Maintenance Specialist Berkeley, CA

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Maintenance Specialist - Berkeley CA

Serve as a field-based maintenance operations specialist responsible for coordinating and overseeing vendor-performed maintenance and repair activities supporting safe execution quality completion compliant documentation improvement projects and DR/CAPA-related actions in a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment; You will work closely with maintenance and production teams to organize and schedule maintenance activities that optimize equipment availability and performance and to develop preventive maintenance strategies using data analysis to enhance overall maintenance effectiveness.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review work orders job plans permits and site readiness to confirm maintenance activities are properly prepared before execution;
• Coordinate equipment downtime operational clearances and the staging of required parts tools and materials at the job site;
• Lead pre-job safety briefings and verify all required permits hazard controls and crew understanding are in place before work begins;
• Provide field oversight during execution to ensure work follows approved plans procedures safety standards GMP requirements and environmental expectations;
• Serve as the primary field liaison among craft operations and engineering by monitoring progress tracking labor and equipment status and escalating issues or scope changes promptly;
• Verify work is completed to specification ensure permits and punch-list items are closed out confirm equipment return to service and complete accurate CMMS/work order documentation;
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and small maintenance improvement projects by coordinating field execution tracking actions and helping implement changes that improve equipment reliability work execution safety and compliance;
• Support deviation DR and CAPA activities by gathering field information assisting with investigations documenting maintenance-related actions and helping ensure corrective and preventive actions are completed effectively and on time.

WHO YOU ARE

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Associate degree or equivalent certification and 6 years total work experience including 3 years in maintenance reliability or manufacturing operations within a regulated environment (pharmaceutical biotech food or chemical);
• Demonstrated experience coordinating or supervising contractor/vendor work activities in the field;
• Hands-on familiarity with CMMS platforms (e.g. SAP PM Maximo Trims or equivalent) for work order creation updates and closure;
• Working understanding of GMP OSHA and environmental compliance requirements as they apply to maintenance activities in a pharmaceutical setting;
• Knowledge of permit-to-work systems including hot work confined space LOTO and line break permits;
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs mechanical drawings equipment manuals and job plans;
• Strong communication and coordination skills to bridge planning engineering craft personnel operations and external vendors;
• Field presence situational awareness attention to detail and accountability to ensure work is completed to specification and properly documented.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with reliability concepts and standard maintenance practices that support equipment performance improvements;
• Demonstrated problem-solving and escalation skills time management and ability to coordinate multiple concurrent repair activities.

Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $96480.00 - $144720.00 . Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant). Additional benefits include health care vision dental retirement PTO sick leave etc.

This salary range is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicants location market data/ranges an applicants skills and prior relevant experience certain degrees and certifications and other relevant factors.

This posting will be available for application until at least 10/02/2026.

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