Utilities Supervisor

Work Schedule

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Job Description

Title: Utilities Supervisor

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team youll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the worlds toughest challenges like protecting the environment making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Division/Site Specific Information
Youll be based in our Manati Puerto Rico location where youll have the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment that fosters innovation and collaboration. This position will support the Drug Product Division (DPD) at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Discover Impactful Work:

The Utilities Supervisor is responsible for supervising maintaining and optimizing all critical utilities that support pharmaceutical manufacturing operations at Thermo Fisher Scientific. This role ensures reliable performance of utility systems as and limited to HVAC Steam and Condensate Purified Water Potable Water Fire System Chilled Water Compressed Air Electrical System and Environmental Monitoring systems among other to maintain compliance with cGMP safety standards and company policies. The Utilities Supervisor leads a team of technicians coordinates maintenance activities supports engineering projects and drives continuous improvement to ensure operational readiness at all times.

A Day in the Life:

Utilities System Management

• Own operation maintenance and performance of critical utilities: PW steam/condensate USP/EP compressed air and gases boilers/chillers/cooling towers air compressors/vacuum HVAC for controlled environments/cleanrooms environmental controls/energy monitoring electrical and fire systems.

• Ensure uninterrupted utility availability for production labs warehouses and all facility areas.

Compliance & Regulatory Readiness

• Ensure utilities meet cGMP regulatory and Thermo Fisher quality standards.

• Maintain calibration/maintenance records logbooks/operational parameters and manage deviations CAPAs change controls and investigations.

• Support audits and lead utility-related corrective actions.

Leadership & Team Oversight

• Supervise utility/maintenance technicians: scheduling training coaching and performance management.

• Foster a safety-first accountable technically excellent culture aligned with Thermo Fisher values.

• Ensure team competency with validated highly regulated systems.

Maintenance Planning & Execution

• Develop and execute preventive/predictive maintenance to maximize reliability.

• Coordinate planned shutdowns and major activities with Engineering Facilities EH&S Production Capital and Quality.

• Troubleshoot failures and lead root-cause analysis to prevent recurrence.

Projects & Continuous Improvement

• Partner with Engineering to design qualify and implement upgrades/new utility systems.

• Support FAT/SAT commissioning IQ/OQ/PQ and lifecycle validation.

• Drive energy efficiency reliability improvements enhanced automation/monitoring and reduced utility usage variances.

Data & Performance Monitoring

• Track KPIs: equipment reliability energy consumption maintenance metrics and alarm trends.

• Use CMMS (SAP Maximo Blue Mountain RAM) for work orders and spare parts control.

Keys to Success:

Education

• Bachelors degree in Engineering (Mechanical Electrical Chemical Civil or related field) required.

• 3-5 years of experience in utilities maintenance or facilities within the pharmaceutical biotech or medical device industry required.

• Experience supervising technical teams in a regulated manufacturing setting.

Knowledge Skills Abilities

• Strong leadership and communication skills.

• Ability to influence and coordinate across multiple departments.

• High attention to detail and strong documentation discipline.

• Strong understanding of:

  • cGMP and GMP documentation practices

  • Utility validation requirements

  • Clean Utility technologies (PW Steam Compressed Air Gases among other)

  • HVAC systems for controlled environments

• Analytical mindset for problem-solving and continuous improvement.

• Commitment to Thermo Fishers mission: To enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer.

Work Environment

• Pharmaceutical manufacturing facility with classified cleanrooms and validated equipment.

• May require on-call availability to support 24/7 operations.

• Must follow all EH&S policies PPE requirements and Thermo Fisher safety culture standards.

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration annual incentive plan bonus scheme healthcare and a range of employee benefits! Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative forward-thinking organization and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity intensity involvement and innovation.