Industrial Maintenance & Controls Professionals (Evergreen Opportunities)
Job Location:
Palo Alto, CA - USA
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Job Summary
Job Summary
At IFF Health & Biosciences we are continuously looking for skilled maintenance instrumentation automation and equipment professionals who are passionate about supporting cutting-edge biotechnology operations.
This evergreen opportunity is designed to connect with talented individuals from biotechnology pharmaceutical food chemical manufacturing and industrial environments who may be interested in future opportunities at our Palo Alto California site.
Whether your expertise is in instrumentation process controls equipment maintenance automation systems utilities or facilities support we encourage you to join our talent community and be considered for upcoming openings.
Be part of a collaborative team helping maintain and improve the equipment and systems that power innovative biotechnology research development and manufacturing processes.
- Maintain troubleshoot repair and improve industrial process equipment and facility systems
- Support instrumentation used to monitor temperature pressure flow level pH conductivity weight and other critical process parameters
- Perform preventive and corrective maintenance activities
- Troubleshoot electrical pneumatic mechanical hydraulic and automated systems
- Support process control systems PLCs HMIs and SCADA platforms
- Assist with equipment commissioning installation upgrades and validation activities
- Maintain laboratory pilot-scale and production-support equipment
- Read and interpret electrical schematics P&IDs technical drawings and equipment documentation
- Perform calibration and verification of process instrumentation
- Ensure compliance with safety GMP quality and environmental requirements
- Maintain accurate documentation work orders and maintenance records
- Collaborate with scientists engineers operations teams and external vendors to solve technical issues
We welcome candidates with a variety of experience levels. Qualifications may include:
- Experience in biotechnology pharmaceutical food manufacturing specialty chemicals industrial manufacturing semiconductor utilities or related environments
- Experience in maintenance instrumentation automation controls electrical systems mechanical systems facilities or reliability functions
- Ability to troubleshoot equipment and solve technical problems
- Ability to read and interpret technical diagrams and schematics
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Commitment to safety and continuous improvement
Education may include:
- Technical diploma or certificate
- Associate degree
- Trade school certification
- Equivalent hands-on industry experience
Particularly attractive backgrounds include:
- Process Instrumentation
- Industrial Automation
- PLC Programming & Troubleshooting
- Rockwell Automation
- Siemens
- Emerson
- HMI / SCADA systems
- Fermentation processes
- Bioprocess equipment
- GMP manufacturing
- Utilities systems
- Electrical maintenance
- Reliability engineering
- Calibration programs
- Process controls
We are a global leader in taste scent and nutrition offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity national origin race age sex or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion gender identity & expression sexual orientation or disability.
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