Sr. Instrumentation Technician

Who We Are

BioMarin’s Technical Operations group is responsible for creating our drugs for use in clinical trials and for scaling production of those drugs for the commercial market. These engineers, technicians, scientists and support staff build and maintain BioMarin’s cutting-edge manufacturing processes and sites, provide quality assurance and quality control to ensure we meet regulatory standards, and procure the needed goods and services to support manufacturing and coordinating the worldwide movement of our drugs to patients.  

SUMMARY
This position is responsible for performing instrumentation activities including troubleshooting, calibration, installation, and repair in a cGMP regulated environment.
This position will provide calibration/troubleshooting support necessary to ensure that the equipment and instruments used by the Facilities, Quality Control, and Manufacturing Departments are in a current state of calibration and working condition with an emphasis on minimizing down time for the customer. 

RESPONSIBILITIES
•    Work on assignments that are complicated in nature.
•    Perform troubleshooting on instrumentation loops (i.e., various transmitters, PLC cards, sensing elements, and HMIs).
•    Perform calibrations and installations of various types of industrial processing control instrumentation including but not limited to: conductivity, pressure, flow, and temperature.
•    Write, edit, and review Calibration SOP’s for individual instrument calibrations to ensure accuracy and compliance.
•    Initiate Out of Tolerance Reports.
•    Operate various types of manufacturing and process equipment.
•    Review and approve instrument calibration records generated by contractors and by peers within the department.
•    Evaluate, complete, review, and approve ERF records that are moderate in nature within CMMS.
•    Support Validation in executing OQ tests during the startup of new equipment.
•    Perform shipping and return of Instrumentation standards and other instruments to off-site calibration vendors
•    Active member of BioMarin’s Emergency Response Team (BERT).
•    Ability to drive occasionally for work.
•    Other duties as requested by Instrumentation Management.
 SCOPE 

This position provides support to Manufacturing, Quality Control, Facilities, Quality Assurance, and R&D in the form of troubleshooting, installation, calibration, and repair. Using calibrated equipment and instrumentation is a basic regulatory requirement, without calibrated equipment and instrumentation the various operational departments could not conduct their daily work. 

EXPERIENCE 

Required Skills:
•    Biotech or pharmaceutical: minimum 1 year.
•    Instrumentation or Calibration: minimum 3 years.
•    Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings (P&ID’s) and specifications.
•    Strong troubleshooting skills are required.
•    Experience with PC programs such as Word, Excel, CMMS
•    Familiarity with HART protocol, DMMs (FLUKE 744/754) 

Desired Skills:
•    Biotech or pharmaceutical: minimum 2 year.
•    Instrumentation or Calibration: minimum 5 years.
•    Electro-mechanical background a plus.
•    SAP Experience.
•    Experience in building Calibration templates in Computerized Maintenance Management Systems
•    Familiarity with ladder logic a plus 

EDUCATION
•    Completion of a 2-year technical program (instrumentation or industrial electronics) or an associate’s degree in a related science or engineering major. 
•    Extensive experience in calibration/instrumentation position may be considered. 

EQUIPMENT
The employee will be required to independently utilize:
Temperature standards.
Pressure standards.
Conductivity standards.
Flow standards
Digital Multi Meters (DMMs)
Associated computer programs (e.g. Word, Excel, and CMMS).
Physical/Dimensional equipment
Various manufacturing process skids, analytical laboratory equipment, utility systems.
CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System)
Small hand tools (i.e., wrenches, screwdrivers, test leads, drive sockets, etc..) 

CONTACTS 

This position requires significant interaction with other departments (employees and managers) for the scheduling of work activities both in the various laboratories and on equipment delivered to the calibration shop.
This position requires interaction with outside contractors for scheduling work to be performed at the BioMarin facility.
On an on-going basis this position interacts with outside vendors for scheduling and performing external calibration work.
Interaction with Engineering and other department heads regarding new technology implementation in manufacturing and lab settings. 

SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITY 

There are no supervisory responsibilities associated with this position. 

SHIFT DETAILS 

This role is for a swing shift position, Wednesday through Saturday from 2 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. 

**We do provide Shift Differential pay for any off-hour shifts including Swing and Grave** 

ONSITE, REMOTE, OR FLEXIBLE 

This position is strictly onsite.
 
TRAVEL REQUIRED 

No traveling  

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.