Facilities Engineer (1st shift)
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
Working with Pfizer’s dynamic engineering team, you will play a critical part in managing the maintenance and reliability engineering activities involving the redesign, maintenance, and repair of utilities systems, buildings, and production/non-production equipment.
As a Facilities Engineer, you provide cross-functional guidance to operational teams for managing projects. You will be setting priorities, forecasting, and allocating resources needed to complete all preventive and corrective maintenance tasks as well as providing areas of improvement for products, processes, or services. Through your comprehensive knowledge of principles, concepts, and theories of the discipline, you will also work towards advancing new concepts and methodologies.
It is your dedication and focus that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.
The mission of the Facilities Engineer is to deliver services that support colleagues on site, support site operations and execute on facilities-utilities maintenance. The facilities team functions as the "Owners Agent" and operator of the non-production buildings, facility infrastructure, and facility equipment including soft services (Janitorial, café), hard services (MEP, HVAC/R maintenance), infrastructure (paving, roofing, elevators), key site services (MRO stock, calibration standards, motor pool), thorough understanding of the pharmaceutical critical utilities (clean & black utilities), HVAC, BMS systems, hazard waste management, ISO 7 - ISO 8 cleanrooms, oil-free compress air system, facility maintenance, pest control programs, capital projects, commissioning, validations, change control, etc.
The Facilities Engineer Team’s key responsibility is to ensure a safe environment, ensure the optimal functioning and maximize availability of the services, facilities, utilities, and equipment assets at the lowest lifecycle cost.
The Facilities Engineer makes decisions guided by department policies and procedures, plans overall asset life-cycle replacement strategies and ensures that work is tracked and completed within the contract requirement (Statement of Work (SOW), Operational Requirements (OR), and Operating Manual (OM)), SLA and budget guidelines.
The work will include managing the IFM service provider as well as individual service providers and consultants to prioritize and achieve desired quality levels, speed and budget performance.
How You Will Achieve It
Provide guidance, lead/co-lead projects, manage own time to meet objectives, and plan resource requirements for projects across the department.
Provide technical engineering oversight to develop project execution plans, and associated engineering studies for equipment component installation, etc.
Self-starter and have a proven track record in pharmaceutical facilities, clean/black utilities, equipment maintenance and troubleshooting.
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.
Hands-on experience in equipment upgrades and integration of new technology to improve plant facilities / central utilities operations. Required a thorough understanding of the operational processes of an organization and have a truly multidisciplinary role, working closely with colleagues across several functions in the site, including operations, maintenance, instrumentation, reliability, procurement, quality, technical services, validation and project engineering.
Provide good judgment and innovation by utilizing and adapting a broad knowledge of engineering principles and practices acquired through progressive experience.
Develop and lead facilities and infrastructure asset life-cycle replacement strategies and capital investment plans – as the owner agent. Develop asset long range and 5 yr. plans.
Develops and writes equipment specifications, user requirement specifications, performance requirements, cost analysis, capital projects, change controls, and proposal for integrating new machinery-utilities into the site.
Work with the IFM team to solve complex problems which require the regular use of innovation and creativity and identify cause and effect relationships. May develop new options and process recommendations.
Develop a strong working relationship and trusted communication with the IFM and other service providers.
Manage selected service delivery models for centralized services as assigned (Roofing, paving, HVAC, lighting).
Develop asset performance improvement initiatives, track, and report performance, and liaise with internal customers.
Monitor (the IFM provider) preventative and recurring work vs. reactive broke-fix work and develop strategies to promote low life cycle owning costs.
Schedules and coordinates adequate coverage for the department, depending on the business needs. Responsible to maintain an adequate inventory of spare parts of all critical utilities and facilities maintenance.
Provide engineering support to Plant operations 24/7 (overall facilities, utilities, equipment, etc.) and lead plant shutdowns.
Initiate and monitor facility capital replacement (through the Central PM Team) as developed in the Facilities Master Plans for asset replacement/upgrade; provide scope and operational guidance as the asset owner.
Represents the organization as the asset owner on site capital projects.
Develop, manage, and approve all financial contracts.
This is a high-profile position, a technical lead/advisor for the Engineering Department through teamwork and the formation of key alliances will drive, support, and implement key Plant projects and initiatives.
Ensures adherence to company safety standards, policies, and procedures. Ensures maintenance staff and contractors correctly wears and uses safety equipment, as required. Also, ensures that all safety inspections are completed as required and ensures adherence to company EHS policies.
Qualifications
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Applicant must have HS Diploma with ten years of relevant experience; OR an associate degree with eight years of experience; OR a Bachelor’s degree with at least five years of experience; OR a Master’s degree with more than three years of experience; OR a Ph.D. with 0-2 years of experience.
Engineering experience in a Facilities, Utilities, Maintenance, Project, or Plant Engineering role.
Experience in large facility and campus facility management and maintenance of buildings, building equipment and infrastructure.
Demonstrated ability to interact effectively with colleagues at all levels of an organization.
Demonstrated ability to interact effectively with contract service partners.
Effective written and verbal communication skills.
Strong Computer Skills: SolidWorks, CAD, MS Project software applications, maintains up to date plant drawings (MEP, security, site layout, equipment layout, etc.).
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Extensive facilities-utilities experience and IFM Program.
Strong self-starter, action oriented, seizes opportunities and follows through on commitments.
Ability to lead a multi-discipline team both as a supervisor and in a technical capacity.
Familiar with requirements that pertain to GMP/GEP facilities.
Experience in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
Certified Facility Manager (CFM – IFMA), CEM, PE.
PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS
The work environment ranges from office to anywhere in the plant, on campus and frequently outdoors. Colleague is frequently exposed to airborne particles and must work near moving mechanical parts. Colleague will be expected to access multiple levels of the facility areas which entail use of stairways and ladders. The noise level in some of the work environments is loud. Use of hearing, eye, hand and foot protection is required. Personal Protective Equipment applicable to the task must be worn at all times and is a condition of employment.
Relocation support available
Last Day To Apply: October 31st, 2024.
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
Sunshine Act
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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.
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.
