Maintenance Engineering Technician - Contract - Cambridge, MA
Help accelerate scientific progress by delivering exceptional maintenance support for advanced laboratory technologies.
Proclinical is seeking a Maintenance Engineering Technician to join a dynamic team in the US. This position involves hands-on troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and collaboration with service vendors to maintain high-priority equipment.
Primary Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will support the maintenance and calibration of critical laboratory instruments, ensuring smooth operations in a fast-paced biotechnology environment.
Skills & Requirements:
- Hands-on experience maintaining biological research or analytical instruments such as liquid handlers, plate readers, PCR systems, flow cytometers, or imaging systems.
- Knowledge of pipetting system calibration, fluidics troubleshooting, optical system upkeep, and cell culture equipment maintenance.
- Familiarity with biological safety and containment protocols.
- Strong documentation skills and experience working with CMMS platforms.
- Experience in a research, clinical, or production lab setting with demonstrated independence in troubleshooting and preventive maintenance.
Bonus Points For:
- Direct experience with CMMS platforms like Maximo, eMaint, MaintainX, or Fiix.
- Prior experience authoring or executing IQ-OQ-PQ in regulated lab environments (e.g., GxP, ISO).
- Vendor management experience, including coordinating service contracts.
- Exposure to robotic automation platforms or integrated workcells.
- Comfort with shift-based operations supporting 24/7 lab environments.
The Maintenance Engineering Technician's responsibilities will be:
- Execute scheduled preventive maintenance (PM) procedures on laboratory instruments per standard operating procedures (SOPs) and manufacturer guidelines.
- Perform instrument calibrations and support installation qualification (IQ), operational qualification (OQ), and performance qualification (PQ) for new equipment, repairs, and re-qualifications.
- Act as the first responder for instrument alarms, failures, and performance issues, performing in-scope repairs and escalating complex issues as needed.
- Document incidents, repairs, and out-of-tolerance conditions in the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) and initiate corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) when required.
- Coordinate scheduling and on-site visits with service vendors, track service records, and manage spare parts inventory for critical instruments.
- Contribute to tracking mean time between failures (MTBF) and downtime, identifying recurring issues and opportunities for improvement.
- Assist in developing and refining maintenance engineering SOPs and work instructions as part of a growing team.
Compensation:
If you are having difficulty in applying or if you have any questions, please contact Anderson Maldonado at a.maldonado@proclinical.com.
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