Senior Maintenance and Utilities Technician

job summary:
Leading Pharma Manufacturer within the Greater Boston area is in search of a Senior Maintenance and Utilities Technician. We are seeking candidates who have 4-8 years of relevant work experience, technical training is an advantage. Candidates will need demonstrated competency in the maintenance, operation, troubleshooting, and reliable care of process equipment and critical utility systems, including equipment and systems such as WFI, RO, autoclaves, clean utilities, chromatography systems, and ultrafiltration skids.

This is a contract to hire position ranging from $35-$38.75/hr + OT. Please apply today!  
location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
job type: Contract
salary: $35.00 - 38.75 per hour
work hours: 8am to 4pm
education: High School

responsibilities:

• Respond to alarms, abnormal conditions, and non-routine equipment or utility events; assess priority, communicate impacts to stakeholders, and ensure timely escalation, coordination, and documentation.

• Serve as the primary operational contact during assigned shifts by triaging issues, screening calls, prioritizing responses, determining resource needs, and coordinating support to minimize impact to operations.

• Monitor, maintain, and take ownership of process and utility systems to ensure continuous plant readiness, proactively identifying and addressing performance deviations.

• Execute maintenance and reliability activities in compliance with site safety requirements, cGMP standards, and regulatory expectations, including hazard assessments, proper PPE use, and adherence to approved procedures.

• Maintain accurate, complete, and timely documentation, including work orders, logbooks, maintenance and calibration records, alarm/event reports, and other GMP records required to support compliant and audit-ready operations.

• Partner with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Validation, contractors, vendors, and equipment manufacturers to troubleshoot issues, improve equipment reliability, and ensure work is completed safely, compliantly, and right-first time.

• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and knowledge transfer to peers and contractors while promoting accountability, collaboration, and high standards of workmanship.

• Identify, initiate, and support reliability and continuous improvement initiatives by leveraging equipment performance data and operational insights to enhance maintenance strategies and reduce equipment risk.

The essential functions of this role include:

• working weekends 
  qualifications:
  
  
  • Experience level: Experienced
  • Minimum 4 years of experience
  • Education: High School
   
  skills:
• Maintenance
• Maintenance
• Maintenance
• Maintenance
  
  
  Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
  At Randstad, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact View email address on randstadusa.com.
  
  
  Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
  
  
  This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
  It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.