Engineering / Building Services

Engineering & Construction Services
Engineering Services is responsible for all new building construction and major modifications as well as new manufacturing equipment requirements.

Capital Project Work includes:

• Project scope and justifications
• Project scheduling and tracking of capital spending
• Compliance with regulatory/safety/GMP requirements
• Sourcing materials/equipment/suppliers/consultants/contractors
• Design, layout and construction of buildings/equipment/processes
• Procurement of all production/packaging/services equipment and building materials
• Installation, start-up, training and validation of all building, equipment and related services
• Set-up and maintenance of the required support documentation for the above

The role of the department is to analyze existing processes and equipment in order to make continuous improvements as well as handling the capital projects required for future products and capacity increases.

Facilities Department
The Facilities Department is responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient operation and maintenance of all buildings and associated services. There are several distinct functions within the Facilities Department:

Protection Services: is responsible for such things as physical security of Apotex buildings, employees and property. This includes:

• Security Systems - maintenance and operation of all technical security systems, e.g., access control, employee card badge protection, assigning access levels, security alarms.
• Keys and Lock Hardware - installation and maintenance of all door locks and other locking hardware, issuing of keys to employees, re-keying existing locks.
• Fire Protection Control Systems Maintenance - including inspection and replacement of extinguishers.
• Employee/Visitor Parking - including issuing of parking permits, daily maintenance and security of parking lots.
• Lost and Found
• Lockers - Locker assignments are provided by Facilities.
• Safety Shoes/Prescription Safety Glasses

Building Services: responsible for building system operations and maintenance (HVAC, boilers, chillers and refrigeration, compressed air, vacuum, dust collection systems, etc.) as well as all direct building maintenance.

Electrical Services: responsible for the ongoing maintenance of electrical distribution systems and building automation systems. Responsible for Apotex Inc. calibration programs.

Facility Support Services: responsible for all Food Service Operations, cleaning programs and waste handling activities through the Sanitation department.

Space Allocation: responsible for coordinating all space requests and moves. Requests for furniture, repairs to furniture.

Sanitation
Throughout the Apotex facilities, there are many job functions carried out by the Sanitation department on a daily basis.

Some of the job functions include the following:

• Daily dusting, wiping and vacuuming of the offices
• Cleaning washrooms 2-3 rimes daily, sweeping and mopping of the floors
• Garbage pickup twice daily
• Garbage pickup in Production and Packaging areas 12 or more times daily
• General cleaning of doors, windows, kick plates
• Outside walls of Production receive a weekly washing and sanitizing
• Inside walls of Production receive a daily washing and sanitizing

The role of Sanitation within the Apotex Group is to sanitize and maintain a healthy, clean, and safe environment for our company and the employees, and to help prevent any contamination before, during, and after the production processes. The main goal as a team is to achieve a clean and healthy environment through products and procedures together.

Although Apotex is expanding at a rapid pace, the Sanitation department remains focused and dedicated to achieving Apotex’s goal to be a world-class pharmaceutical manufacturer.