Manager, Reliability Engineering & Maintenance Planning at Pfizer in Sanford, North Carolina

Job Description:

Why Patients Need You

 

Whether you are involved in the design and development of manufacturing processes for products or supporting maintenance and reliability, engineering is vital to making sure customers and patients have the medicines they need, when they need them. Working with our innovative engineering team, you'll help bring medicines to the world even faster by imagining what's possible and taking action.

 

What You Will Achieve

 

Your technical skills will help us keep our plants, utility systems, buildings and equipment up and running. Pfizer relies on you for maintenance, redesign, and repair of utilities in our plants, such as electrical, plumbing, carpentry, air conditioning, heating, painting and general maintenance. You will be relied on to take the necessary preventive and corrective steps for setting priorities, forecasting and allocating resources in the maintenance tasks.

 

As a Manager, your breadth of knowledge on internal or external business challenges will help us improve our engineering products, processes and services. Your will manage projects by meeting objectives and preparing forecasts for resource requirements. Your risk-taking ability will help us advance new concepts and methodologies. You will provide technical guidance and oversight to team members and help in problem solving.

 

It is your dedication and focus that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.

 

How You Will Achieve It

 

• Manage multiple projects and ongoing work activities within the division typically involving cross-functional representatives.
• Lead and provide technical engineering oversight to develop project execution plans, and associated engineering studies for equipment component installation etc.
• Support programs and systems with procedures and training while ensuring compliance with all regulatory and company requirements.
• Ensure that all work is performed in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), safety procedures, quality standards, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards, other regulatory agency standards, and good maintenance practices.
• Develop and establish strategies and methods that improve preventive maintenance processes and procedures resulting in enhanced equipment performance.
• Perform equipment evaluations to determine and justify new equipment, equipment replacement and incorporate into capital plan.
• Facilitate and participate in equipment-based Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations.
• Provide governance of maintenance planning and scheduling across the Operating Units.
• Foster teamwork and encourage colleague development, provide salary planning recommendations as well as change management.

 

Qualifications

 

Must-Have

 

• Applicant must have a High School Diploma (or Equivalent) with 10+ years of relevant experience;
• OR an Associate's degree with eight years of experience;
• OR a Bachelor's degree with at least 5+ years of experience;
• OR a Master's degree with more than three years of experience;
• OR a Ph.D. with 0+ years of experience.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply Process Safety Management elements
• Knowledge of Enterprise Asset Management Solution or other CMMS applications required
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices), Food and Drug Administration, other regulations and current pharmaceutical industry standards
• Strong people management experience, communication and leadership skills
• Ability to shift priorities according to changes in departmental/facility needs and be open to different ideas/approaches

 

Nice-to-Have

 

• Relevant pharmaceutical experience
• Industry experience with preventive and predictive maintenance programs

 

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

 

• Incumbent's primarily work environment is varied with time allocated inside and outside all buildings of this complex and includes potential exposure to hazardous materials and energy sources requires the appropriate use of Personal Protection Equipment
• Work involves direct contact with utilities and process equipment including, but is not limited to, aseptic processing equipment, bioreactors, tangential flow equipment, centrifuge, chromatography columns, HEPA filters, high purity water systems including WFI, sanitary distribution, clean steam, process gases, and process control systems.

 

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

 

• Adherence to PPE and gowning requirements
• Ability to work outside normal business hours and on call as needed for business reasons
• Periodic travel is rare but may be required for global engineering and network collaboration

 

Other Job Details

 

Work Location Assignment: On Premise

 

Last date to apply: 11/12/2024

 

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $109,400.00 to $182,300.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer's Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 15.0% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life's moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site - U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.

 

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

 

Sunshine Act

 

Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations. These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider's name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure. Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act. Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government. If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.

 

EEO & Employment Eligibility

 

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer. This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.

 

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