Utilities & HVAC Engineer II

About the role

The Utilities & HVAC Engineer II role at Lonza Portsmouth (NH) supports biopharmaceutical manufacturing by ensuring plant systems, equipment, and facilities meet operational requirements. This position involves support for facilities/maintenance operations, system design engineering oversight, building automation systems, capital expenditure planning, and execution.

Responsibilities

• Apply systems engineering design competency in mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVACR, and automation disciplines.
• Provide BAS system expertise across OT, IT, and other departments to ensure quality, reliability, and operability of Utility/HVACR and other systems.
• Maintain facility plant operations, maintenance, reliability life cycles, and technical standards development.
• Develop technical engineering standards and requirements.
• Support troubleshooting and technical analysis on Utilities and HVAC equipment and processes, including Automation, PI data analyses, system capacity analyses, MOC analyses, flow path analyses, etc.
• Prioritize workload and adapt to changing work requests, including emergent events, audits, and quality issues.
• CAPEX planning, design review, and execution oversight.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering (or related field).
• 2-5 years of experience in an engineering/manufacturing environment.
• Proficient Utilities & HVACR systems engineering expertise (design-execution-operations).
• Building Automation System (BAS) design, integration, and operations.
• System(s) reliability, process improvements, and life-cycle operations.
• System(s) quality, compliance, and regulatory validation.
• Environmental, Health and Safety initiatives.
• Energy efficiency and sustainability projects.

Qualifications

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without need for employer sponsorship, now or in the future.
• Must be able to perform essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Skills

• Systems engineering design competency in mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVACR, and automation disciplines.
• Building Automation System (BAS) design, integration, and operations.
• System(s) reliability, process improvements, and life-cycle operations.
• System(s) quality, compliance, and regulatory validation.
• Environmental, Health and Safety initiatives.
• Energy efficiency and sustainability projects.

Benefits

Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
401(k) matching plan.
Competitive compensation programs that reward high performance.
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
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