Maintenance Planner

The world’s most revolutionary biopharma companies are partnering with Agilent Technologies to advance the next frontier of medicine. Agilent continues to invest in capacity and expansion of its Colorado operations. Join a growing team with this exciting new opportunity for a Maintenance Planner in our Engineering and Maintenance group at our GMP facility in Frederick, Colorado. Work in our dynamic, fast-paced, API-Biopharma manufacturing environment with the ability to contribute to the growing industry of oligonucleotide (DNA-RNA) based therapeutics.

Essential Duties include but are not limited to:

• Maintenance Planner for Frederick Facility process maintenance and calibration team, with an emphasis on Spare Parts Management and Parts/Job Planning.

• Blue Mountain RAM (Regulatory Asset Manager) CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) activity administrator for Frederick Facilities.

• Responsible for management of spare parts including inventory management, procurement orders, receipt inspections, and spare parts stocking.    

• Acts as planner / scheduler responsible for coordination of troubleshooting, repair, preventive maintenance, and calibration activities related to GMP equipment and devices used in the manufacture of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API).

• Actively manages service contracts and 3rd party execution of maintenance activities for process equipment skids.

• Responsible for changes related to electronic forms, work routines, schedules, asset management, spare parts inventory, and user account management.

• Responsible for Change Controls, Non-Conformances, CAPAs, and SOPs related to CMMS system and acts as subject matter expert / representative for CMMS system in both client and agency audits.

• University degree or equivalent combination of education and or experience.

• 4+ years of equivalent experience in planning / coordination of equipment maintenance and calibration activities in a manufacturing environment.

• 4+ years of equivalent experience acting as planner / coordinator within a GMP production facility in a pharmaceutical and/or biologics area.

• 4+ years of equivalent experience acting as owner / administrator for a CMMS system (RAM, SAP, Maximo, or similar).

Desired: 

• Familiarity with maintenance and repairs of chemical and pharmaceutical fluid handling and thermal control equipment (pumps, agitators, automated valves, piping systems, and temperature control module skids).

• Familiarity with calibration activities associated with industrial instrumentation and process control equipment (flow meters, industrial floor scales / vessel load cells, pressure and temperature transmitters).

• Demonstrated communication skills, including verbal and written communication, in contact with vendors, internal customers, and employees.

• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Documentation Practices (GDP).

• Knowledge of OSHA, PSM, Class I Div I/II electrically classified areas, lock-out tag-out, confined space, hot work permits, and standard EHS related work practice requirements.

• Ability to work in a dynamic and progressive environment.

• Exceptional people skills, technical knowledge and influential leadership ability.