Engineering Technician

Engineering Technician

Location: Macclesfield, UK

Competitive salary and benefits

Opening date: 02/12/2024

Closing date: 01/01/2025

AstraZeneca is a place built on innovation and creativity. Where different views and perspectives are welcomed and valued. An environment that champions inclusion, and teams that reflect the diversity of the communities that we serve.

Macclesfield is one of over 400 sites here at AstraZeneca, providing a phenomenal environment where everyone feels comfortable and able to be themselves is at the core of AstraZeneca’s priorities, it’s important to us that you bring your full self to work every day.

Do you have expertise in, and passion for Engineering? If so this may be the opportunity you have been searching for!

Drug Substance Manufacture (DSM) is responsible for the internal manufacture of Drug Substance for formulation development, pre-clinical and clinical development studies. Drug Substance Manufacture is part of the Clinical Manufacturing & Supply function, within Pharmaceutical Technology & Development, Operations.

What you'll do

As a Multiskilled Engineering Technician working in DSM we will expect you to deliver and sustain business objectives through providing engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation) expertise to maintain equipment / systems, resolving problems and implementing improvements whilst at all times being in compliance with SHE (Safety, Health and Environment), GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and Financial requirements.

Have responsibility for maintaining and calibrating manufacturing equipment and support systems in accordance with maintenance strategies and schedules of work. The manufacturing unit is a small scale chemical manufacture facility and a continuous processing/flow chemistry facility. The plant is classed as a Lower Tier COMAH facility and is a Zone 2 Hazardous Area. Core plant systems include; Jacketed agitated reactors, Heat/Cool/Chill (HCC) services, HVAC, Scrubber Systems and Water Systems. By providing good customer service and maximising equipment availability, ensure timely response to breakdowns and provision of effective customer feedback along with delivery of closure actions through systematic fault-finding and problem solving.

We'll expect you to strive to improve equipment availability through identification of maintenance improvements and continuous improvement processes. You will take ownership of and be responsible for delivering improvements via change control procedures.

By setting up systems / equipment in a timely manner and right first time you'll ensure that the functional performance aligns with Operational Qualification parameters and statutory requirements. Lead formal and informal training of less experienced Technicians and Apprentices, as well as mentor Operators to improve asset performance.

Using lean and manufacturing tools (such as RCM, RCA and CBM) you will actively participate in and deliver continuous improvement activities and projects. Working with engineering colleagues you'll support change initiatives required to drive ongoing business improvements by ensuring positive and constructive communication to enable and establish effective team working. We'll get you to work with project teams to bring new equipment from inception through to beneficial operation, including delivery of equipment qualification activities.

We'll task you to fault find using structured problem solving tools and document this to support the Quality or SHE investigation processes.

Working within a highly compliant and regulated industry you will ensure that SHE and GMP regulations are adhered to at all times.

Essential Requirements

• Recognised Engineering Apprenticeship (mechanical bias or multiskilled) with a HNC in Engineering
• Experience of maintaining manufacturing equipment and support systems of a small scale GMP chemical manufacturing and continuous processing/flow chemistry facilities
• Experience in Electrical, Mechanical and Instrumentation subject areas (Maintenance and Fault Finding)
• Experience with CMMS (SAP PM) and other IT systems where appropriate e.g. Microsoft office, Drawing/Document Management Systems, Engineering Compliance Management Systems
• Knowledge of the Principles of Work Planning & Control – able to plan and manage own workload
• Knowledge of Lean tools and maintenance processes such as Reliability Centred Maintenance, Problem Solving and Root Cause Analysis and of Continuous Improvement
• Knowledge/Experience in Change Management
• Operating knowledge of procedures and compliance with SHE & GMP requirements.
• Hazardous Area Compliance experience

Desirable Requirements

• CompEx Ex11 certification
• Knowledge/Experience of working with Swagelock
• Experience of working in a COMAH environment
• Experience of working in a Pharmaceutical environment
• Knowledge of Project Management & Quality Notification procedures

Please note:

This position is internally aligned to SA91 Grade 10.

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