Job Description

Overview

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. We are searching for the best talent for a Utility Operator/Mechanic III based in Malvern, PA, to work within a maintenance team ensuring compliant, accurate, and timely completion of maintenance in support of biologics pharmaceutical manufacturing and research and development operation equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Operate and maintain the utility plant, including boilers, chillers, cooling towers, and more.
  • Interpret and respond to alarms.
  • Ensure compliant, accurate, and timely completion of corrective, emergency, and preventive maintenance.
  • Monitor equipment operating conditions, take logs, interpret log readings, and take action as needed.
  • Participate in cleaning, adjusting, testing, and performing preventive maintenance.
  • Identify issues and implement improvements with mentorship.
  • Participate in departmental or multi-functional projects.
  • Perform repairs on equipment with limited mentorship.
  • Develop awareness of all departmental operations.
  • Carry out all duties in compliance with company, state, and federal laws.
  • Ensure regulatory and job training remains current.
  • Participate in PM development and optimization.
  • Participate in maintenance projects including Root Cause Analysis and Non-Conformance investigations.
  • Demonstrate willingness to learn new skills.
  • Use SCADA HMI for supervising and fixing equipment problems.
  • Perform general building maintenance including plumbing and pipefitting.
  • Document all maintenance activities in CMMS.
  • Maintain and repair mechanical equipment such as valves and pumps.

Additional Information

  • This role is eligible for a $3,000.00 sign-on bonus for qualified candidates.
  • Job location is Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

How this job compares in Malvern, PA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Pennsylvania currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$35/hr across 134 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Malvern, PA

Malvern, PA currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 277 other active welding openings from 178 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Malvern, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are TradeWorx (7), Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) (7), and Crash Champions (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $35/hr and York at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Malvern, PA

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