Utility Technician - Stationary Engineer

MSD; Upper Gwynedd Township (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

MSD in United States is seeking a Utilities Technician to operate, monitor, and maintain building utility systems, including water treatment and steam. You will document work activities, maintain logs, and ensure cGMP compliance while collaborating with the maintenance team to support production reliability.

The role encompasses cross-functional duties within the Utilities group, with a focus on safety, quality, and timely maintenance in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Experience operating and maintaining building utility systems.
• Knowledge of cGMP requirements.
• Ability to document work orders and logs.

Responsibilities

• Maintain pressures and temperatures of heating/cooling equipment to meet load conditions.
• Operate distilled water, deionized water, RO, softeners, pretreatment systems.
• Troubleshoot and maintain; regen resin, disinfect; monitor capacity and quality.
• Ensure proper operation of gauges and instrumentation; update charts.
• Conduct daily tours; document shift communications.
• Prepare systems for modifications or tie-ins; perform shutdowns safely.
• Perform routine testing of water, cooling, and heating systems.

Skills

cGMP compliance

Maintenance documentation

Troubleshooting

Equipment operation

Team collaboration

Tools

CMMS software

Process instrumentation

Job description

Job Description

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity with a rapidly growing pharmaceutical manufacturer? If so, then this is the opportunity for you!

FUNCTION:

Including but not limited to

Under the supervision of the Maintenance and Utilities Supervisor and direction of the maintenance team leader, operates, monitors, maintains, and responds to alarms of building utility systems including water chillers, cooling towers, condenser water, high purity water treatment (softeners, de-ionizing and reverse osmosis units and stills), clean steam, building steam and condensate, compressed air and vacuum systems. Maintains logs, necessary paperwork, and completes documentation in a cGMP compliant fashion. Documents work activities completely through work orders and daily labor record. Stationary engineers will perform maintenance on any equipment or facility which their skills support in a compliant quality manner. Stationary engineers are part of the Utilities Technician work group and will primarily share work assignments within their job grouping with no inherent or “system imposed” limits. Based on business needs, Utilities Technicians will perform maintenance activities including crossing between job groupings where skills are common. Work assignments, buildings and equipment are not exclusive to any craft, job grouping, or employee. Position may include some responsibility for maintaining significant business systems (e.g. CMMS data, planning, procurement, and scheduling) including the authority to assign, coordinate, and maintain work for others.

EQUIPMENT:

Including but not limited to

Compressors, pumps, electric generators, package boilers, distilled water stills, water cooling towers, deionized water units, reverse osmosis units, water softeners, clean steam generators, condensate, equipment, vacuum pumps, heating equipment, water chillers, chemical treatment and testing equipment, computer-aided control/management systems catalytic oxidizers, and all other equipment necessary for the operation of building utility systems.

DUTIES:

Including but not limited to

• Maintains proper pressures and temperature in the operation of heating and cooling equipment, including chillers, cooling towers, perimeter heat, reheat, etc. systems to meet variable load conditions. Maintains appropriate oil, glycol and cooling water parameters as required by utility systems. Chemically cleans heat exchangers and circulating systems, adhering to department safety requirements.
• Operates distilled water, deionized water, reverse osmosis, water softener, water pretreatment, and reheat systems.
• Troubleshoots and routinely maintains, regenerates, acid cleans, adds or changes resin, and disinfects these systems as necessary. Monitors capacity, adequacy of utility services, and quality to insure proper operation of this equipment.
• Adheres to cGMP requirements applicable to these systems.
• Maintains operation of high purity water systems to provide pressure, quantity, and quality in accordance with production and cGMP requirements.
• Insures proper operation of gauges/instrumentation (temperature, flow, conductivity, resistivity, pH, pressure, etc.) and changes recorder charts as necessary.
• Conducts daily tours of utility equipment and reports problems concerning instrumentation and control. Maintains records of operating details, including daily shift reports and logs, to provide shift-to-shift communications between both supervisory and stationary engineer personnel. Works with supervisory, engineering, and customer personnel to assure proper operation, maintenance and repair of utility equipment.
• Prepares utility equipment and systems for modifications and/or tie-ins performing necessary shutdowns and isolation of valves following safe hazardous energy control procedures. Returns systems to normal operation.
• Performs routine testing of water systems, cooling tower water, closed loop cooling and heating systems