BOMs, critical-spares lists, stocking recommendations, and obsolescence mitigation plans.
• Lead equipment changes and projects: define technical requirements and lead design reviews, vendor selection, FAT/SAT, commissioning, qualification, turnover, training, maintenance readiness, and documentation.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Root cause analysis

Field work

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, chemical, biomedical, or related engineering

Tools

CMMS/EAM systems

Equipment BOMs

Maintenance master data

Job description

Sanofi is seeking a Senior Equipment Process Engineer - Upstream in Framingham, MA. You will own the performance and lifecycle of critical equipment, lead troubleshooting with field teams, and develop comprehensive maintenance packages to keep facilities compliant and reliable.

Responsibilities include leading changes, optimizing PMs, and coordinating with cross-functional groups to ensure safe, compliant operations in a regulated biopharma environment.