Maintenance Facilities Technician - Prolacta Bioscience

Do you want to contribute to a larger purpose to save the lives of infants in the NICU? This is Prolacta Bioscience’s mission! Take a look at this opportunity with our Quality Control team, which is seeking a passionate individual, to fill the role of our Facilities Maintenance Technician.  This role responsible for the day-to-day functions required for upkeep and reliability of equipment and facilities.

Who Is Prolacta Bioscience?

We give babies a brighter future by unlocking the biological power of human milk. Established in 1999, Prolacta Bioscience is a privately held life sciences company that has touched the lives of more than 100,000 premature infants globally. Prolacta is the world’s leading hospital provider of 100% human milk– based nutritional products. Based in Southern California, we employ more than 300 people globally, many of whom have dedicated their lives to neonatal care.

For more information, please visit www.prolacta.com

How you will contribute

This role will provide you with the opportunity to contribute to the growth of our organization and develop your professional skills by…

• Performing upkeep and maintenance of the facilities building and grounds.
• Scheduling and performing preventive maintenance of the facility building, facility grounds, critical plant equipment on a regular basis, to include bulk processing tanks, filling, packaging, CIP systems, facilities, critical systems/utilities and electrical control systems (including electrical distribution, variable frequency drives, electric motors, instrumentation and electrical control systems)
• Repairing and or replacement of the facilities walls, floors, doors, mechanical, electrical and controls components of Bulk processing tanks, filling, packaging, facilities, critical systems/utilities and electrical control systems as assigned.
• Verifying building, mechanical and electrical drawings for accuracy and redline as required.
• Participating in troubleshooting, diagnosing, and repairing of critical equipment including process equipment, critical systems, tanks pumps, aseptic filling and packaging equipment.
• Supporting engineering projects including but not limited to equipment installation, commissioning, and validation process.
• Performing lock out tag out of equipment during maintenance
• Tracking Equipment and Facility Preventative Maintenance Tasks
• Identifying areas requiring repair, or potential risks to product or employee safety
• Maintaining documentation related to maintenance activities

What you bring to the role

• High School diploma minimum
• Associate degree in a technical discipline or currently pursuing technical or scientific degree highly desirable.
• Journeyman skilled craft training/apprenticeship certificate or commensurate combination of technical education and experience.
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years facility maintenance experience in a health care product manufacturing environment or equivalent. 
• EPA certification is preferred.
• Requires familiarity with generally accepted building and electrical codes to include NEC and UMC in compliance with LA City.

• Ability to determine facilities building repairs to wall, floors, ceilings, roofs and windows.
• Knowledge of control systems, instrumentation and mechanical equipment, such as controllers, indicators, control valves, PLC, analyzers, sensors, pumps, etc.
• Knowledge of production equipment including but not limited to process tanks, critical systems, filling equipment, packaging equipment and CIP systems is preferable
• Ability to read and interpret technical documents and instructions, electrical and mechanical drawings, equipment blueprints and piping and instrumentation drawings.
• Must have customer service attitude to take ownership of any maintenance related problem. 

How Prolacta benefits you

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From up to 100% healthcare coverage starting on your first day, to discretionary stock options and 401(k) match, we value our employees’ health and financial wellbeing. We offer four weeks PTO during your first year of employment and support our new parents with a generous time-off program. We encourage employees to participate in our employee affinity groups, take volunteer time off, and provide access to different educational opportunities.

What else do you need to know

Location: Duarte, CA

Schedule: Monday-Friday, first shift

Travel: None

FLSA: Non-Exempt (Hourly)

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Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to effectively communicate (e.g., talking/ hearing), walk, sit, use hands and fingers to handle, feel and reach things. The employee is occasionally required to taste, smell, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Employee will frequently lift and/or move up to 100 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

Sedentary to light work; repetitive motions; pushing; pulling; visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures, transcribe, view a computer terminal.

EEO Statement

“Prolacta Bioscience, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.” Prolacta Bioscience, Inc. is committed to a proactive program of affirmative action and diversity development. The Company will continue to recruit, hire, train, and promote into all job levels without regard to race, religion, gender, marital status, familial status, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, source of income, or veteran status

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