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Senior Specialist, Maintenance Engineering

Merck
On-site
Lansdale, PA
$114,700 - $180,500 USD yearly
Operations

Role Summary

The vision for the Global Workplace and Enterprise Services (GWES) organization based in Pennsylvania is to improve patient’s lives by providing world-class facility services and solutions that enable innovative research, medicines, and vaccines. As a member of the Maintenance Engineering team, the Maintenance Engineer will focus on asset management, maintenance strategies, and efficient operations. The Maintenance Engineer will also work with internal and external partners to provide reliable and efficient facilities operations in office and research buildings across the site. They will engage clients to understand their needs and continually look to improve operations by developing efficient solutions that will support business objectives and ensure continuity and cGMP, Safety, and Environmental compliance. They will troubleshoot and solve problems for the building utility and operating systems, and contribute to the expense and capital planning processes and asset management programs.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as Capital Project Team Leader (CPTL) on various projects to develop project scope and guide the projects through the capital management process and project execution/closure.
  • Partner with Facilities Managers and Maintenance Managers to provide asset ownership and participate in developing and maintaining capital/expense project plans.
  • Apply technical skills and ingenuity to correct equipment and system problems that result in downtime or consume excessive maintenance resources or energy. Perform root cause failure analysis on equipment failures and develop strategies to prevent recurrence.
  • Support operations and maintenance supervisors in ensuring that system equipment is maintained in compliance with all safety, environmental, and quality requirements.
  • Administer and support Risk Based Asset Management (RBAM) and Life Cycle Asset Management (LCAM) programs. Provide technical input to building and site Master Plans based on RBAM/LCAM programs.
  • Provide technical support for Facility Operations Process Safety Management (PSM) systems, including ownership of PSM program elements.
  • Perform PM Optimization evaluations of current preventive maintenance procedures to include load leveling, job plan task best practices, and Bill of Material (BOM) development.

Education

  • Required: B.S. in Engineering
  • Knowledge of basic safety standards including lock out/tag out, job hazard analysis, high risk work, hazardous materials management.

Qualifications

  • Required: Minimum 5 years experience in Facilities Management or Maintenance/Utilities
  • Required: Ability to quickly address issues and develop solutions to minimize risk and improve reliability
  • Required: Ability to handle and prioritize a large number of simultaneous assignments and quickly adapt to changes in business priorities
  • Required: Strong customer service focus and communication skills
  • Preferred: Minimum of 3 years experience troubleshooting equipment and utility systems
  • Preferred: Minimum of 3 years experience executing Capital projects/Project Management
  • Preferred: Understanding of or experience with Capital and Profit Planning Processes
  • Preferred: Experience with Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) software such as SAP, Procal, or Maximo
  • Preferred: Experience in using QlikSense, Spotfire, or other data analytical software
  • Preferred: Experience in performing root cause analysis

Skills

  • Required: Accountability
  • Required: Adaptability
  • Required: Capital Management
  • Required: Capital Project Management
  • Required: Capital Projects
  • Required: Change Management
  • Required: Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software
  • Required: Data Analysis
  • Required: Deviation Management
  • Required: EHS Compliance
  • Required: Equipment Qualification
  • Required: Facility Management
  • Required: Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
  • Required: Hazardous Materials Management
  • Required: Hazardous Materials Transportation
  • Required: Healthcare Innovation
  • Required: Maintenance Engineering
  • Required: Maintenance Planning Software
  • Required: Maintenance Processes
  • Required: Maintenance Scheduling
  • Required: Maintenance Supervision
  • Required: Occupational Safety and Health
  • Required: Regulatory Audits
  • Required: Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Additional Requirements

  • Travel Requirements: No Travel Required
  • Valid Driving License: Yes