Maintenance Tech II

Job Description

Gilead's mission is to discover, develop, and deliver therapies that will improve the lives of patients with life-threatening illnesses worldwide. As a (Maintenance Tech II), you are responsible for:

Role Summary:

The Calibration Technician II will calibrate, troubleshoot and repair equipment in accordance with customer/process requirements on instruments and equipment used across Gilead La Verne site.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage contracted technicians.
• Perform planning/scheduling for routine and on-demand calibrations/repairs.
• Troubleshoot, repair and calibrate instruments and equipment.
• Open/Investigate Deviations and Out of Tolerance events.
• Revise calibration job plans and data sheets, as needed.
• Ensure activities are accomplished in a safe manner and with quality mindset.
• Strict adherence to Standard Operating Procedures, safety requirements, training requirements and cGMPs.
• Work in a highly productive and efficient manner.
• Ensure work is appropriately communicated to system operators and key stakeholders.
• Ensure work order documentation is completed accurately and completely.
• Identify waste, workflow interrupters, safety and other opportunities for improvement, recommend solutions, and assisting with implementation.
• Identify opportunities to learn new skills and actively participate in development that will improve overall team performance.
• Assists in maintaining laboratory and performs other duties as assigned.
• Responsible for planning, installing, monitoring, troubleshooting and maintaining instrumentation/control systems used in manufacturing and support departments.
• Review and approve calibration work orders to ensure work is performed to SOP requirements.
• Procures spare parts, special equipment, contracts, documentation and equipment availability for work execution.
• Provide work order review/closure in a timely manner to ensure continued compliance.
• Train technicians, as needed, to ensure department maintains high level of training readiness.
• Perform calibrations on Temperature, Pressure, Analytical (pH/Conductivity), Electrical, Physical/Dimensional, Mass/Weight, Flow, Force, Velocity, Time/Frequency and Gas detector instrumentation.
• Performs calibrations for in lab and onsite locations following prescribed procedures.
• Understands basic uncertainty contributor and standard deviation calculations.
• Records data gathered during calibration within CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System).
• Identifies and utilizes appropriate measurement procedures. Generates certificates of calibration and/or out of tolerance reports as required and in correct media appropriate to meet customer requirements.
• May perform other duties as assigned/requested.
• Maintains secondary or intrinsic and/or working calibration standards.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma and Five (5) Years relevant experience
• Experience with calibrations and instrument troubleshooting in a regulated environment (GMP, ISO, etc).
• Work experience in instrumentation and control, installing, calibrating, maintaining, and repairing equipment or related equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associate’s Degree and Four (4) Years' Experience
• Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory (PMEL) experience.
• Strong computer skills, CMMS Blue Mountain and Maximo experience.
• Knowledge of cGMP manufacturing.
• Understanding of control systems and PLC logic