Maintenance Mechanic

This position is located in Salisbury Maryland. Just 30 minutes from the beach (Ocean City Maryland).

Cadista Pharmaceuticals Inc. (www.cadista.com) is part of a large multinational rapidly growing, fully integrated pharmaceutical company, currently undergoing a large expansion in our U.S. generic ANDA business.  Our company combines the success of Research and Development and manufacturing in both the U.S. and India to develop and market an impressive pipeline of generic products.  We have a presence across the pharmaceutical value chain right from drug discovery services, custom research and manufacturing services, advance intermediates and fine chemicals to active pharmaceuticals ingredients, dosage forms and regulatory affairs services.  Through a variety of initiatives, we are striving very hard to make Cadista Pharmaceuticals a great company to work for and a premier company in our market. 

Responsibilities: Perform preventive maintenance, troubleshooting and repair on all solid dose manufacturing equipment including mixers, compression machines, encapsulation machines, tablet coating machines, fluid bed dryer and granulator at a high level of reliability; Work with machine operators, production employees and plant staff; Document activity as required by SOP; Identifying repair parts is required, place orders for non-stock items and inventories critical spare parts.

Qualifications: High School diploma or equivalent; Must have 3 years pharmaceutical experience manufacturing and basic NEC training. Must have Encapsulation and Compression equipment specific knowledge to perform setup, maintenance and repair; Must be fluent in speaking, reading and writing in English.