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Job Description
Utilities Engineer in Rensselaer, NY
Build your future at Curia, where our work has the power to save lives.
The Utilities Engineer is directly responsible for the operation and optimization of the plant’s utility systems.
Curia is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with over 30 years of experience partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to provide life-saving treatments to patients. At Curia, we are on a mission to advance our customers’ therapies from curiosity to cure and ultimately to improve patients’ lives.
We proudly offer
- Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment)
- Paid training, vacation and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment)
- Career advancement opportunities
- Education reimbursement
- 401K program with matching contributions
- Learning platform
- And more!
Responsibilities
- Directs and coordinates plant activities and programs for maintaining utilities impacting environmental compliance for the site.
- Monitors equipment (RTO, TO, Scrubbers, boilers, WWTP system components etc.) for the safe and efficient operation supporting the site. Diagnosis problems and makes recommendations to the Environmental Engineer.
- Working knowledge of OSHA, EPA, DEC and DOH agencies as they relate to the requirements of site permits, including oil spills, chemical spills, air quality and water contamination.
- Manage and maintain refrigeration systems, including maintaining records and regulatory reporting.
- Support energy conservation initiatives including commitment to ESG for energy assessments and reduction.
- Works with other groups within the plant on projects including plant expansion, process improvements, and capital improvements.
- Project management of plant utility projects during annual shutdowns.
- Functions independently as well as cross-dept. collaboratively.
- Recommend and implement methods to increase the quality of products and/or services.
- Participate in self-development activities.
- Exhibit safety awareness, safe work practices and Emergency Response Team (ERT) participation.
- Perform other related duties as may be reasonably assigned in the course of business or as requested by supervisor or management.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering or relevant field and 3 years related work experience, OR
- Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering or relevant field and 1 year of related work experience
Preferred
- Project management experience a plus
- Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience in a manufacturing plant
Other Qualifications
- Must pass a background check
- Must pass a drug screen
- May be required to pass Occupational Health Screening
Pay Range: $72,300-$87,800/yr.
Education, experience, location and tenure may be considered along with internal equity when job offers are extended.
We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. All resumes or profiles submitted by search firms to any employee at Curia, in any form without a valid, signed search agreement by an authorized signatory in place for the specific position, approved by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Curia. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Curia because of the unsolicited referral.
All interested applicants must apply online. Please be aware of scammers. Curia will only send offer letters and requests for sensitive personal information from a curiaglobal.com email address. Curia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Curia is an E-Verify employer.
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