Instrument Technician

Job Description

Instrument Technician (Calibration) Tech – Engineering

The Instrument Tech will have a key role responsible for calibration activities to maintain assets in compliance with cGMP. The technician will be, at a minimum, responsible for the following:

• Servicing, troubleshooting, and maintaining instrumentation that is part of: process utilities, grey utilities, critical HVAC systems, process equipment, process systems, cleaning equipment and equipment preparation systems.
• Know, execute and improve instrument configurations and calibrations according to local owner job plans and procedures.
• Display good documentation practices (paper and electronic based documentation)
• Support start-up and commissioning of corporate and local capital projects

Key Responsibilities

 Startup:

• Support a safety-first, and quality driven maintenance team.
• Ability to respond quickly and proactively to changing priorities within a reasonable timeframe.
• Maintain Secondary calibration standards.
• Cross functionally collaboration with Operations, Utilities, Laboratories.
• Follow maintenance procedures such as Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), Job Hazard Analysis (JHA), and Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) work plans.
• Support C&Q activities, including but not limited to, initial calibrations, shakedowns, initial/operational verification, and/or equipment qualification.
• Perform initial calibrations of instruments.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance and calibration on Process Instrumentation, Temperature, Pressure, Flow. Level and Automatic Control Valves, pH, conductivity/resistivity,
• Troubleshoot and diagnose Process Instrumentation Equipment problems and make appropriate repairs to minimize downtime.
• Perform modifications and new installations of process instrumentation.
• Ability to read P & ID drawings and schematics.
• High attention to details especially in GMP documentation.

Post Startup:

• Support site instrumentation and system change controls, including but not limited, capital projects, site process improvements, C&Q activities, calibrations, shakedowns, initial/operational verification, and/or equipment qualification.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on Process Instrumentation, Temperature, Pressure, Flow and Automatic Control Valves
• Ensure ongoing continuous maintenance system improvements.
• Support communications between Operation shifts, Maintenance, Engineering, Automation, and site customers to keep them informed of any issues that could affect them.
• Identify and implement “Human Error Prevention” opportunities.
• Use basic GMARS functionality daily.
• Use of GMARS closing notes using work order codes daily
• Ability to use Microsoft Office tools.

People Management:

• Ensure the company values, standards, and polices are communicated to and modelled within the team.
• Ensure on-going learning and team reflection.
• Identify and implement changes to work practices to optimize team efficiency.
• Support all safety practices and encourage others to do the same.   Stop work if unsafe conditions are found.

Basic Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma (preferred associate degree in Electronics)
• Experience: Minimum of two years of applied electronics and/or system maintenance experience

Shift Hours

• This position is on site Monday-Friday.   Some overtime, or non-dayshifts may be required, but will be scheduled and confirmed ahead of time
• Unscheduled overtime will be held to a minimum, but may be necessary in the event of critical failures.

Additional Skills/Preferences

• Pressure, Flow, Temperature as previous experience.
• pH, Conductivity, Resistivity, as a plus.
• Lab instrumentation, Incubators, HPLC,
• Familiar with maintenance CMMS, Maximo
• Manufacturing experience
• Knowledgeable of pharmaceutical operations and processes or other GMP practices
• Physical requirements
• Ability to lift 40 lbs.
• Awkward positions, cramped quarters, ladders, scaffoldings, and lifts will be required at times.
• Overtime may be required pending work demands.
• Work may occur in a wide range of temperature conditions