Title: Maintenance Technician
Location: Durham, NC (Research Triangle Park – RTP)
Structure: 12-Month Contract-to-hire
Rate: $35-40/hr
About the Role:
We are seeking a Maintenance Technician to support a pharmaceutical manufacturing operation focused on device assembly and packaging. This position plays a critical role in maintaining highly automated production equipment, ensuring maximum uptime, reliability, and efficiency across manufacturing processes. The ideal candidate will bring a strong mechanical and electrical maintenance background, a proactive troubleshooting mindset, and a commitment to safety and quality in a GMP-regulated environment.
Working closely with Operations, Engineering, and Production teams, you'll perform preventive and corrective maintenance activities, diagnose equipment issues, and help drive continuous improvement initiatives that support production goals.
What You'll Do:
- Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on pharmaceutical manufacturing, assembly, and packaging equipment.
- Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and automated systems to identify root causes and minimize downtime.
- Repair and overhaul equipment including gearboxes, pumps, blowers, fans, drives, and related production machinery.
- Monitor equipment performance and support improvements that increase uptime, line efficiency, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
- Complete maintenance documentation and work orders accurately within the CMMS system.
- Support engineering changes, equipment modifications, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Collaborate with Operations and other cross-functional teams while maintaining a strong focus on safety and GMP compliance.
What You Bring:
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Minimum of 3 years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience as a multi-craft maintenance technician with strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills.
- Hands-on experience with automated equipment, including servo motors, VFDs, PLCs, power supplies, robotics, load cells, RFID readers, and material handling systems.
- Familiarity with packaging equipment, conveyors, vacuum systems, grippers, and related manufacturing technologies.
- Experience using troubleshooting tools such as multimeters, calipers, and diagnostic equipment.
- Ability to work effectively in a GMP-regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment and document work accurately in CMMS software.
Preferred Qualifications:
- QEW certification.
- Experience with Fanuc robots and highly automated production equipment.
- Proficiency with Maximo, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Ability to work a 12-hour day shift on a 2-2-3 schedule.
- Willingness to work overtime during shutdowns, emergency situations, or periods of increased production demand.
About Us:
At Brooksource, relationships are the foundation of everything we do. Since 2000, we've built lasting partnerships with clients, consultants, and internal teams to deliver an exceptional experience across every engagement. As a trusted IT and Engineering services provider, Brooksource supports Fortune 500 organizations through Experience-Driven Staffing, Professional Services, and Elevate, our proprietary Workforce Transformation program.
Whether you're hiring for software development, cloud computing, cybersecurity, data analytics, or enterprise IT, our customized staffing solutions are designed to align with your company's unique goals, culture, and technology stack. We offer flexible hiring models, including contract, contract-to-hire, and direct placement to meet your evolving business needs.
We are a certified partner of leading platforms, including Salesforce, AWS, Microsoft, and Google Cloud, enabling us to deliver scalable, end-to-end technology solutions. With a growing national footprint, Brooksource is redefining expectations in IT consulting, engineering services, and technology workforce solutions.
EEO Statement:
Brooksource is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.
Benefits & Perks
Benefits & Perks: Brooksource offers competitive medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care FSA, and supplemental coverage with plans that can fit each employee's needs. We offer a 401k plan that includes a company match and is fully vested after you become eligible, paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides services like virtual counseling, financial services, legal services, life coaching, etc.
Pay Disclaimer:
The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
