Mechanical Technician

Global Head of Engineering Recruitment, full product life cycle within Medical Devices, Scientific and Life Sciences.

• Maintenance, fault finding and repair of all Production Manufacturing and Packaging equipment, such that production priorities are met and the equipment performs to its optimum capability and maintains GMP compliance.
• Apply Good Manufacturing and Engineering Practices in all areas of responsibility.
• Develop, follow, review and update procedures, job plans, certificates and standards.
• Set maintenance regimes for equipment, implementing preventative, run time and reactive maintenance strategies.
• Supervision of external contractors and equipment vendors.
• Modify plant, manufacturing equipment and services where required.
• Assess critical spare requirements, order parts, plan shutdowns and workloads.
• Coordinate and participate in the development of risk assessments and method statements for specified work.
• Investigate deviations to define corrective and preventative actions and prevent re-occurrence.
• Fully understand and comply with all relevant Site SOPs, cGMP and safety standards.
• Operate in a multi-disciplined, flexible team environment.
• Identify and implement change control notifications.
• Provide support to the production, technical and quality teams as required.
• Operate the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Advise on equipment selection and work with the Technical department to implement robust solutions for reliability.
• Perform commissioning activities to confirm equipment operates to design intent and that installation and qualification tasks are executed smoothly.

• Aptitude for neat, clear and concise documentation.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Adaptable and flexible to cope with changing production needs.
• Determination to understand breakdown/failure root causes and prevent reoccurrence.
• Ability to prioritise and plan own work.

• Not Applicable

• Full-time

• Industries: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing