Lead Tech – Instrumentation and Controls

Position Overview

The Lead Tech of Instrumentation & Controls is responsible for the daily activities within the I&C and Metrology groups. This includes assigning and coordination of calibration and repair activities including project support, as needed across the site. The Lead ensures compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements, including Food & Drug Administration (FDA), current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations.

Days and Nights open - 12 hour shifts

Company Overview

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies is building the future of bioproduction in Holly Springs, North Carolina. By end of 2025, we’ll open North America’s largest end-to-end CDMO biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility, offering drug substance production, fill-finish, and packaging under one roof.

We’re looking for passionate, mission-driven people to help us realize this exciting vision and deliver the next vaccine, cure, or therapy. We offer a dynamic work environment and we’re proud to cultivate a culture that will fuel your purpose, energy, and drive—what we call Genki. Ready to shape the future of medicine? Let’s transform healthcare together!

Holly Springs, North Carolina, combines small-town warmth with proximity to Raleigh’s thriving tech scene, making it the perfect blend of community and opportunity.

Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world more smiles.” Visit: https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/about/region/careers

Job Description

What You'll Do

• Leads a team of I&C technicians through troubleshooting and repairing equipment failures, conducting preventative maintenance, and performing equipment modifications and upgrades• Develops and maintains calibration procedures, work instructions, and standard operation procedures (SOPs)• Assists management with developing and maintaining the annual budget and schedule requirements• Participates in budget forecasting for maintenance and capital projects• Ensures I&C activities are carried out in a cost-effective manner• Identifies opportunities to reduce costs and improve processes, and leads projects to implement improvements• Evaluates, recommends, and selects new equipment purchases and upgrades with management• Collaborates with other departments, such as production, quality control, process maintenance, and engineering, to ensure I&C activities support the overall goals of the site• Partners with management and Reliability Engineers to develop and implement strategies to improve equipment reliability and to reduce downtown• Enforces and ensures compliance with safety and cGMP quality standards• Provides training and mentoring to other technicians• Performs other duties, as assigned

Minimum Requirements:

• High School Diploma/GED• 7+ years of I&C experience in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment• Experience with Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)• Experience with tools and equipment used to perform maintenance work• Experience leading cross-functional teams or providing oversight to technicians

Preferred Requirements:

• Associate degree in Mechanical, Electrical, I&C, Chemical Engineering or a related field

• Prior experience working in a GMP environment

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements:

May work in Mechanical/Production spaces that may require hearing protection and enrollment in a hearing conservation program. Will work in environment operating a motor vehicle or Powered Industrial Truck. 

May be required to operate a pallet jackAbility to discern audible cues. Ability to inspect or perform a task with 20/20 corrected vision, visual acuity, including distinguishing color. 

Ability to ascend or descend ladders, scaffolding, ramps, etc. Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time. Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time. Ability to conduct activities using repetitive motions that include writs, hands and/or fingers. Ability to operate machinery and/or power tools. Ability to conduct work that includes moving objects up to 33 lbs., more with assistanceAbility to bend, push or pull, reach to retrieve materials from 18” to 60” in height, and use twisting motions. 

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of FUJIFILM about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at FUJIFILM via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of FUJIFILM, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by FUJIFILM for this requisition and a valid agreement with FUJIFILM is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the FUJIFILM agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.

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EEO Information

Fujifilm is committed to providing equal opportunities in hiring, promotion and advancement, compensation, benefits, and training regardless of nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, political creed, ideology, national, or social origin, disability, veteran status, etc.

ADA Information

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