Supervise reliability and maintenance programs for pharmaceutical manufacturing and utility assets. Lead preventive and corrective maintenance, planning, scheduling, calibration, spare parts management, work-order approvals, GMP compliance, and technical documentation. Partner with Production, Quality, Engineering, and site leadership on continuous improvement, TPM, and operational excellence initiatives. Coach team members while promoting safety, data integrity, compliance, and equipment performance.
Use Your Power for Purpose
At Pfizer, every role contributes to our mission of delivering breakthroughs that change patients' lives. As a Maintenance Planner & Reliability Supervisor, you will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, availability, and compliance of manufacturing and utility assets that support the production of life-saving medicines. By partnering with Production, Quality, Engineering, and Site Leadership teams, you will help maintain a safe, compliant, and high-performing operation while driving continuous improvement throughout the site
What You Will Achieve
In this role, you will:
Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)
Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)
Work Location Assignment: On Premise
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
To learn more about acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during the recruitment process, please review our candidate AI-use guidelines available on Pfizer Careers .
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At Pfizer, every role contributes to our mission of delivering breakthroughs that change patients' lives. As a Maintenance Planner & Reliability Supervisor, you will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, availability, and compliance of manufacturing and utility assets that support the production of life-saving medicines. By partnering with Production, Quality, Engineering, and Site Leadership teams, you will help maintain a safe, compliant, and high-performing operation while driving continuous improvement throughout the site
What You Will Achieve
In this role, you will:
- Lead reliability and maintenance activities to ensure operational equipment supports production and laboratory performance.
- Develop, execute, and continuously improve preventive and corrective maintenance programs.
- Establish reliability, calibration, and technical documentation objectives aligned with site and departmental goals.
- Manage maintenance planning and scheduling to ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with Pfizer requirements.
- Monitor maintenance activities and ensure all work is performed in accordance with GMP, safety, and data integrity principles.
- Approve maintenance work order estimates and scheduling activities while maintaining budget discipline.
- Support spare parts management programs to ensure critical components are available when needed.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver Continuous Improvement, Operational Excellence, TPM, and innovation projects.
- Lead, coach, and develop team members to improve performance, engagement, and compliance culture.
- Promote continuous improvement initiatives and serve as a role model for quality, safety, and data integrity excellence.
Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing environments.
- Strong knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
- Experience leading, engaging, and developing teams in dynamic operational environments.
- Understanding of maintenance planning, reliability programs, calibration activities, and technical documentation management.
- Experience managing maintenance operations and associated procedures.
- Knowledge of spare parts management and Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).
- Understanding of Good Data Management and Data Integrity principles.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)
- Certified Six Sigma Yellow Belt.
- Lean Manufacturing training or certification.
- Experience in aseptic manufacturing operations.
- Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical equipment reliability and maintenance optimization.
- Experience implementing Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) initiatives.
- Experience leading continuous improvement and operational excellence projects.
- Experience using AI-powered tools such as Microsoft Copilot or ChatGPT to improve productivity, problem-solving, and decision-making while adhering to responsible AI practices. (Suggested enhancement aligned with current Pfizer recruitment style.)
Work Location Assignment: On Premise
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
To learn more about acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during the recruitment process, please review our candidate AI-use guidelines available on Pfizer Careers .
Engineering
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