Technician Maintenance M-F 2pm-10:30pm

Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH; Athens (GA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH is seeking a skilled maintenance technician to support high-speed filling/packaging lines, fermentation, bioreactors, and related systems in a pharmaceutical manufacturing setting. The role emphasizes preventive maintenance, problem solving, and cross-functional collaboration to improve reliability and performance.

Responsibilities include executing SAP work orders, guiding junior technicians, and responding to maintenance emergencies to minimize downtime.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent with related manufacturing experience.
• Associates degree or technical diploma with 2+ years in manufacturing, pharma preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field with 1+ year in manufacturing, regulated industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Fulfill work order information in SAP and track status.
• Develop training programs to increase maintenance knowledge; mentor others.
• Troubleshoot equipment/system events and perform root-cause analysis.

Skills

Maintenance

Troubleshooting

Electrical

SAP

Problem solving

Communication

Education

High School Diploma

Associate's Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

SAP

Job description

As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.

Independently plays a key role in maintenance, troubleshooting, repairs, modifying/improving all aspects relative to good maintenance practices, equipment reliability and performance of electrical/mechanical systems such as high speed filling/packaging lines, fermentation, bioreactor, autoclaves, clean utilities, clean room HVAC, power plant/utilities, automation, freeze dryers, etc.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Fulfill work order information in SAP on a timely basis and confirm status. Find intermediate information (parts management (BOM creation, min/max…), PM plan, history…) on SAP.
• Assists in the development of detailed individual training program to increase knowledge of assigned maintenance and operation fields and other areas of the plant as needed. Provides guidance to and mentors less experienced/knowledgeable technicians.
• Independently performs accurate trouble shooting of equipment/system events and contributes to detailed Failure Analysis to determine root cause. Relies on knowledge and training to execute instructions.
• Gives insights and supports with the realization of Preventive Maintenance plan.
• Assists, as required, outside contractors performing medium level complexity projects or supplementing additional work force.
• Contributes to cross-functional equipment improvement teams focusing on performance and reliability.
• Independently Respond to all maintenance emergencies.
• Troubleshoots and implement corrective action where equipment experiences performance issues.

Requirements

• High School Diploma +5 years experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in a pharmaceutical industry.
• Associates Degree/Technical Diploma (relevant field of study) +2 years experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in a pharmaceutical industry.
• Bachelors Degree (relevant field of study)+1 year experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in a regulated industry.
• Knowledge of and adherence to EHS requirements
• Intermediate level problem solving/troubleshooting
• Proficient verbal and written communication
• Basic to Intermediate Data Analytics
• Basic technical Coach/Mentor

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction
• Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required)
• Must be 18 years of age or older