Facility Maintenance Engineer

Facility Maintenance Engineer

Position Summary:

Catalent is a global, high-growth, private company and a leading partner for the pharmaceutical industry in the development and manufacturing of new treatments for patients worldwide. Your talents, ideas, and passion are essential to our mission: to help people live better, healthier lives.  

Catalent’s Kansas City facility is home to our Oral & Specialty Drug Delivery, Biologics Analytical Services and Clinical Supply Services businesses. The site provides a range of integrated services for oral solid dosage forms, from formulation development and analytical testing to clinical and commercial-scale manufacture.  The Kansas City facility is a Center-of-Excellence for our Biologics Analytical Services business. Our talented team has over 25 years of experience providing analytical services for stand-alone and integrated biologics projects.

Catalent Pharma Solutions in Kansas City, MO is hiring a Facility Maintenance Engineer. The Facilities Maintenance Engineer is a member of the Facilities Engineering Team and reports directly to the site head of facilities.  The position is responsible for maintaining and remodeling existing facilities and utilities, coordinating capital projects, and providing engineering support to the site maintenance department.  This position will have a strong focus on continuous improvement of facility and utility equipment achieved through project identification and execution.

This is a full-time, salary role.   This is onsite.  This position is a 1st Shift role with flexibility on the weekends.

Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer, and Catalent employee. 

The Role:

• Maintenance Management: Leading the life cycle management and maintenance of critical systems (HVAC, electrical, plumbing, cleanrooms, mechanical spaces) to ensure they are functioning efficiently, safely, and in compliance with pharmaceutical standards
• Project Management: Planning and executing projects related to the expansion, renovation, or upgrades of pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, including budgeting, scheduling, and ensuring compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
• Safety Compliance: Ensuring that the facility complies with all relevant health, safety, and environmental regulations and standards, including those specific to the handling and manufacturing of pharmaceuticals
• Quality Compliance: Leading investigation and resolution of issues resulting from utility, facility, and/or equipment malfunctions
• Vendor Management: Selecting and managing contractors and service providers for maintenance, security, cleaning, and other services, ensuring they meet the site requirements
• Emergency Planning: Developing, implementing, and executing emergency plans and procedures, including evacuation plans, to respond to emergencies, such as weather events, utility disruptions, chemical spills, etc
• Space Management: Optimizing the use of space within the facility, including planning for future space requirements, cleanroom standards, and segregation of different manufacturing operations
• Building Systems Design and Analysis: Assessing the design and operation of building systems to improve efficiency, reliability, and sustainability
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensuring that the facility and its operations comply with all local, state, federal, and international regulations and codes relevant to pharmaceutical manufacturing, including GMP and FDA regulations
• Sustainability Initiatives: Leading efforts to make the facility more sustainable, such as implementing recycling programs, reducing energy consumption and cost, water conservation measures, and green building practices, while ensuring these initiatives do not compromise product quality or safety
• All other duties as assigned

The Candidate:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical Engineering with a minimum of two+ years of relevant of experience in development, manufacturing or packaging for clinical/commercial drug products or combination products in a cGMP-controlled environment or regulated industry is required
• Ability to troubleshoot simple to complex process and equipment problems using a structured problem-solving approach is required
• Knowledge of change control and validation required including experience with equipment FAT, Commissioning, IQ, OQ, PQ, and development of qualification protocols/reports for packaging and shipping activities highly desired
• Demonstrated ability to plan and independently implement multiple projects with high attention to detail
• Proficient at relevant software including MS Office, MS Project, AutoCAD Inventor, CAD, Track wise, Documentum highly preferred
• Knowledge regarding design control, documentation, risk management and processes such as FMEA, Design Verification, and URS is a plus
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Internet Explorer is required
• Individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift up to 40 pounds

Why You Should Join Catalent:

• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process 
• Diverse, inclusive culture 
• Positive working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative
• Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives 
• 152 hours of PTO + 8 paid holidays
• Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on D&I
• Dynamic, fast-paced work environment
• Community engagement and green initiatives 
• Generous 401K match 
• Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment 
• Tuition Reimbursement - Let us help you finish your degree or start a new degree
• WellHub- program to promote overall physical wellness 
• Perkspot - offers exclusive or private discounts from approximately 900+ merchants in a wide array of categories

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career  Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to DisabilityAccommodations@catalent.com. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

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