Engineer – Facilities
Catalent · Madison, WI
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Pharma & life sciences
- Posted
- 11 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level reliability role at Catalent (pharma & life sciences) in Madison, WI. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- FDA / GMP, Automation
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Reliability Engineer roles in Wisconsin: typical posted base $99k–$128k.
Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 20 reliability engineer openings in Wisconsin, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Wisconsin plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 19 other live reliability postings in Wisconsin.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 45%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 30%
- ✓ FDA / GMP 25%
- DOE 25%
- Union environment 20%
- Six Sigma 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Catalent in Madison
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Full description from CatalentAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Position Summary
- ◆Work Schedule: M-F 8am-5pm
- ◆100% on-site
Catalent, Inc. is a leading global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO). Located in Madison, WI, this facility features advanced mammalian cell line engineering and biomanufacturing capabilities using single-use systems to support scalable production. This 263,000 sq. ft. Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) facility offers integrated formulation and analytical services to address complex development challenges in Biologics.
Catalent Pharma Solutions in Madison, WI is hiring Facilities Engineer. This position will work on complex facility-related problems requiring in-depth data analysis to determine appropriate action. The Engineer is expected to have extensive ongoing communication with employees and cross-functional group managers/departments on facility-related issues.
The Role
- ◆Support the utility systems facility, including HVAC systems, process utilities, and bio-containment systems
- ◆Assess current and future state of site utility system capacity and utilization for improvement and maturity projects
- ◆Draft SOPs for building operation and maintenance
- ◆Provide engineering guidance and execution on facilities projects
- ◆Perform hands-on activities as needed to help troubleshoot facility problems and support facility staff
- ◆Drive continuity and development of standards in Facility Engineering to ensure smooth and effective communication flow between internal resources and customers, operational efficiency, and equipment and personnel safety
- ◆Create and maintain all aspects of facility design files
- ◆Maintain facility compliance in accordance with the site quality management system
- ◆Guide the specification and selection of manufacturing/utility equipment to support site facility/ process needs
- ◆All other duties as assigned
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Engineer – Facilities
The Candidate
- •Minimum B.S. degree in Industrial, Electrical, Mechanical or related scientific/engineering field with 3+ years’ facilities operation/automation engineering experience in a cGMP environment (preferably biopharmaceutical)
OR
- •M.S. degree in Industrial, Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Computer Science, Civil Engineering, or related scientific/engineering field with 1+ years' facilities operation/automation engineering experience in a cGMP environment (preferably biopharmaceutical)
- •Previous experience leading cross-department facility and/or site improvement projects, a plus
- •Building automation systems (BAS) experience preferred
Why you should join Catalent
- •Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process
- •Diverse, inclusive culture
- •Positive working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative
- •Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives
- •152 hours of PTO + 8 paid holidays
- •Generous 401K match
- •Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment
- •Tuition Reimbursement - Let us help you finish your degree or start a new degree!
Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.
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