Mechatronic Engineering Senior Technician - 3rd Shift
About the role
The position is accountable for installing, setting up, inspecting, adjusting, identifying issues, repairing, and maintaining packaging equipment and supporting systems with a strong focus on equipment uptime, operational performance, quality, and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). The technician applies mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and basic controls/automation troubleshooting skills to identify equipment issues, restore operation, and help prevent recurrence.
Day-to-day, this role serves as a technical resource to packaging operations by supporting line changeovers, turnarounds, equipment setup, root cause problem solving, and continuous improvement initiatives. The technician is also expected to help build technical capability across the operating area by providing guidance and basic equipment training to production personnel, supporting standard work, and contributing to a more technically capable and reliability-focused organization. As well as performing maintenance and troubleshooting activities, this role serves as a trainer, coach, and mentor to operators, production technicians, and less experienced maintenance personnel
The role requires a hands-on expert who can work with minimal direction on and off the floor, collaborate effectively across operations, engineering, quality, validation, and external vendors, and support the ongoing evolution of packaging systems toward greater automation, system integration, and data-driven performance improvement
Shift 3rd: Monday - Friday from 10:30pm - 7:00am. This role provides a 15% shift differential
Accountabilities
Safety and compliance
Lead advanced maintenance and troubleshooting
Drive equipment reliability and performance
Provide technical leadership on the floor
Develop team capability
Essential Requiremets
- 5 + years of cGMP experience
- High school diploma/GED
and
Technical school, military technical training, apprenticeship, or trade certification
- Digital Skills: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- SAP experience, including work order management and maintenance history review
- Experience maintaining, fixing, and repairing packaging or automated manufacturing equipment in a regulated manufacturing, pharmaceutical, food, beverage, consumer products, or similarly structured industrial environment
- Exposure to PLC-controlled equipment, HMIs, VFDs, servo systems, networked devices, or automated inspection systems
- Experience supporting equipment upgrades, commissioning, qualification, or validation activities
- Ability to read and interpret technical documents (equipment manuals, basic mechanical drawings, electrical schematics)
- Strong digital skills for trending maintenance and reliability data as well as preparing training coursework for technicians
- Ability to complete GMP documentation accurately and in a timely manner
- Ability to work independently with limited supervision and optimally across functions
- Readiness to work overtime or adjusted schedules in support of business needs
Desirable skills
- Experience in leading root cause analysis, failure elimination, or reliability improvement initiatives
- Knowledge of OEE, line performance metrics, and maintenance planning concepts
- Experience in a pharmaceutical or other GMP-regulated environment
- Experience with packaging equipment such as cartoners, labelers, serialization systems, vision systems, printers, conveyors, and case packing
Please note this job description is not crafted to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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