Operating Engineer, Expert Technician

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com.

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Job Function:

Supply Chain Manufacturing

Job Sub Function:

Manufacturing Assembly

Job Category:

Business Enablement/Support

All Job Posting Locations:

Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way!

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

We are searching for the best talent for an Operating Engineer, Expert Technician to join our Team! This is an onsite role.

Position Overview

This position is part of the Maintenance Team, which is part of the Site Engineering team, which is the asset-management team consisting of Automation, Engineering, and Maintenance for clinical labs, GxP warehouse operations, cell banking, and other GxP labs in Springhouse and Malvern, PA.

Maintenance is responsible for maintaining the reliability of manufacturing assets and utilities through preventive, corrective and calibration work-orders, and parts storeroom management.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

Operating Engineer, Expert Technician ensures compliant, accurate, and timely completion of preventive, corrective, emergency maintenance and project support of Johnson & Johnson’s clinical manufacturing, R&D lab operations, utilities and facilities equipment. Ensure that all work is completed in a safe and cost-effective manner, in compliance with Company Policies, EHS guidelines and GMP’s (Good Manufacturing Practices)

Maintenance:

• This is a hands-on, hourly wage (non-exempt) technician role, part of a team of technicians in the craft Operating Engineer.
• Responsible to operate and maintain the utility plant, including, but not limited to: Boilers, Chillers, Reverse Osmosis, WFI Stills, Air Compressors, Air Handling Units, Refrigeration, Waste Neutralization, Clean-In-Place systems, handle certain chemicals as needed, and are the first responders to off-shift manufacturing and electrical systems problems.
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and diagnose equipment, instruments and instrumentation systems failures as needed. Interpret and respond to Alarms as needed

Crew leadership:

• Able to perform the administrative duties of the supervisor in the absence of the team leader, except, not including the direct-report oversight (Workday and ADP functions)
• As utilities equipment and process SME, train other Operating Engineers and cross-train I&E and mechanical technicians. Ensure new hires are efficiently onboarded and have a training program.
• Provide input and feedback to the planning and scheduling of work and ensure schedule attainment and resource utilization.
• Coordinate the daily work of technicians and contractors in assigned areas through execution of the daily schedule and responding to emergency or urgent work orders without direct-reporting oversight.
• Improve the engagement and performance of assigned individuals through effective leadership, communications

Administrative Functions:

• Serve as key delegate of the Utilities Maintenance Team Leader.
• Support QA releases of systems and gases, as needed.
• Perform routine alarm reviews, as needed
• Assist with SAP notification processing, as needed
• Participate in preventive maintenance plan development and optimization
• Assist with ePTW approvals for area owner, as requested.
• Lead TruVault periodic review process, as needed
• Represent Maintenance at the daily reliability meeting, communicating issues and coordinating work, as needed
• Support project teams in development of SOP and WI creation or revisions, SAP Master Data. Work with engineers, master data analyst, parts storeroom staff, equipment owners, process specialists, project managers, and outside vendors in creating maintenance master data in CMMS.

Projects:

• Participate in capital and maintenance projects, representing Utilities systems as SME
• Interact with all stakeholders (project team, OEMs, maintenance technicians, automation engineers, lab operations, QA, QC) to identify new master data, changes to existing master data.
• Identify improvement opportunities that will improve reliability, increase uptime, reduce spare parts consumption, and reduce compliance risks Work with multifunctional teams of OEM vendors and service providers, operations, maintenance, engineering, quality and validation.
• Support project teams in development of SOP and WI creation or revisions, SAP Master Data.

Minimum Qualification

Required:

• At least 10 years hands-on maintenance technician experience as an SME on multiple utilities systems
• Proven effective trainer on equipment and processes
• Leader. Able to coordinate projects and daily activities of a team of technicians
• At least 5 years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotech manufacturing utility systems, with solid experience in GxPs, FDA regulations, SAP
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as P&IDs, electrical schematics, SOP’s, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
• Influencing skills, partnering and collaboration skills, analytical skills and excellent oral and written presentation skills are required, with a demonstrated ability to work across organizational boundaries.
• Working knowledge of equipment including, but not limited to PLC control systems and HMI’s

Preferred:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers.
• Advanced knowledge of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (SAP preferred) and best practices
• Experience with creation of maintenance plans, SOPs, spare parts strategy and best practices

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

If you are under 18 years of age, you (the candidate) may need to obtain the necessary working papers or other documentation required by state law to start the assignment, as well as get a parent’s consent for the background check.

 

 

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Agile Manufacturing, Assembly Operations, Capability Development, Consulting, Data Savvy, Execution Focus, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Manufacturing Processes, Manufacturing Science and Technology (MSAT), Organizing, Plant Operations, Predictive Analytics, Predictive Maintenance, Problem Solving, Process Oriented, Repair Management, Safety-Oriented, Technologically Savvy