Process Maintenance Technician

Process Maintenance Technician

Position Summary

• Work Schedule: 1st shift, 6AM-2:30PM
• 100% on-site in Manassas, VA

Our Manassas, Virginia site is a part of the Consumer Health division and provides expanded capabilities in soft chews and lozenges. With extensive development and manufacturing expertise and a wide range of flavors, ingredients, and colors available, we can work with complex formulations to help create engaging new products consumers will love.

The Process Maintenance Technician is responsible for performing emergency and routine maintenance on all manufacturing equipment, including equipment changeovers, and assisting production personnel as necessary to minimize downtime. The Process Maintenance Technician is responsible for the installation and repair of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems and ensuring that equipment is maintained in top working condition through troubleshooting, repair, and preventative maintenance.

The Role

• Perform basic PMs, mechanical maintenance, repairs across the site, and assist small scale process improvement projects.
• Build the foundation for machines, grind, and file machinery parts.
• Construct and install equipment such as shafting, conveyors and tram rails.
• Transfer equipment to the applicable site for maintenance to avoid contamination or safety hazards.
• Help maintain good housekeeping in mechanical and facility areas.
• Maintains cleanliness and upkeep of repair shop, maintenance office, and storage areas including all equipment, tools, supplies, and materials.
• Observe and follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Food Safety Plan (HACCP) and Food Quality Plan (FQP.)
• Other duties as assigned.

The Candidate

• Associate degree with 2+ years of relevant experience or High School Diploma and 5+ years of relevant experience or technical/vocational training.
• Background in industrial maintenance or skilled trades in the food industry is preferred.
• Ability to troubleshoot various types of equipment.
• Looking for combination of hands-on experience with current machinery or similar.
• Technicians should be able to run conduit and wire electrical control panels according to NEC guidelines.
• Ability to program Allen Bradley PLC's and HMI's.
• Pipefitting, plumbing, welding, and fabrication are preferred.
• Ability to read and understand electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, and vendor documentation.
• The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 1000 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to walk and stand; frequently talk or hear; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb or balance. The employee is occasionally required to sit, taste or smell.

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on D&I
• Potential for career growth within an expanding team
• Diverse, inclusive culture
• 152 hours of PTO + 8 Paid Holidays

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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