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Sr Tech - 2nd Shift

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Sr. Tech – 2nd Shift, are to:

• Comply with all workplace standards and safety procedures, including Lockout Tagout, Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs), Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements (OSHA), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), maintain clean/orderly work area, and participate in safety improvement projects;
• Create/update/schedule work orders, and provide technical (equipment) support/training/leadership to line teams;
• Perform preventive, routine, and non-routine maintenance tasks as required to meet scheduled completion dates (PM’s);
• Coordinate the utilization of outside contractors and vendors as needed;
• Assist Engineers with installation and operational qualifications (IQ/OQ), site capital projects, testing and troubleshooting new equipment and design, and install and debug control system projects and drive systems;
• Maintain documentation and maintenance logs according to SOP's, cGMP's and any other regulatory requirements;
• Provide technical support and leadership with department projects and goals on assigned line;
• Demonstrate the ability to progressively manage critical facility and operations support systems;
• Demonstrate the ability to establish operating parameters and maintain specific performance standards;
• Demonstrate the ability to plan, schedule and prioritize daily and weekly work activities as initiated by supervision;
• Communicate key information to operational and technical supervision, technical parts administrator, and personnel on other shifts to ensure no business disruption;
• Calibrate various electronic equipment - production, facilities, and utilities equipment as trained;
• Read, write, and modify programmable logic control (PLC) ladder logic;
• Perform Packaging / Manufacturing / PCS / Facility / Utility technical duties required to support the site, and provide back up support for technical pool when needed;
• Perform other duties as trained & assigned
• Demonstrate line ownership; improve OEE by increasing the equipment effectiveness on assigned packaging line
• Inspect packaging components, in-process items, and packaged drug products to assure compliance to specifications, identify any non-conforming item and initiate appropriate actions
• Perform equipment setup and changeover activities, and support all changeover reduction initiatives
• Establish equipment-operating parameters to maximize production, while meeting all product specifications
• Perform the daily setup and routine operation of the packaging line, including but not limited to: bottle in-feed, unscrambler, filler, bottle capper, torquer, labeler, vision systems, weighing systems, bar coding systems, sealers, disassembly/assembly, cleaning, resolving equipment stoppages and jams, and all material handling as trained
• Provide overall line team support including equipment operation and other duties needed to support team members
• Palletize both finished and unfinished products, and operate motorized and non-motorized material handling equipment
• Complete paperwork including AQL checks and scanner checks
• Perform line operator duties on a rotational basis as a fully trained Level 3 Associate Technician according to the training module plan, on at least one line
• Rotate packaging lines as needed to support the business.

WHO YOU ARE

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our life values, more specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required qualifications:

• Technical Associates Degree OR High School Diploma/GED, plus 2 years of vocational technical training
• Demonstrated ability to read, write, interpret/comprehend/follow workplace and technical documentation - equipment manuals, blueprints, diagrams, electrical schematics, operator manuals, work instructions, SOPs, etc.;
• Knowledge of electro-mechanical systems including gear ratios, power transmission, machine timing, hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical/electronic systems, programmable logic controllers, lubrication, and maintenance/changeover of machines/production line;
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot electromechanical equipment and technical issues, successfully set up/changeover multiple pieces of packaging/manufacturing equipment, complete preventive maintenance work (PMs), resolve problems, and learn new procedures within a reasonable time frame;
• Must be able to demonstrate a good mathematical aptitude in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, & experience with metric and English standard systems;
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English;
• Good PC Skills, including use of e-mail, attaching documents to emails;
• Previous experience using electronic databases and online tools (i.e., but not limited to, Lotus Notes database, Employee Self-Services on-line tools, etc;)
• Demonstrated ability to work safely in a production environment;
• Experience in a government regulated, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) or standard operating procedures (SOP) environment.
• Must be willing to work overtime as required, based on production demands.

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience working with PLC’s, mechanical, pneumatic, electrical, electronics, fabrication, and/or industrial maintenance

Pay and Benefits for full-time employees:

• $30.94 (minimum) starting hourly rate
• Shift Differential Pay
• Company bonus (5% of eligible earnings annually)
• Excellent benefits package - Medical, Dental, Vision & Prescription
• 401k plan with a company match (100% of the first 3% you contribute and 50% on the next 4% you contribute)
• Retirement Contribution of 5% of eligible earnings
• Generous vacation (3 weeks annually)
• Educational Assistance (up to $7,500 annually)
• 16 Paid Company Holidays