Engineering Technician - External/Internal Projects

About the position

Would you like to join an international team working to improve the future of healthcare? Do you want to enhance the lives of millions of people? Grifols is a global healthcare company that since 1909 has been working to improve the health and well-being of people around the world. We are leaders in plasma-derived medicines and transfusion medicine and develop, produce and market innovative medicines, solutions and services in more than 110 countries and regions.

Responsibilities

• Provide support at the level required to reestablish the operational functionalities validated in the commissioning of the equipment or installation.
• Diagnose the origin of the reported incidents in coordination with GE Technical Office and propose an action plan to correct the reported incidents.
• Coordinate and provide field intervention activities, if required for the requested assistance.
• Support GE Field Engineers in the start-up of equipment and facilities when required.
• Assist the Field Engineers in defining the start-up strategy for the equipment supplied by GE.
• Proactively resolve problems that arise during installation and solve/provide support for problems that may arise after installation.
• Maintain a fluid, cordial, and professional relationship with clients.
• Report improvement proposals to the technical office of the installed machine park.
• Promote compliance with quality standards, safety, environmental and occupational health regulations.
• Control the costs related to assistance interventions in coordination with the person in charge of the TAS service.
• Request offers for materials and/or services from suppliers in collaboration with Procurement.
• Manage purchase requests in coordination with the purchasing office.
• Coordinate Packaging list of the materials needed for the interventions.
• Coordinate supplies of goods, equipment, and spare parts in the field.
• Coordinate with the technical office any questions about the material that may arise during the installation or repair process.
• Coordinate and organize the necessary tasks for the intervention to maximize effectiveness and efficiency.
• Supervise the optimal execution of tasks assigned to internal/external resources.
• Manage relationships with different subcontractors and external suppliers of goods and services.
• Monitor and manage workloads to ensure compliance with the milestones set in the planning.
• Search and recruit qualified external resources to absorb work peaks.

Requirements

• Associate Degree and at least 8 years of experience.
• Proven track record in a fast-paced pharmaceutical manufacturing environment is highly preferred.
• Technical expertise in all types of maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of various types of process equipment used in multiple plant processes.
• Demonstrated high degree of independent work and sound decision making.
• Capable of performing engineering calculations.
• Able to read and fully understand technical documentation.
• Willing to initiate and drive system change as needed for robustness of systems.
• Must be able to specify new field equipment that follows plant standards for material clearance and ease of maintenance.
• Possess and demonstrate a high level of working knowledge and aptitude with thermodynamics, compressed gases, hydraulics, high purity water systems, pumps, valves, programmable logic controllers/programming, human machine interfaces, robotics, variable frequency drives, digital control systems.
• Able to define scope, specifications, and work with vendors to implement various projects.
• Knowledge of industrial plant safety and environmental requirements including Process Safety Management and Risk Management Plans.
• Possess leadership abilities.