Maintenance and Automation Manager

Job Description

#2389 Maintenance and Automation Manager

This position is responsible for managing and coordinating the work of the Reliability Engineering, Electrical & Controls Engineering, and Maintenance Teams to maximize efficiency and support manufacturing goals. The Maintenance and Automation Manager will implement advanced maintenance programs and systems in a highly regulated environment and must have an excellent understanding of cost structures in a manufacturing environment. The Maintenance and Automation Manager must also understand and implement continuous improvement in a pharmaceutical and PSM environment.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead corrective, predictive, and preventative maintenance activities. Identify opportunities for improvement and implement TPM activities. Utilize vibration analysis, thermal analysis, and other predictive maintenance tools.
• Implement and review site-specific maintenance logs for each department. Provide a summary of maintenance conditions and recommendations to the Director of Engineering. Ensure facilities and grounds are maintained per Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) and current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP'S).
• Leads the development of policies and procedures related to maintenance of facilities, grounds, and equipment.
• Manage and coordinate the Maintenance Department, Utilities Department, Custodial Group and Facility Security.
• Develop and adhere to the maintenance and utilities budgets. Determine capital needs and develop appropriation requests as require to maintain the facility.
• Ensure that the maintenance team adheres to company operating procedures, cGMP's, established practices, and financial considerations.
• Communicate with the Quality department to ensure compliance with cGMP documentation requirements.
• Ensure that department training meets cGMP, OSHA, EPA, and other regulatory requirements. Provide staff training in a variety of topics including effective utilization of the maintenance logs, completion of routine maintenance specific to the facility, equipment operations, fire safety, lockout/tag-out, and cGMP considerations.
• Manage stores and spare parts inventories to achieve balance of cost and response time. Direct the maintenance planner and storeroom attendant in the effective use of the CMMS.
• Supervise electricians, electronics techs, system integrators and contract programmers to provide leadership in the Electrical Engineering department for OT, process controls, electrical and instrumentation matters.
• Manage capital projects to deliver high quality installations with on-time and on-budget execution.
• Manage utilities and negotiate utility contracts.
• Manage automated systems in OT environment to leverage real-time data for maintenance and throughput optimization. Manage process controls, PLC’s, GAMP compliance, electrical utilities, fire and security systems, and other electrical/electronic systems in a cGMP environment.
• Evaluate equipment, programming, and systems for compliance with GAMP.
• Develop policies and procedures related to maintenance of facilities, grounds, programming, and equipment.
• Ensure that department training meets GAMP, cGMP, OSHA, EPA, and other regulatory requirements as they relate to controls, electrical and instrument issues.
• Analyze system needs, make calculations, and determine requirements for improvements as well as investigate codes and ensure that installations meet the requirements.
• Manage and oversee vibration analysis, thermal analysis, and other predictive maintenance tools and reports to improve plant reliability.
• Prepare designs and layouts of OT, process controls, electrical and mechanical and provide technical specifications for execution.

Job Requirements and Qualifications:

• Education: Associate degree required; Master’s degree or above in Engineering (Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, Reliability) or related discipline preferred.
• Experience: 5+ years of experience required, 10+ years of experience preferred.