Maintenance Technician III, 3rd Shift

Maintenance Technician III, 3rd Shift

Huvepharma in Saint Louis, MO is seeking a highly skilled Maintenance Technician III (3rd Shift) to join our dynamic pharmaceutical manufacturing facility. In this skilled role, you will be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing a wide range of industrial equipment and systems to ensure optimal operational efficiency. Your expertise will help sustain a safe, reliable, and productive environment by applying advanced technical skills and proactive maintenance strategies. This position offers an exciting opportunity for experienced professionals passionate and eager to contribute to a fabulous industry.

Position Schedule: Third Shift, Monday Thursday, 9:00pm 7:30am (Overtime available)

Responsibilities:

• Performs various periodic safety inspections such as fire extinguishers, fire sprinkler valves, fire doors, eye wash stations and similar devices.
• Perform tasks assigned through work orders and preventive maintenance through maintenance program.
• Performs periodic inspection and lubrication of plant equipment.
• Performs mechanical repairs to equipment.
• Maintains replacement parts inventory and maintenance supplies. Maintains files of vendors, suppliers and equipment service records.
• Performs tasks in a timely and professional manner.
• Removes snow from roadways and sidewalks and performs ground maintenance work as required.
• Troubleshoots equipment and machinery failures.
• Follows all relevant GMP, OSHA, EPA and Huvepharma safety procedures.
• Performs other related tasks as assigned
• Attends weekly shift meetings for required safety training, quality issues, and company updates
• Performs calibration activities on site equipment per equipment specifications using NIST standards. Updates all equipment calibration stickers.
• Documents "as found" and "as left" conditions and calibration test points for each piece of equipment calibrated.
• Reports all Out of Tolerance calibrations to equipment owners and to site management.
• Tracks calibration schedules to ensure calibrations are completed on time in order to prevent equipment down time or delay manufacturing.
• Ensures that all calibration standards are calibrated.
• Will be required to go into the facility during off hours to investigate and reset alarms as needed.
• Works safely to prevent on-the-job injuries by adhering to all policies, procedures and training and use of company-provided resources
• Inspect/maintain electrical equipment such as fuses, power panels, and supplies, motor starter/controls, inverters, and variable frequency drives by checking for voltage, continuity/resistance, and amperage by using appropriate electrical test equipment.
• Maintains awareness of troubleshooting hot spots by observing equipment operation and listening for calls on a two-way radio.
• Inspects, adjusts, and maintains electronic equipment such as programmable logic controllers, input/output consoles, sensors, and relays, in accordance with electrical color coding.
• Inspects, adjusts, disassembles, repairs, reassembles mechanical equipment such as pumps, gearboxes, bearings, pulleys, belt/chain drives, and clutches using hand and power tools, gear pullers, and chain hoists, changing gear sprockets to adjust speed. Stops machinery, locks out, troubleshoots high-speed production problems, repairs, and re-starts equipment to test repair.
• Troubleshoots electrical problems by locating information on and interpreting electrical wiring diagrams.
• Wire and unwire single, three-phase, and DC motors.
• Troubleshoots work-related problems by observing operating conditions, reviewing maintenance and repair histograms, discussing problems with operators, reading maintenance manuals, adjusting and repairs, and observing to verify problem solutions.
• Rebuilds replaces and repairs valves and pumps using hand tools,
• Replaces worn or damaged components such as fittings, bearings, gaskets, seals, cylinders, and servo valves using hand and power tools as required.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Knowledge of OSHA safety standards and regulations and will work safely by adhering to all policies, procedures and training and use of company-provided resources.
• Ability to work with the Maintenance Supervisor, site personnel, vendors, and customers.
• Ability to operate office equipment, including computers and supporting word processing, spreadsheet and database applications.
• Ability to perform job with minimum direction for routine functions, and acts from oral or written instructions
• Good oral and written communication skills, basic math skills, and report writing skills.
• Must have the ability to read and interpret documents, manuals and schematics.
• Skills supporting IQ/OQ/PQ activities.
• Experience working with CMMS software.
• Experience planning vendor and contractor services.
• Inventory controls for maintenance materials / spare parts.
• Understanding of Preventive Maintenance programs, Calibrations, and EH&S compliance.
• Maintains an orderly work area throughout shift following 5-S and replacing tools when finished and discarding unusable parts and other trash and boxing up usable parts such as pumps and motors to send to vendors for repair.
• Prefer experience performing equipment and instrument calibrations.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include peripheral vision and depth perception.

Competencies:

• Communication
• Customer Focus
• Integrity, Safety & Compliance
• Collaboration
• Achieves Results

Huvepharma will not accept unsolicited resumes from Staffing Agencies, Placement Services or Professional Recruiters.