Maintenance & Facilities Engineer

About the role

The Maintenance & Facilities Engineer ensures reliability, compliance and optimal performance of manufacturing equipment and plant infrastructure in a highly regulated medical device environment.

Key responsibilities

• Lead maintenance, reliability and lifecycle management of equipment, mechanical and electromechanical systems, and plant infrastructure.
• Supervise Facilities & Maintenance Technicians, contractors and service providers, setting priorities, technical direction and performance expectations.
• Develop and execute preventive and corrective maintenance strategies to improve equipment uptime.
• Ensure compliance with FDA, ISO, Quality System, Environmental, Health & Safety and medical device regulations.
• Lead equipment qualification and validation activities (URS, IQ, OQ, PQ, engineering studies, process qualification, software verification).
• Partner with engineering and suppliers on equipment selection, acquisition, installation, commissioning and process transfer.
• Manage capital investment projects and business justification for equipment acquisition or upgrades.
• Establish critical spare‑parts programs and manage contractors for HVAC, electrical, plumbing, custodial, security and other facility services.
• Identify and implement continuous‑improvement and cost‑reduction initiatives focused on reliability, quality, productivity and operating costs.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Maintenance or Electromechanical engineering.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in a regulated manufacturing environment.

Required skills

• Mechanical and electrical engineering knowledge.
• Industrial maintenance and electromechanical systems expertise.
• Preventive and corrective maintenance planning.
• Equipment qualification and validation (URS, IQ, OQ, PQ).
• Compliance with FDA, ISO and medical‑device regulations.
• Project management for capital investments.
• Spare‑parts inventory management.
• Contractor and supplier management for HVAC, electrical, plumbing and facility services.