Utilities Technician

- Zoetis India Capability Center; Virginia; On-site; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoetis India Capability Center seeks an off-shift Utilities Technician to operate and maintain utilities equipment, ensuring compliance with cGMP, OSHA, EPA, and company standards. You will perform preventive and corrective maintenance, document readings, and support capital projects while coordinating with the maintenance planner to avoid production disruption.

The role covers a range of utilities, including boilers, chillers, water and cooling systems, with 24/7 coverage and on-call rotation.

Qualifications

• Minimally a high school diploma with technical coursework preferred.
• Experience in maintenance of utilities equipment and systems.
• Willingness to obtain boiler certifications if not already held.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain utilities equipment to meet regulatory and quality standards.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on utilities systems and components.
• Document inspections, readings and maintenance actions in established records.
• Assist with capital projects, validations, and investigations as needed.
• Train peers on SOPs and utilities systems to enable cross-training.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Reading schematics

Preventive maintenance

Diagnostics

Education

High School diploma/GED

Associate's or Bachelor's in Industrial Mechanic / Electrical / Refrigeration

Low/High Pressure Boiler Certificate (preferred)

Job description

Position Summary:

This off-shift Utilities Technician is responsible for the operation and maintenance of Utilities equipment. It is accountable to operate Utility Systems, equipment, and processes in accordance with established operating procedures, approved guidelines and applicable regulations and company policies. It also provides predictive, preventive, and corrective maintenance to Utility Equipment and Systems. Will work closely with the Maintenance planner to negotiate and schedule availability of equipment for such maintenance task to not affect plant or production activities. Utilities systems may include but are not limited to compressed air, boilers, chillers, water systems, cooling towers among others equipment. Operations to be covered include shift schedule to ensure 5 days / 24-hour coverage, including potential for special shifts or assignments. Also part of an on call rotation.

Position Responsibilities:

The essential functions of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Customer Services
  • Ensure the continuous operation of the Utilities equipment to comply with applicable regulations, and improve efficiency, focusing on productivity while minimizing downtime.
• Regulatory Compliance & Recordkeeping
  • Comply with all the applicable regulations such as: cGMP, OSHA, EPA, DOH, PRASA, approved procedures and Quality and EHS Corporate Standards; Complete routine operational data gathering in established checklists and forms.
  • Document, inspections, preventive and corrective maintenance activities as per applicable procedures and/or guidelines.
• Operations Management
  • Performs skilled and semi-skilled maintenance activities depending upon area of assignment including performing basic trade activities.
  • Performs scheduled preventive and corrective maintenance activities to Utilities equipment and systems.
  • Perform monitoring/operation/control of utilities systems processes, and equipment as required.
  • Will appropriately and in a timely fashion document as required monitoring readings, test results, changes to operational parameters, maintenance activities and any other performed action and or system/equipment observed problems.
  • Performs troubleshooting and repairs, among others, as applicable.
  • Clean, lubricate, and maintain machines, tools, and equipment to remove grease, rust, stains etc.....
  • Support the creation/modification of Preventive Maintenance Schedules.
  • Provide support to capital projects, validations, inspections, investigations, and special task as required.
  • Identify and implement object improvements.
  • Expertise to read parts manuals, assembly instructions, troubleshooting guides, hydraulic schematics, pneumatic schematics, and electrical schematics.
  • Support RFT, TPM and lean strategies and other change processes assigned.
  • Performs all duties in a safe manner and keeps all employees aware of dangers in work area. Practices excellent housekeeping in work area.
  • Performs accuracy verifications on objects to ensure they can produce to required specifications.
  • Support set up process for utilities equipment.
  • Knowledge of the Utilities operation.
  • Identify and update information of the critical spare parts inventory levels.
  • Perform in-process sampling and testing of selected operations as required.
  • Support SOPs Revision
  • Train colleagues and peers in required SOP and Utilities systems to facilitate the cross training within the team.
  • Generate Purchase requisitions for services or goods required in the Utilities operation / maintenance.

Education and Experience:

Education

• Minimum High School diploma/GED
• Preferred Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Industrial Mechanic, Electronic, Electrical, Refrigeration, Tool and Die Maker, or Instrumentation.
• Preferred Low Pressure Boiler Certificate and High Pressure Boiler Certificate

Experience

• Two + years of assignment-related maintenance/equipment experience or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job as listed in the essential functions or experience in at least 1 operational functions and intermediate knowledge in at least 2 operational functions.
• Experience in operation and maintenance of Utilities equipment is highly desirable.
• Trade/ Technical License when applicable by local or federal regulations is required (Water and Wastewater, Electrician, Refrigeration) - if applicant does not have license, expectation will be to achieve licensure within appropriate timeframe (i.e., 1 yr. or 16 months) and willing to obtain high- and low-pressure boiler certifications.

Technical Skills

• Troubleshooting and diagnosing problems.
• Reading and understand blueprints, drawings, specifications, and technical materials.
• Determining solutions.
• High level operational skills in at least one (1) of the essential functions and basic skills in at least two (2) of the operational functions. Refer below for operation functions in