Maintenance Technician

St. Petersburg is our primary softgel development and manufacturing facility in North America with a capacity of 18 billion capsules per year.  The featured RP Scherer softgel technology is a proven oral drug delivery solution to enhance bioavailability of poorly soluble Rx and OTC drug candidates.  Non-gelatin based OptiShell® and Vegicaps® capsules expand the range of molecules into softgel, ideal for challenging fill formulation. Within the Catalent network, we offer a broad range of integrated formulation and analytical services to solve your most difficult development and manufacturing challenges.

Position Summary

Maintenance Technician’s primary duty is to provide Machine Shop fabrication and electrical component repair. This role will work collaboratively with multiple functions and departments to ensure equipment and associated production systems operate in a safe, and quality-oriented manner. Responsibilities include: providing training and assessment support for equipment operation, set-up, changeover, and troubleshooting, providing recommendations and implementing solutions to resolve equipment and/or process problems in a timely manner, creating and revising GMP as it relates to equipment activities, supporting or owning work orders and preventative maintenance and calibrations. Individual fabrication, complex repair, and machining experience are necessary.

Monday - Friday: 8 hour shifts 7 AM - 3:30 PM

The Role

• Utilizes mechanical, Machining, and/or electrical skills to design and repair various equipment types

• Ability to read and understand technical diagrams/Drawings

• determine the appropriate approach for new assignments

• Likely to act as an informal resource for colleagues with less experience

• Safely performs work in accordance with company policies and procedures

• Provide training support for equipment set-up, operation, and changeover.

The Candidate

• Associate degree with 1+ years of relevant experience; High School diploma with 3+years of relevant experience or vocational training

• Technical Certificate or higher preferred

• Possesses intermediate mechanical and/or electrical skills and education

• Basic machine shop and hand tools skills

• Computer skills/Electronic work orders

• Must be able to read and understand English-written job instructions and safety requirements.

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Competitive medical benefits and 401K

• · 19 days of PTO + 8 Paid Holidays

• · Dynamic, fast-paced work environment

• · Opportunity to work on Continuous Improvement Processes

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!  Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

Catalent is committed to the health and safety of its employees, visitors and the customers and patients we serve. As a result of the global pandemic, we have modified many of our recruitment and on-boarding processes to maintain everyone’s safety. The Human Resources teams will communicate all necessary safety processes and procedures throughout each stage.

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