Country United States
City Pennsville, New Jersey
Functional Area Operations
Job Group Maintenance
Employment Type Permanent Contract
Working time Full-time
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 operates utilities equipment such as boilers, back-up generators, air compressors, process chillers, process HVAC systems, and cooling tower water systems. Adheres to all relevant SH&E, Quality and applicable cGMP regulations and guidelines.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:
• Boiler Responsibilities: Operates (2) steam boilers, softeners, deaerator and all related support equipment and piping as to provide a continuous supply of steam to the site. Fills out the boiler log sheet according to the schedule, orders boiler chemicals as required, stocks boiler room with salt and keeps boiler room clean & orderly and inspects boiler room safety shower. Assists boiler systems contractor as required during the annual boiler cleaning and stack emission testing.
• Cooling Tower System Responsibilities: Operates and takes water samples according to schedule and fill out tower log sheets. Adds chemicals as required to keep tower water chemistry stable and support system chemical contractor as required during weekly visits.
• Utilities Responsibilities: Operates, inspects and completes shift logs for air compressors, A.C. dryers, low temp chillers, HVAC chiller systems, backup generators, and o/s. Keeps all equipment rooms in a clean and orderly condition.
• Safety: Checks electrical switches in main gate guard house, fills out safety paper work, is responsible for EHS safety review and weekly test of the fire pump and showers and eye wash stations in B/R, W/R, and M&B.
• Utility Chemical Treatment: Tests and adds boiler chemicals as required to keep boiler chemistry stable and support system chemical contractor as required during the weekly visits.
• Fuel Oil: Takes daily individual meter readings, except fuel deliveries, fill out delivery log book, add chemicals to fuel tank.
• Nitrogen System: Records daily tank level, except nitrogen deliveries, check tank pressure.
• USP Water: Prepares the USP water sample bottles and water results summary sheets. Also, take USP water morning readings.
• Other Responsibilities: Adheres to all applicable SHE and cGMP regulations, adheres to personal moral, ethical, legal, and behavioral conduct in compliance with the Siegfried Code of Conduct, and performs other duties as directed by management.
Your profile
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
• Must have a high school diploma or equivalent
• Must be able to read and write legibly in English and perform simple arithmetic
• Must have a Black Seal Boiler License from state NJ as a minimum and a Blue Seal within 2 yrs. Of service
• 3-5 yrs. utility operations experience with boilers, chillers and air compressors a plus
• Knowledge of HVAC system operation a plus
OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
• Must be able to lift and push ~ 75 lbs. / climb stairs and ladder.
• Must be able to operate in-plant vehicles.
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