Site Engineer - Biopharmaceuticals - Merseyside - up to £34k
- Location:
- Merseyside jobs
- Salary:
- £28000 - £34000 per annum + benefits
- Company:
- Cranleigh Recruitment Solutions
- Job type:
- Permanent jobs
- Date posted:
- 27/10/2009 12:01
- Job id:
- 45772418
- Contact:
- Janet Pearce
- Ref:
- Totaljobs/1969
Site Engineer - GMP Biopharmaceuticals/Pharmaceuticals
Mechanical Engineering, Clean Room, Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing
Merseyside - £28,000-£34,000
This is an excellent opportunity to join a globally-integrated biopharmaceutical and vaccine contract manufacturing company. As a member of the Engineering Department you will be required to perform a wide range of activities associated with the scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and/or calibration of equipment, systems and facility.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Carrying out planned and unplanned preventative maintenance on all site equipment in accordance with regulatory guidelines and company procedures
- Ensuring all associated documentation is completed fully in real time in accordance with company procedures
- Systems such as HVAC with HEPA filtration, steam boilers, LTHW boilers, compressed air systems and multiple water systems are maintained as per their validated status, thus ensuring compliance with all quality procedures and regulations
- Continuously strive to improve equipment operation and offer solutions for best practice
- Participate in activities relating to corrective and preventative actions, change control and investigation of deviations
- Achieve compliance with all company and site SOP's, written schemes of examination and production plans by forward planning for all tasks
- Maintain a safe working environment by continuously promoting safety awareness, recognising and rectifying unsafe conditions and completing thorough investigations and reports when incidents occur.
- On call out of hours roster duties
To succeed in this role you should have a minimum qualification of HNC in a mechanical engineering discipline together with hands-on experience within a cGMP biopharmaceutical or pharmaceutical environment. Ideally you should also have a range of experience with different clean room utility or biopharmaceutical manufacturing equipment.
As the successful candidate you will have specific knowledge of maintenance/operation and calibration of at least one major biopharmaceutical utility or equipment type. The ability to multitask and learn new techniques is paramount as is attention to detail and a flexible attitude to work.
