Maintenance Specialist - Berkeley, CA

At Bayer, we're visionaries driven to solve the world's toughest challenges. As a Maintenance Specialist, you will serve as a field-based maintenance operations specialist responsible for coordinating and overseeing vendor-performed maintenance and repair activities in a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.

Your tasks and responsibilities include:

• Reviewing work orders, job plans, permits, and site readiness to confirm maintenance activities are properly prepared before execution;
• Coordinating equipment downtime, operational clearances, and the staging of required parts, tools, and materials at the job site;
• Leading pre-job safety briefings and verifying all required permits, hazard controls, and crew understanding are in place before work begins;
• Providing field oversight during execution to ensure work follows approved plans, procedures, safety standards, GMP requirements, and environmental expectations;
• Serving as the primary field liaison among craft, operations, and engineering by monitoring progress, tracking labor and equipment status, and escalating issues or scope changes promptly;
• Verifying work is completed to specification, ensuring permits and punch-list items are closed out, confirming equipment return to service, and completing accurate CMMS/work order documentation;
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives and small maintenance improvement projects by coordinating field execution, tracking actions, and helping implement changes that improve equipment reliability, work execution, safety, and compliance;
• Supporting deviation, DR, and CAPA activities by gathering field information, assisting with investigations, documenting maintenance-related actions, and helping ensure corrective and preventive actions are completed effectively and on time.

To be successful in this role, you should possess:

• An associate degree or equivalent certification and 6+ years' total work experience, including 3+ years in maintenance, reliability, or manufacturing operations within a regulated environment;
• Demonstrated experience coordinating or supervising contractor/vendor work activities in the field;
• Hands-on familiarity with CMMS platforms;
• Working understanding of GMP, OSHA, and environmental compliance requirements;
• Knowledge of permit-to-work systems;
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, mechanical drawings, equipment manuals, and job plans;
• Strong communication and coordination skills.

In terms of compensation, employees can expect to be paid a salary between $96,480.00 - $144,720.00, with additional compensation possibly including a bonus or commission. Benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc.