Facilities and Production Maintenance Technician

AstraZeneca

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Durham, NC - USA

profile Monthly Salary: USD 2025 - 2025
Posted on: 13 days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Role Summary:

The Facilities and Production Maintenance Tech is responsible for the safe reliable operation and maintenance of building and utility systems supporting office laboratory and production environments. The role ensures uptime of critical utilities accurate completion of work requests and excellent customer service to site partners.

  • Building systems maintenance: Maintain HVAC CDA vacuum RO/purified water N2 boilers chillers electrical equipment and BMS controls.
  • Fixing: Diagnose and resolve mechanical electrical and plumbing issues to restore operations safely and quickly.
  • Safe operations: Operate complex building equipment per SOPs and site policies; adhere to LOTO and safe work practices.
  • Monitoring and documentation: Perform daily equipment/utilities checks; record operational data and maintain accurate logs.
  • Work order execution: Complete lab office and facilities requests promptly while delivering high-quality customer service.
  • Vendor coordination: Schedule and be responsible for vendor work for general preventive and emergency maintenance; support repairs PM programs and system upgrades.
  • Preventive maintenance: Ensure PMs are completed on schedule (in-house/vendor); maintain equipment history files; assist in solving manufacturing equipment.
  • General facility support: Conduct building facility and production maintenance/cleaning; support reconfigurations setups installations and moves.
  • Emergency response: Respond immediately to fires evacuations equipment failures and other emergencies per site procedures.
  • Cybersecurity: Partner with IT to safeguard building management systems (BMS) equipment controllers and connected utilities. Ensure high cybersecurity standards e.g. handle account/access hygiene apply approved firmware/patches report and remediate vulnerabilities ensure secure vendor remote access and change control for networked facility systems. Proactively support IT and site cybersecurity improvement initiatives.
  • Automation and controls: Configure operate and maintain BMS and controllers (PLCs/RTUs/VFDs); handle alarms and time-bound overrides; keep control narratives setpoints graphics and backups current under change control; validate after updates/calibrations; monitor trends for drift and implement corrective actions; coordinate vendor logic changes per SOPs/regulatory requirements.
  • OSD manufacturing experience: Support oral solid dose areas/utilities including classified HVAC/pressurization dust containment and environmental monitoring; coordinate with QA/production; familiarity with granulators blenders tablet presses coaters packaging lines and related BMS/PLC controls.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

  • Minimum 4-year bachelors degree in Engineering or related area of study
  • Minimum of 3 years experience in facilities building maintenance or industrial utilities within lab/production environments.
  • Technical skills: Working knowledge of HVAC mechanical electrical and plumbing systems; ability to read schematics and equipment manuals; basic BMS familiarity.
  • Compliance and safety: Understanding of SHE practices LOTO and safe work permitting; strong documentation rigor.
  • Tools and systems: Competent with CMMS work order systems and standard diagnostic tools.
  • Skills youll use every day: Strong problem-solving communication customer service and ability to work independently or within a team on multiple priorities.
  • Must be available to be on-call when needed after hours during the weekday or weekend if necessary.
  • Must show demonstrated experience to adjust to changing priorities.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

  • Certifications: HVAC/R license Universal EPA 608 electrical or plumbing certifications OSHA-10/30 or similar.
  • Industry exposure: GMP/GxP or pharmaceutical/biotech experience; experience supporting critical utilities and clean utilities (RO/DI CDA N2).
  • Systems: Experience with BMS/EMS platforms and data trending; familiarity with SOPs and change control.

Date Posted

29-Oct-2025

Closing Date

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