Associate - Equipment Maintenance - Instrumentation

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Vizag, Vishākhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
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Artificial Intelligence • Healthtech • Machine Learning • Natural Language Processing • Biotech • Pharmaceutical
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The Role
As an Associate, you will support preventative maintenance, manage work orders, improve processes, and ensure compliance with cGMP standards.
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Use Your Power for Purpose
Whether you are involved in the design and development of manufacturing processes for products or supporting maintenance and reliability, engineering is crucial to ensuring customers and patients receive the medicines they need, precisely when they need them. By collaborating with our forward-thinking engineering team, you'll play a key role in accelerating the delivery of medicines to the world. Your innovative ideas and proactive actions will help us imagine new possibilities and bring them to life, making a significant impact on global health. As an Associate in the Global Supply division, you will contribute to improving patients' lives while working at Pfizer. Your dedication and expertise will ensure our plants, utility systems, buildings, and equipment are operational, helping us achieve new milestones and assist patients worldwide.
What You Will Achieve
In this role, you will:

  • Support the Engineering team in planning and overseeing preventative maintenance for filling equipment.
  • Manage the status of work control and backlog from work order submission to completion.
  • Assist in maintenance work management and the installation, commissioning, and qualification of equipment.
  • Contribute to continuous process improvement initiatives.
  • Provide input on capital project design regarding equipment selection and specifications to minimize life cycle costs.
  • Communicate schedules to all resources, including maintenance, production, outside services, stores, and engineering.
  • Oversee pest control management in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and Pfizer internal requirements.
  • Manage and properly archive all utility documents and drawings.
  • Ensure the generation and maintenance of documentation supporting Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP).
  • Contribute to project tasks and milestones, organize work to meet deadlines, and apply basic team effectiveness skills within the immediate Work Team.
  • Knowledge of commonly used equipment and machines in pharmaceutical industry
  • Experience in control disciplines such as advanced process control (APC), distributed control systems (DCS), programmable logic controllers (PLC) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)
  • Knowledge of qualification concepts - URS/DQ/IQ/OQ and PQ.
  • Knowledge of commonly used equipment and machines in pharmaceutical industry
  • Experience in control disciplines such as advanced process control (APC), distributed control systems (DCS), programmable logic controllers (PLC) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)
  • Knowledge of qualification concepts - URS/DQ/IQ/OQ and PQ.
  • Standard instruments
  • Global calibration policies
  • Knowledge on Clean room requirements and Regulatory Guidelines
  • Documentation review skills
  • Effective problem solving capabilities
  • Excellent Interpersonal, written and communication skills
  • Effective coordination between departments
  • Preparation of Preventive Maintenance schedules.
  • Execution of Preventive maintenance carried out as per the prepared and approved schedule
  • Ensure that Instruments are connected as per the prescribed drawings while installing the equipment.
  • Coordinate with both Internal and External resources for installation of various equipment.
  • Preparation of SOP's and SOI's
  • Attending breakdown maintenance and to ensure upkeep of the equipment
  • Preparation and Review of respective Documents / Procedures


Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)

  • Bachelor's degree with any years of experience, or an Associate's degree with 4 years of relevant experience, or a high school diploma (or equivalent) and 6 years of relevant experience
  • Experience in reliability-based maintenance practices
  • Demonstrated ability to write and provide simple and accurate instructions
  • Aseptic manufacturing experience
  • Demonstrated computer and technical skills
  • Effective problem-solving capabilities
  • Excellent interpersonal communication and written skills


Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)

  • Knowledge or experience working in a Good Manufacturing Practices (also cGMP) environment
  • Biopharma experience
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Proactive and self-motivated


Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
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Advanced Process Control (Apc)
Distributed Control Systems (Dcs)
Programmable Logic Controllers (Plc)
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (Scada)

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