Facilities Maintenance Technician
Catalent · Kansas City, MO
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Pharma & life sciences
- Posted
- 21 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level reliability role at Catalent (pharma & life sciences) in Kansas City, MO. 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
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Tooling
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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How this role compares
Against 46 other live reliability postings in Missouri.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (5+ vs 3+)
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 64%
- PLC 55%
- Welding 36%
- EHS / safety 26%
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Stands out: this posting asks for New product launch, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Catalent in Kansas City
5 other open roles at this site · 2 people we found on the reliability team.
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- Maintenance Technician – Utilities · Reliability · Technician
- Maintenance Technician · Reliability · Technician
- Validation Process Engineer · Quality
- Equipment Maintenance Technician (Electrical) · Reliability · Technician
Full description from CatalentAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Position Summary
- ◆Shift: Monday – Friday 7am – 4pm
- ◆100% on-site
Catalent, Inc. is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) whose mission is to develop, manufacture, and supply products that help people live better and healthier lives. Catalent is dedicated to delivering unparalleled service to pharma, biotech, and consumer health customers, supporting product development, launch, and full life-cycle supply. With time-tested experience in development sciences, delivery technologies, and multi-modality manufacturing, Catalent supports the acceleration of development programs and the launch of more than a hundred new products every year. Powered by thousands of scientists and technicians and the latest technology platforms at more than 40 global sites, Catalent supplies billions of doses of life-enhancing and life-saving treatments for patients annually.
The Maintenance Technician will have the responsibility of operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting facilities and utilities equipment, such as building controls, fire protection systems, heating-ventilation-and air-conditioning (HVAC), electrical systems, and maintain physical structure on an industrial, cGMP regulated facility. Utilities equipment includes Chillers, Boilers, Air Handling Units, Exhaust ventilation, Dehumidifiers, Cooling Towers, Compressed Air Systems, Reheat, Fire Prevention, Emergency Power Generators, Water Treatment, UPS, and Environmental Control systems.
The role
- ◆Co-ordinate to perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on facility systems and building infrastructure.
- ◆Perform assign work order.
- ◆Coordinates work with outside vendors and contractors, and supervises contractor activities on site, as assigned by supervisor
- ◆Monitors, operates, and conduct basic preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance on chillers, boilers, cooling towers, dehumidifiers, air handling units, exhaust fans, air compressors, emergency power generators, uninterrupted power systems, electrical control systems, programmable controls, pneumatics, hydraulics, pumps, motors, building management systems, power industrial vehicles, water treatment systems and environmental control systems among other utility equipment. In addition, operates and maintains fire prevention systems (pumps, risers, sprinklers, control panels) throughout the facility
- ◆Maintain and repair doors, door hardware, locks, door closers, and associated building fixtures.
- ◆Perform minor carpentry, painting, patching, and wall repairs.
- ◆Install, replace, and repair ceiling tiles and grid systems
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Maintenance Technician
The candidate
- •Associate’s degree in engineering or technical related field with 5+ years’ experience of related work in at least one of the following areas is required: boiler operations, HVAC, electrical, mechanical, process controls, mechanical power transmissions, plumbing, WWTP, EMT or multi-craft
- •High School Diploma or equivalent with 15+ year experience of related work in at least one of the following areas is required: boiler operations, HVAC, electrical, mechanical, process controls, mechanical power transmissions, plumbing, PH Plant, multi-craft is required
- •Refrigerant Licenses Universal CFC refrigerant certification preferred
- •Valid Operating Engineers License preferred
- •Boiler license must be obtained within one year of hire date
- •Ability to interpret electrical wiring diagrams, electronic schematics, and engineering drawings
- •Ability to read, use, navigate, operate, and troubleshoot using BMS, alarm screens, etc.
- •Basic fundamentals of various systems & equipment including pumps, compressors, boilers, steam systems and ancillary services, DHW skids, chillers, cooling towers, clean steam generators, purified water systems, CIP systems and low voltage electrical systems
Why you should join Catalent
- •Competitive medical benefits and 401K
- •152 hours PTO + 8 Paid Holidays
- •Dynamic, fast-paced work environment
- •Opportunity to work on Continuous Improvement Processes
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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