Job Description

What You’ll Do
The Maintenance & Calibration Planner is responsible for planning, scheduling, and optimizing maintenance and calibration activities to ensure equipment reliability, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency within a regulated pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing environment. This role administers and maintains Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), with a strong emphasis on Blue Mountain RAM (BMRAM), to support compliant and efficient operations across the Bedford, MA facility.

This position is primarily on-site at the Bedford, MA facility, with some flexibility for hybrid work depending on project needs and team coordination.

How You’ll Contribute

• Develop and manage preventive and corrective maintenance schedules for GMP-critical and non-GMP assets.
• Plan and coordinate calibration activities for instruments, sensors, and control systems in accordance with regulatory and internal standards.
• Administer and maintain CMMS (preferably BMRAM), ensuring accurate asset data, calibration intervals, work order tracking, and documentation.
• Ensure calibration records are complete, traceable, and compliant with FDA, ISO, and other applicable regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with Quality, Manufacturing, and Engineering teams to align maintenance and calibration activities with production schedules and compliance requirements.
• Generate and analyze metrics (e.g., PM and calibration completion rates, equipment downtime, backlog) to drive continuous improvement.
• Support validation and qualification efforts for equipment and utilities, including calibration-related documentation.
• Maintain spare parts and calibration standards inventory; coordinate procurement to replenish consumed inventory and maintain appropriate safety stock levels.
• Lead planning for shutdowns, calibrations, and major equipment overhauls.
• Train technicians and users on CMMS workflows, calibration procedures, and best practices.

What It Takes

The role requires strong organizational, analytical, and coordination skills to effectively manage maintenance and calibration activities in a regulated manufacturing environment. Success in this role requires attention to detail, the ability to prioritize competing activities, and strong collaboration across Quality, Manufacturing, and Engineering teams.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of maintenance and calibration planning experience in a regulated pharma or medical device environment.
• Hands-on experience with CMMS platforms; Blue Mountain RAM (BMRAM) strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with GMP, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, ISO 13485, and other regulatory frameworks.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and data visualization tools.

Nice to Have

• Experience supporting audits and inspections (FDA, ISO, internal).
• Knowledge of equipment qualification, calibration protocols, and validation lifecycle.
• Lean or Six Sigma certification.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, calibration certificates, and technical manuals.

The salary range provided is based on the Company’s reasonable estimate of the base salary pay range for this position at the time of posting. Actual base pay is determined by several factors relevant to the position, including skills, competencies, experience, education, and geographic location. Anika also offers a discretionary bonus program for all full-time employees, comprehensive healthcare benefits, health savings account, 401(k) plan with up to 5% company match which includes immediate vesting, employee stock purchase plan at a 15% discount, accrued paid time off, additional long-term incentives including stock awards, and much more. At Anika, we take pride in offering robust Total Rewards, inclusive of market-leading benefits to meet our employees where they are in their career and in life.

The compensation and benefits information is provided as of the date of this posting. Anika reserves the right to modify compensation and benefits at any time, subject to applicable law.