Maintenance Technician – Pharmaceuticals – Contract
With worldwide demand for their life-changing oncology treatment increasing, one of our global pharmaceutical clients is looking for a Maintenance Technician to support multiple capital projects taking place onsite in Carlow.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work on a state-of-the-art fill-finish facility and the company's first stand-alone vaccine and biologics plant outside the US.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
* Provide effective technical support to the production value streams in all aspects of machine and equipment maintenance, installation, and modification. Perform detailed maintenance, calibrations, PMs, and troubleshooting.
* Required to operate and clean the process equipment during troubleshooting and post interventions, as necessary.
* Support maintenance planning and preventative maintenance through completion of planned and emergency work orders, calibrations, PMs etc.
* Document maintenance work, including upgrades, made to existing equipment, including preventative maintenance performed and parts used, to ensure appropriate documentation and records of repair history.
* Operate and monitor production support equipment, using MES/DCS and PLC based systems, to ensure optimum equipment uptime and target outputs, whilst facilitating continuous process improvements using Lean Principles.
* Operate, troubleshoot, and repair complex systems which may include Filling and Inspection equipment, CIP Skids, Autoclaves, Glassware Washers, production vessels, HVAC, and Grade A isolators under minimal supervision in a highly regulated, cGMP environment.
Requirements:
* Must have prior related work experience; ideally in a manufacturing, GMP setting.
* A minimum 2 + Years in a maintenance and repair role within the Pharmaceutical Industry is preferred.
* Candidates with sterile fill finish, component preparation (i.e., Autoclaves, Washers, CIP skids) and high-speed inspection maintenance experience are desirable.
* Must hold a minimum of an Advanced Level 6 Certificate (Time Served Apprenticeship) in one of the following disciplines.