Skilled Trades (Electrician)

Skilled Trades (Electrician)

Position Summary:  

Catalent is a global, high-growth, public company, and a leading partner for the pharmaceutical industry in the development and manufacturing of new treatments for patients worldwide. Your talents, ideas, and passion are essential to our mission: to help people live better, healthier lives. Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer and Catalent employee.

This position is located in Strathroy, Ontario, one of two sites located in Canada offering softgel development and manufacturing capabilities for the Pharmaceutical and Consumer Health industries. We have a broad range of integrated formulation, manufacturing, analytical and packaging services to offer full-service turnkey solutions.

Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor, the Skilled Trades (Electrician) performs reactive, assigned, and preventative maintenance on all production and supporting equipment within the facility. Additionally, the Skilled Trades (Electrician) diagnoses, troubleshoots, and provides mechanical/hydraulic/pneumatic/control system support on all equipment.

12 hour rotating continental shifts (Days and Nights)

The Role:  

• Performs assembly, disassembly, installation, repair, and fabrication tasks to maintain machinery, equipment, spare parts, tooling, and facilities based on technical documentation and standard practices. Diagnoses and troubleshoots mechanical and control issues, making necessary corrections. Also conducts system support tasks such as fuse changes, contactor resets, and calibrations as trained.

• Ensures compliance with Preventive Maintenance (PM), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), and regulatory requirements while updating the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) with necessary information.

• Completes documentation (Work orders, Preventive Maintenance, Calibration forms, Validation documents, etc.) to current Good Manufacturing Practices/ Standard Operating Procedures standards.

• Executes assigned preventive maintenance and work orders as scheduled on time.

• Supports on-site contractors as necessary for preventive maintenance or project activity.

• Provides on-call support as scheduled.

• Maintains tools, toolboxes, and shop areas in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices/ Standard Operating Procedures standards.

• Other duties as assigned.

The Candidate:  

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent is required.

• Licensed by Ministry of Skills and Development (442A or 309A) is required.

•  Completion of Tradesman and Qualification Act requirements.•    

• Knowledge of workplace safety and safe lifting and handling procedures is preferred. 

•  Knowledge of First Aid and CPR an asset.

• Experience in the following: Shop tools, lathe, mills, grinders, drill presses, precision measurement instruments, power tools, technical manuals/schematics/blueprints, controllers, PLC & HMI, PID, calibration, and engineering drawings

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills (both verbal and written)

• Ability to work independently, as required to complete daily activities according to schedule

• Strong problem solving and analytical skills

• Attention to detail, organized, ability to multi-task

• Adaptable and ready to manage change efficiently

• The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel and to manipulate keys on a keyboard.

• Use of manual dexterity is required.

• The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, bend, or twist, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

• There is also the potential exposure to chemicals.

• At times will be required to wear full face respirators and hearing protection.

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Comprehensive Benefit Package. (Health, Dental, Vision, & Life Insurance)

• Group Retirement Savings –Registered Pension Plan (RPP) with employer contributions.

• Employee Reward & Recognition programs.

• Opportunities for professional and personal development & growth including tuition reimbursement

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.

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on any characteristic protected by local law.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to DisabilityAccommodations@catalent.com. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Catalent Pharma Solutions (Catalent) is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Catalent employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Catalent. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.

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