GMP Facilities Maintenance Specialist

Job Description

Job Description Shape reliable operations at our Vandalia, OH site

Imagine arriving on shift, reviewing the computerized maintenance queue, and plotting your day across production suites and R&D labs. You clear a pneumatic fault on a packaging line before morning startup, swap filters on an air handling unit, then partner with Engineering to stage equipment for a capital installation. By afternoon, you’re calibrating an instrument, closing out PMs in the CMMS, and documenting work to cGMP standards—keeping science and manufacturing moving without interruption.

About Adare Pharma Solutions

We are a global CDMO helping biotech innovators and established pharma companies bring therapies to patients through advanced development, manufacturing, and packaging. Our people combine deep life-sciences expertise with modern technologies to make medicines easier to take for everyone—from infants to older adults.

What you’ll tackle

• Maintain facility and production equipment so it’s safe, compliant, and ready when needed.
• Diagnose and repair electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic issues across manufacturing and R&D areas.
• Execute preventive maintenance: fluids and lubrication, filter changes, packing of mechanical assemblies, routine inspections.
• Service and replace electronic/pneumatic instruments; perform disassembly/reassembly as required.
• Install, relocate, and set up new or existing equipment; assist with engineering capital projects.
• Support instrument calibration and equipment validation activities.
• Work to OSHA, cGMP, SOP, and EHS requirements at all times.
• Complete and submit demand/PM work orders; record accurate data in the CMMS.
• Champion safety and cGMP programs; collaborate effectively and meet deadlines.
• Follow additional job-related instructions and tasks as assigned by the Engineering Manager.

What you bring

• High school diploma or equivalent (required).
• 3+ years of maintenance experience; GMP environment strongly preferred.
• Ability to quickly learn technical systems, troubleshoot, and resolve problems.
• Foundational knowledge of electricity, pneumatics, hydraulics, and general mechanics.
• Experience with electrical power distribution and control; able to read wiring diagrams and control circuits.
• Proficient with measuring instruments and personal computers; CMMS familiarity preferred.
• Knowledge of digital control systems/PLCs, chemicals/hazardous materials, calibration/validation a plus.
• Training in electronics/metrology and/or Instrument Technician Certification preferred.

Physical demands

The physical demands of the role include both desk and hands-on work:

• Sitting and frequent use of hands/fingers to handle tools, parts, and controls; reaching with hands and arms.
• At times: standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, talking, and hearing.
• Vision needs include close, color, peripheral, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Standing, walking, pushing/pulling, twisting, reaching overhead, and bending to floor level.
• Ability to wear a respirator when working with specified potency chemicals.
• Occasional lifting/moving up to 50 lbs (heavier items with mechanical assistance).
• Periodic ladder/step climbing to access equipment.
• Reading precision devices (dials, gauges, thermometers) and observing fine details, including via microscope.

The physical demands 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.

Tools & technologies

• Conveyor systems and related automation

Proficiencies

• Mechanical troubleshooting
• Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)

Why you’ll thrive here

Adare is private equity–backed and growing, with clear opportunities to advance. You’ll join a collaborative, client-centered team supported by respected leaders. We invest in development through training and cross-functional exposure. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, life and pet insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, paid time off and holidays, a retirement plan with company match, and tuition reimbursement with no waiting period.

Location

Vandalia, OH

Equal Opportunity

Adare Pharma is an equal opportunity employer & prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, disability, marital & veteran status.