Shift Mechanic

At its locations around the world, Siegfried offers employees exciting career opportunities in international settings. We cultivate multidisciplinary cooperation and encourage our staff to actively shape and influence their careers. This approach, coupled with our dynamic working environment, make Siegfried an attractive employer.

Your role

SUMMARY:

The incumbent is responsible for any duties necessary to repair and maintain a variety of chemical manufacturing equipment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Is responsible for any duties necessary to troubleshoot/repair and maintain a variety of chemical manufacturing equipment including: reactors, stills, filter-presses, centrifuges, grinders, dryers, scrubbers, compressors, blowers, pumps (centrifugal, positive displacement, diaphragm)

• Performs pipefitting in general: Laying out, preparing, joining, and completing various piping systems of a variety of materials such as: glass, stainless steel, carbon steel, galvanized, copper, PVC.

• Must also be able to utilize the tools required to perform the duties of a maintenance mechanic including: saws in general, pipe bending tool, pipe threading machine, electric screwdrivers, calipers, tachometers, torque-wrench, taps and dies, drill press, hydraulic press and hose crimping machine, grinding wheel

• Must have working knowledge of motor/pump replacement and alignment, forklifts operation in general, welding in general, use of magnetic drill, Ohm meter and acetylene torch.

• Adheres to personal moral, ethical, legal, and behavioral conduct in compliance with the Siegfried Code of Conduct.

• Adheres to all applicable SHE and cGMP regulations.

• Other maintenance duties as assigned.

Your profile

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• High School diploma or VoTech School or equivalent.

• Prior experience as a maintenance mechanic is desirable; minimum of two years hands-on experience troubleshooting and repairing pumps (centrifugal, diaphragm, positive displacement)

• Must have a strong background on good pipefitting practices, capable of reading Isometric drawings, as well as P&ID’s.

• Must have knowledge of 110/240/460volts circuits.

• Must have experience on TIG, MIG, Arc, and Acetylene welding. Certification is preferable.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be able to pass a written test in order to qualify for the position.

• Must be able to read and understand drawings and manuals from simple to complex

• Must be to read and write legibly in English and do basic mathematical calculations.

• Must be able to follow and execute task(s) based on P&ID information preferred.

• Must be able to operate in-house vehicles.

• Must be able to climb stairs and handle parts weighing up to 75 lbs.

Siegfried USA will explore and provide reasonable accommodations to assist any qualified individual with a disability in performing the essential functions of his/her job. Please speak with HR should you require an accommodation or have any questions.

Working at Siegfried

Siegfried's work environment is dynamic and international. With a highly professional and motivated team, the company operates in a future-oriented business field. Siegfried possesses a unique culture that leverages cultural differences to create a competitive advantage. Siegfried places highest priority on providing a flexible, diverse and discrimination-free working environment in which employees can develop personally and professionally, advance innovation and deliver superior performance. We strive to provide a work environment where employees can take on challenging jobs and associated responsibilities that best serve their personal and technical development and can benefit from the success of our company. The company regulations in respect of compensation and career development opportunities apply to all Siegfried sites. Additional conditions of employment are governed by location-specific circumstances, legislation and customs.

Who we are

In the Midst of People’s Lives – Across the Globe

The Siegfried Group is one of the world’s leading Custom Development and Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs) developing and producing active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), intermediates and finished dosage forms. As our core competence, we successfully integrate chemical and pharmaceutical capabilities into a single business model.

The Siegfried name stands for highest quality, efficiency, flexibility and safety. Present in Europe, Asia and North America, we serve a broad global customer base from major international pharmaceutical companies down to small biologic-pharmaceutical organizations. For them we develop and produce product innovations on a large scale to finished products. We integrate our offer seamlessly into the customers’ value chain. Our comprehensive services range from early-stage Research & Development services such as synthesis, scale-up, formulation development, stability studies and method development all the way through to manufacturing services, ranging from preclinical R&D material for clinical trial purposes to commercial production.

We are able to produce about 200 of the approximately 1500 registered drug substances used in medicine. Moreover, we produce 20 percent of global demand for caffeine. Consequently, nearly 1 billion individuals come into contact with Siegfried products.

What we do in Pennsville

Pennsville is our drug substance manufacturing site for the US mar-ket and provides spray drying operations globally.

Main activities

Pilot and commercial manufacturing of drug substances (APIs) and related intermediates
All fully cGMP and SHE compliant

Features

3 GMP pilot suites: 0.1–2 m³ reactors
200m3 commercial capacity: 1–10 m³ reactors
Successful transfer of new products to the commercial scale - Powerful rectification
Spray drying in pilot and commercial scale for both isolation and dispersion technology
Micronization in pilot and commercial

Strategic importance

CMO for innovative drug substances and manufacturer of our opiates portfolio for the US market

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