Engineering Technician

Position Title:Engineering Technician

Reports To: Regional Engineer

Role Summary:

The Engineering Technician will play an essential role in PET site operations through routine maintenance of the PET site’s equipment with primary focus on cyclotron support.

Job Responsibilities and Duties:

• Maintains a favorable working relationship with coworkers to promote a cooperative working climate conductive to maximum productivity, efficiency and effectiveness
• Works with radioactive materials and follows all applicable procedures and regulations for maintaining ALARA practices
• Ensures completion of required equipment maintenance and calibration
• Brings to Quality and operations manager’s attention any product or component release problems and awaits management resolution if required
• Documents, investigates and reviews any out of specification (OOS) or deviations as part of GMP compliance as it relates to engineering tasks
• Coordinates with Facility Manager to schedule annual and additional preventive maintenance and associated production downtime
• Follows good documentation practice all time when documenting QA documents
• Adheres to Company policies and procedures at all times
• Liaises with Quality Manager to ensure any issues are addressed in a timely manner
• Completes all planned Quality & Compliance training within the define deadlines
• Ensures use of safe work procedures and wears all required PPE Promptly reports all injuries and unsafe conditions
• Supervises and/or assists in the operation and maintenance of the P.E.T. cyclotron
• Supervises and/or assists in the preparation of P.E.T. isotopes and radiopharmaceuticals, including FDG
• Maintenance of all required documents and records

Cyclotron Site Engineer duties:

During the Installation/Commissioning phase of the equipment:

• Participates in the installation of equipment
• Technical responsibility over the Cyclotron subsystem
• Participate in commissioning activities of the entire subsystem

During the Operations/Maintenance phase:

• Operation of the cyclotron according to proper operating procedures
• Performs routine, non-routine, and emergency maintenance on the cyclotron
• Maintains essential parts on site for cyclotron, manipulator arms and chemistry modules
• Ensures completion of documentation related to cyclotron operations
• Performs diagnosis and repair on the following: Electronic equipment, programmable logic controllers, power supplies, high voltage and high power RF systems
• Provides after hours on call support, requires working nights, weekends, and some holidays for maintenance and emergency support
• Maintains and troubleshoot automated chemistry processing equipment
• Designs and builds equipment to improve diagnostic and repair capabilities and implement reliability improvements for cyclotron and isotope manufacturing
• Designs, develops and builds radioisotope production and chemical processing equipment
• Assures compliance with all procedures, regulations, organizations, etc.
• Participates in department technical training
• Trend analysis and tracking of production systems performance data
• Provides cyclotron operation coverage when required by the schedule
• Performs routine, non-routine, and emergency maintenance of general laboratory equipment
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Job Requirements/Skills/Education:

• Completion of manufacturer’s applications training course for the cyclotron and chemistry modules.
• Experience in PET manufacturing, pharmaceutical manufacturing (FDA and GMP regulated), nuclear pharmacy, chemistry training or comparable laboratory background preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in science preferred or technical degree, electronics military training or equivalent experience.
• Functional spoken and written English language skills.
• Knowledge of cGMP and NRC regulations preferred
• Strong interpersonal skills with an emphasis on effective communications and proven ability to interact effectively with stakeholders in a diverse population at all levels
• Computer proficient, including knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Demonstrated organizational skills with the ability to manage time effectively in a fast-pace environment and a high volume of work
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to accommodate shift changes based on business needs
• Authorized user of radioactive material required
• Knowledge of aseptic technique

Physical and Intellectual Requirements:

• A mechanical aptitude; manual dexterity for manipulating small items; ability to lift between 16 to 50 lbs. and to handle frequent crawling, stooping, crouching and kneeling
• Ability to analyze situations, set priorities and meet deadlines while maintaining attention to detail in a fast-paced and dynamic environment; effective organizational skills; a commitment to continuous learning
• Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team

• May require travel up to 25%