About the role

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A Senior Reliability Engineer (Mechanical) at Pfizer is responsible for maintaining and optimizing the reliability of plant mechanical equipment and systems in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. The role involves developing and implementing predictive and preventive maintenance programs, conducting root cause failure analysis, ensuring cGMP and EHS compliance, and leading continuous improvement initiatives to reduce equipment downtime and improve performance. The engineer collaborates with cross-functional teams, manages maintenance databases, and provides training to enhance team competencies while adhering to regulatory standards and corporate guidelines.

BiopharmaFull-time

Key Responsibilities

Perform maintenance and inspection activities on plant equipment according to procedures, good engineering practices and cGMP
Lead and implement the predictive maintenance programs, collect data, analyze, generate report and recommend corrective actions/improvements to reduce equipment failures
Develop maintenance programs to maintain plant assets. Review and modify the PM/PdM to improve equipment reliability
Prepare reports and documentation by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends. Manage the reliability equipment database
Establish equipment reliability standards by studying drawings, data sheet and design specifications; verifying specifications with OEM and Engineering staff; writing and updating reliability/inspection procedures
Ensure smooth equipment operation by close monitoring of the equipment conditions. Carrying out root cause failure analysis to improve product quality and equipment reliability
Lead, coordinate and follow through major equipment repair and troubleshooting
Confirm and verify equipment performance by designing feasibility inspection and testing methods, testing properties and equipment monitoring parameters
Determine acceptability of equipment rework/installation by conducting inspections of reworked equipment and new installation job
Support project design, construction and commissioning through active involvement in commissioning activities, discuss equipment improvement and modifications with vendors/Supervisors/Engineers
Lead in continuous improvement initiatives, troubleshooting of complex problems and lead in (IRS/QAR) investigations/root cause analysis and write investigation report for approval related to equipment issues
Improve Mechanical system / equipment performance / capabilities by conducting system / equipment design feasibility study and implementing improvement methods - to reduce downtime, minimize waste, optimize maintenance resources, improve maintenance methods

Requirements

Equipment, instrument and system reliability and performance
Establish equipment reliability standards by studying drawings, data sheet and design specifications; verifying specifications with OEM and Engineering staff; writing and updating reliability/inspection procedures.
Determine acceptability of equipment rework/installation by conducting inspections of reworked equipment and new installation job.
Ensure smooth equipment operation by close monitoring of the equipment conditions. Carrying out root cause failure analysis to improve product quality and equipment reliability.
Optimize Mechanical system / equipment maintainability by ensuring built in reliability during system / equipment design and installation phase to confirm the performance.
Improve reliability on system / equipment operating by coaching and promoting Mechanical system / equipment ownership, training operator on first line maintenance skill; Mechanical system / equipment operation/troubleshooting and issues.
Support Project team on special / urgent assigned projects to meet the requirement, schedule, budget target and as the interface contact person for engineering / maintenance resource.
Track Mechanical system / equipment performance and conduct bench marking by tracking Mechanical system / equipment breakdown, re-occurrence failure and Mechanical system / equipment history report to enable Maintenance Team to focus on areas that required attention.