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The Specialist position performs routine activities such as preventive maintenance for non-complex and complex equipment/ instruments. Support vendor activities for preventive maintenance.
Shift Available:
- Sunday - Wednesday, Onsite Day Shift, 8 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Responsibilities:
- Perform routine lab housekeeping and lab maintenance activities, such as equipment cleaning, restocking supplies, solution and reagent preparation, etc.
- Review GMP documentation/ records, including vendor executed validation documents for GDP adherence.
- May perform document revision, project, CAPA and deviation/ investigation related tasks and/ or continuous improvement efforts.
- Train others on general job duties including equipment calibration and maintenance processes, as applicable.
- Support creation of equipment User Requirement, validation protocols.
- Collaborate with QC laboratories, Site Engineering, Facility Services and other departments for the commissioning and decommissioning of laboratory equipment.
- Schedule, facilitate and participate in performing the validation, calibration, maintenance, repairs of QC laboratory equipment, whether performed internally or by vendors.
- Maintain electronic equipment database, equipment records and logs, equipment status metrics, and apply equipment status labels in accordance with GMP requirements and written procedures.
- Provide basic and first-line equipment troubleshooting.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Ability to accurately and completely understand, follow, interpret and apply Global Regulatory and cGMP requirements.
- Problem-solving ability/mentality, technically adept and logical.
- Ability to communicate effectively with peers, department management and cross-functional peers.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment, meet deadlines, and prioritize work.
Basic Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent required, preferably in science. An equivalent combination of education and experience in a regulated environment will be considered.
- 1 year experience working in a manufacturing GMP facility.
- 1 year of experience with writing technical documents.
- 1 year QC lab experience.
- 1 year of experience trouble-shooting equipment.
- Knowledge of computerized systems and enterprise applications such as SAP, Valgenesis and Maximo.
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On-site Protocol BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:
Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.
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