Sr. Maintenance Engineer

The Sr. Maintenance Engineer is a highly skilled, self‑directed technical contributor responsible for the installation, troubleshooting, and preventive/corrective maintenance of site‑wide equipment supporting operations across cGMP manufacturing, non‑GMP facilities, and laboratory environments. This onsite position reports to the Maintenance Supervisor within the Engineering department at the Northpointe facility in Lynnwood, WA—a commercial‑scale cGMP manufacturing site producing Leukine® (sargramostim), a therapeutic glycoprotein.

Active participation in rotational on‑call programs, providing after‑hours technical response to maintenance and facility emergencies to ensure operational continuity is required.

• Collaborates across functions and with customer groups throughout the Company to deliver maintenance, project, and continuous improvement support across the full asset lifecycle, ensuring responsive service and strong customer satisfaction.
• Adheres to cGMP standards and procedures by thoroughly documenting equipment and system operations and maintenance within the cGMP production environment, utilizing the Asset Management System (AMS) and other relevant data repositories.
• Applies advanced technical expertise to the maintenance, operation, and optimization of critical and non‑critical utility systems—including HVAC, electronic controls, refrigeration, emergency power generation and electrical distribution, clean compressed air and high‑pressure medical gas systems, purified water, WFI water, industrial wastewater treatment, and plant and clean steam generation and distribution—ensuring reliability and compliance within cGMP environments.
• Executes preventive and corrective maintenance on cGMP manufacturing process equipment—including pressure‑rated vessels, agitators/mixers with variable‑speed drives, chromatography skids and column assemblies, steam sterilizers (autoclaves), automated glass‑wash systems, and sanitary‑design centrifugal and diaphragm pumps and valves—ensuring compliance with cleanroom operational standards and aseptic equipment design requirements.
• Coordinates and applies technical expertise to the scheduling and execution of system inspections, testing, maintenance, and contractor‑performed services, ensuring regulatory compliance, thorough documentation, operational continuity, and on time completion of all assigned work.
• Understand and consistently apply maintenance and repair practices that uphold the qualified and validated status of cGMP equipment, ensuring all work is performed in strict accordance with established procedures, change‑control requirements, and regulatory expectations.
• Maintains compliance with all applicable requirements, including internal Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), cGMP regulations, Health and Safety standards, WISHA/OSHA guidelines, regulatory obligations, company policies, and employment‑related laws and statutes.
• Demonstrates a proactive approach to identifying operational inefficiencies, proposing technical enhancements, and implementing improvements that strengthen equipment reliability, system performance, and overall operational effectiveness.
• Reviews and interprets drawings, layouts, wiring diagrams, and technical specifications to support effective planning and execution of maintenance and repair activities.
• Performs periodic gowning and de‑gowning procedures in accordance with Cleanroom Standard Operating Practices and established PPE requirements, as needed.
• Rotates daily facility inspection and log‑entry responsibilities with team members to ensure consistent monitoring and documentation of site conditions.
• Completes all required Safety, Quality, and Compliance training within established deadlines.

• Advanced troubleshooting capabilities, applying structured diagnostic methodologies to resolve complex equipment, utility, and system issues.
• Extensive preventive and corrective maintenance experience across industrial, process, and laboratory equipment, with the ability to evaluate failure modes and recommend improvements.
• Comprehensive understanding of safety programs and…