Facilities Reliability Specialist

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At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

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Your role at Baxter:

Provide maintenance leadership to the Facilities Maintenance Department. This position will provide highly technical mechanical and electrical system troubleshooting and repair to complex system failures. This position will also be responsible for the coordination of facility maintenance activities related to the staff at the Round Lake Drug Delivery and Penicillin buildings.

This position will direct the work of Facilities Maintenance Technicians to ensure that all PM and work orders are completed in a timely manner to minimize equipment downtime and improve system reliability. This position will assign work to mechanics and ensure the coordination of work between all shifts.

This position works closely with the maintenance manager, supervisors, planners, engineers, vendors, contractors, and customers. Must be able to communicate with upper levels of plant management concerning progress of the work or special problems that would affect production or the status of critical systems.

What you'll be doing:

• Provide maintenance project management to mechanical and electrical system issues. Develop root cause solutions to system problems resulting in continuous improvement.
• Work with maintenance planner to coordinate repairs of major equipment or system problems.
• Provide technical expertise and training to all mechanic levels.
• Oversee maintenance project work and coordinate the activities of mechanics.
• Hire and manage contract labor for small maintenance related projects.
• Coordinate system shutdowns with other departments within the facility to minimize any impact to operations.

What you'll bring:

• Must not be allergic to Penicillin or Cephalosporins.
• Experience: Ten or more years of maintenance experience is required or fice or more years with Maximo/CMM software management..
• Special skills needed in the performance of this position include experience with mechanical systems such as boilers, air conditioning equipment, chillers, air compressors, etc.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry with water for injection is preferred.
• Experience with personal computers including maintenance management systems, basic Microsoft office programs, is preferred.

We understand that compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $68,000 - $99.000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses. For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are un-able to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

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This is where your well-being matters. Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching. We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees. For additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Baxter

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