Maintenance Engineer - 2nd shift
Amneal Pharmaceuticals
September 02, 2026
On-site
Piscataway, NJ
Operations
The Maintenance Engineer will take ownership in the maintenance, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of manufacturing equipment and maintenance activities to ensure smooth production of oral solid dosage forms and transdermal systems (including birth control patches) in compliance with cGMP.
Essential Functions:
- Develop, implement, and optimize preventive and corrective maintenance programs to maximize equipment uptime and reliability.
- Diagnose and resolve complex mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and automation-related failures independently.
- Lead maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of tablet presses, coaters, mixers, dryers, slitters, packaging machines, and utilities.
- Maintain accurate documentation of maintenance activities, plans, and equipment history in Blue Mountain Regulatory software per GMP/regulatory requirements.
- Lead or assist with equipment installation, qualification, and validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) with validation and quality teams.
- Support root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
Additional Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with production, QA, engineering, and EHS.
- Manage contractors/vendors ensuring safety and regulatory standards.
- Maintain spare parts inventory and recommend reordering.
- Ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental standards and company policies.
- Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives for reliability, efficiency, and safety.
Qualifications:
- Education: BS/BA in Engineering, Pharmaceutics, Industrial Pharmacy, or related field (Required). MS/MA (Preferred).
- Experience: 3+ years in Engineering, Pharmaceutics, Industrial Pharmacy, or related field.
Essential Functions:
- Develop, implement, and optimize preventive and corrective maintenance programs to maximize equipment uptime and reliability.
- Diagnose and resolve complex mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and automation-related failures independently.
- Lead maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of tablet presses, coaters, mixers, dryers, slitters, packaging machines, and utilities.
- Maintain accurate documentation of maintenance activities, plans, and equipment history in Blue Mountain Regulatory software per GMP/regulatory requirements.
- Lead or assist with equipment installation, qualification, and validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) with validation and quality teams.
- Support root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
Additional Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with production, QA, engineering, and EHS.
- Manage contractors/vendors ensuring safety and regulatory standards.
- Maintain spare parts inventory and recommend reordering.
- Ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental standards and company policies.
- Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives for reliability, efficiency, and safety.
Qualifications:
- Education: BS/BA in Engineering, Pharmaceutics, Industrial Pharmacy, or related field (Required). MS/MA (Preferred).
- Experience: 3+ years in Engineering, Pharmaceutics, Industrial Pharmacy, or related field.