Manager, Maintenance Engineering

Use Your Power for Purpose

Whether you are involved in the design and development of manufacturing processes for products or supporting maintenance and reliability engineering is crucial to ensuring customers and patients receive the medicines they need precisely when they need them. By collaborating with our forward-thinking engineering team youll play a key role in accelerating the delivery of medicines to the world. Your innovative ideas and proactive actions will help us imagine new possibilities and bring them to life making a significant impact on global health. Your dedication and focus will be crucial in enabling Pfizer to reach new milestones and support patients worldwide.

What You Will Achieve

Working with Pfizers dynamic engineering team you will play a critical part in managing the maintenance activities involving the redesign maintenance and repair of utilities systems buildings and production/non-production equipment. You will be responsible for providing technical and engineering expertise to maximize site equipment availability reliability and reduce maintenance costs through system and process continuous improvement i.e. LEAN principles and Continuous Improvement methodology. Develop and implement strategies and methods that improve preventive maintenance processes and procedures resulting in enhanced equipment performance. Technically support all aspects of maintenance operations while ensuring compliance with SOPs cGMPs safety procedures quality standards OSHA standards other regulatory agency standards good maintenance practices and corporate initiatives. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the manufacturing processes and equipment at the Rochester site

How You Will Achieve It:

A summary of responsibilities are following;

• Work closely with manufacturing personnel/other departments to resolve manufacturing issues and implement process improvements.
• Act as a liaison between manufacturing personnel and maintenance for corrective work and utilities support.
• Support implementation of process equipment upgrades and optimization.
• Capital projects for new equipment purchase installation and facility integration.
• Trouble shooting issues with utility support of process equipment.
• Coordination with other engineers validation and automation colleagues in support of manufacturing operations.
• Foster a Safety Culture
• Fully Accountable for all assigned area Infrastructure Assets.
• Plan and Forecast work required for assigned area Infrastructure Assets.
• Provide development opportunities cross-functional training mentoring and diversity within Site Engineering & Maintenance
• Provide good judgment and innovation by utilizing and adapting a broad knowledge of engineering principles and practices acquired through progressive experience.
• Remain current in requirements of the ever-changing business environment inclusive of site/network plan of record capital budgeting and total cost of ownership including reliability.
• Preparation of Capital Investment requirements to maintain assigned areas Asset Reliability and Plan of Record.
• Actively participate in or lead Site & Corporate initiatives such as Engineering Without Borders Communities of Practice Limited Duration Teams VPP and Conformance Standards.
• Perform equipment evaluations to determine and justify new equipment equipment replacement and incorporate into capital plan. Equipment replacement should be identified as part of a site or facility Master Plan.
• Review equipment for condition performance and maintenance history; assessing the liability caused by marginal equipment performance; assessing the cost and value of overhauling or upgrading to the cost of replacement; and creating justifications for capital replacements.
• Equipment evaluations should include risk assessments to determine if adequate redundancy exists to support operations in the event of catastrophic equipment failure.
• Recommends and presents capital equipment purchases to facilitate campus growth and to maximize equipment reliability.
• Provide technical expertise to site investigations around Equipment/Utility Issues.
• Provide subject matter expertise for PM task-list development and revisions. Assists RCM analysis team to determine PM and part strategies. Based on expertise history and RCM analysis results. Perform PM reviews PM modifications CMMS data mining to investigate equipment trends failure defense identification and planning work process improvements and setup of maintenance metrics.
• Programs and systems should be supported with procedures and training while ensuring compliance with all regulatory and company requirements

Here Is What You Need(Minimum Requirements)

• BA/BS with at least 4 years of experience or MBA/MS with at least 2 years of experience or PhD/JD with any years of experience or associates degree with at least 8 years of experience or high school diploma (or equivalent) with at least 10 years of relevant experience.
• Previous engineering experience in a production facility working with qualified and non-qualified utilities.
• Demonstrated time management skills ability to work on multiple projects at a time
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with stakeholders plant partners engineers and maintenance persons
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead and build teams across functions and levels in the organization
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to make decisions in complex situations
• Proficiency in using maintenance management software and tools and Microsoft 365 suite (Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook)

Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements):

• Experience with regulatory compliance and quality standards in a pharmaceutical environment
• Proficiency in System Application & Products (SAP EAMS)
• Solid background in Project Management

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

• Candidate must not be allergic to penicillin
• Leadership organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively across functions and levels in the organization. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to shift priorities according to changes in departmental/facility needs.
• Be highly motivated show initiative and work well independently or in a team environment

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

Although this is primarily a first shift role candidate must be willing to work weekends and off shifts to support planned and unplanned production outages.

OTHER JOB DETAILS

Last Date to Apply for Job: 10/29/25

Relocation support available
Work Location Assignment:On Premise

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.