Description
We continue to modernize, so we can launch even more new products at speed whilst turbo-charging delivery across our entire portfolio through our relentless focus on quality, safety, and service.
As a Process Mechanic, you will be responsible for performing preventative and corrective maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of biopharmaceutical process equipment.
Responsibilities:
- Troubleshoot and safely repair process systems on a routine and emergency basis to assure continuous production operations.
- Maintain and repair sanitary valves and actuators, agitation systems, rotary lobe pumps, centrifugal pumps, cartridge mechanical seals, centrifuges, chromatography columns, autoclaves, equipment washers, and other sanitary/sterile equipment and systems.
- Familiarity with PLC's and distributed control systems and their operation and interaction with the process equipment and systems.
- Use schematics to diagnose electrical control and motor circuits.
- Safely perform preventative and corrective maintenance tasks on process equipment and systems.
- Make recommendations for maintenance tasks and frequencies and procedural/operational changes to enhance equipment life and maintainability.
- Identify spare parts and consumables necessary to perform these tasks.
- Perform metal fabrication tasks as necessary.
- Inspect, replace, align, adjust, and lubricate mechanical system components including bearings, gear boxes, belt drives, shaft couplings, mechanical seals, and related devices.
- Perform tasks that require entry and maneuvering in tight spaces inside a stainless-steel bioreactor through a 24-inch (61 cm) manway.
Basic Qualifications:
- High school diploma
- 2+ years of experience in maintaining and/or troubleshooting industrial process or utility equipment
- Experience in administrative tasks
- GMP or processing experience
- Ability to work in very tight, narrow, confined spaces
Preferred Qualifications:
- Any type of technical certification, such as welding, mechatronics, machinery.
- Familiar with cGMP's, regulatory guidelines, governmental codes, and standard operating procedure.
- Strong communications skills, both verbal and written.
- Skills and knowledge to serve as a resource to less experienced employees
- The ability to work rotating shift work.
Benefits: GSK offers a comprehensive benefits program, which can be found at GSK US Benefits Summary.