About this Manager, GMP Utility Operations & Maintenance Planning role at Pfizer
ROLE SUMMARY
The Manager, GMP Utility Operations & Maintenance Planning leads GMP utility operations, maintenance planning, scheduling, and reliability programs that support safe, compliant, and reliable pharmaceutical manufacturing at the Andover site. This role provides leadership for critical utility performance, maintenance work management, asset reliability, resource prioritization, and continuous improvement to help ensure uninterrupted supply of medicines to patients.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead GMP Utility Operations, Maintenance Planning, and Scheduling functions supporting critical pharmaceutical manufacturing operations.
- Provide leadership for maintenance work management, asset reliability, resource prioritization, preventive maintenance, and predictive maintenance strategies.
- Oversee critical utility systems, including Water for Injection (WFI), Clean Steam, Purified Water, Process Gases, and supporting infrastructure.
- Support investigations, Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPAs), deviations, audits, and regulatory inspections while ensuring compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP), Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and quality requirements.
- Lead utility operations and maintenance planning colleagues, including staffing, performance management, workforce planning, colleague development, succession planning, and resource allocation.
- Manage work order planning, backlog review, schedule development, resource coordination, maintenance readiness, schedule compliance, planning effectiveness, and backlog health.
- Coordinate utility shutdowns, start-up activities, maintenance windows, recovery efforts, troubleshooting, and reliability improvement initiatives to minimize operational impact.
- Partner with Engineering, Operations, Quality, Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), and site stakeholders to support operational excellence, inspection readiness, and continuous improvement.
- Reliability engineering, asset strategy, project management, or reliability improvement experience.
- Proficiency with SAP, Enterprise Asset Management System (EAMS), Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), or similar maintenance management systems.
- Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP), Certified Plant Maintenance Manager (CPMM), or similar reliability or maintenance certification.
Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)
- Bachelor’s degree with at least 4 years of experience; OR master’s degree/Master of Business Administration (MBA) with at least 2 years of experience; OR associate degree with at least 8 years of experience; OR high school diploma with at least 10 years of relevant experience.
- Experience in engineering, maintenance, utility operations, reliability, or pharmaceutical manufacturing environments.
- Strong leadership, communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with maintenance management systems, including Enterprise Asset Management System (EAMS) or Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
- Knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP), quality systems, and regulatory requirements.
Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements):
- Industry experience with preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
- Experience in equipment-based Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations.
- Ability to develop and establish strategies and methods that improve preventive maintenance processes and procedures.
- Experience in providing technical engineering oversight to develop project execution plans and associated engineering studies for equipment component installation.
- Experience using common AI tools, including generative technologies such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, to support problem solving and enhance productivity. Demonstrated curiosity for exploring how these tools can improve outcomes and understanding of responsible AI practices, including risk management and ethical use
- Reliability engineering, asset strategy,project management, or reliability improvement experience.
- Proficiency with SAP, Enterprise Asset Management System (EAMS), Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), or similar maintenance management systems.
- Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP), Certified Plant Maintenance Manager (CPMM), or similar reliability or maintenance certification.
PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS
Role requires regular presence in manufacturing, utility, mechanical, and maintenance areas to observe operations, support issue resolution, and engage with colleagues. The role may require walking, standing, climbing stairs, and entering controlled or mechanical spaces while following applicable site safety, gowning, and personal protective equipment requirements.
NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS
Role is primarily day shift but may require off-shift, weekend, or holiday support for planned maintenance, utility shutdowns, inspections, deviations, investigations, equipment issues, or business-critical events. Limited travel may be required for training, benchmarking, vendor engagement, or network meetings.
OTHER JOB DETAILS
Last Date to Apply for Job: October 29, 2026.
Referral Bonus Eligibility: YES
Eligible for Relocation Package: NO
Work Location Assignment: On Premise
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $116,000.00 to $193,400.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 15.0% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site – U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
Candidates must be authorized to be employed in the U.S. by any employer.
U.S. work visa sponsorship (such as TN, O-1, H-1B, etc.) is not available for this role now or in the future.
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