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Controls and Instrumentation - Calibration Technician - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Reckitt
Nottingham
3 days ago
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Controls and Instrumentation - Calibration Technician - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, GB, NG1 1DQWe are Reckitt
Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.
Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.
Manufacturing
Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen.
If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships.
Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.
About the role
The Calibration Technician role at Reckitt exists to ensure that all items of plant and equipment across the Nottingham site is maintained to the appropriate standard to ensure that performance is safe, reliable and in accordance with the principles of Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP). As part of the role there will be times when delivery of continuous improvement and technical led fault-finding affecting equipment and performance will be required to support the development of the Manufacturing Facility and contribute to the Supply function meeting its customer service, quality, and cost targets. This is an engineering focused role, responsible for ensuring compliance within operations. With your own area of responsibility, you'll be working at one of our largest sites. In a fast-paced manufacturing environment, you'll be working in a team.
Your responsibilities
-Working flexibly on days (8.00-17.00) and occasional shift work (Mornings/Afternoons) to fit in around production schedules as required.
-Part of a team responsible for the management of site-wide; calibration, improvement, and related breakdown investigation activities of plant and equipment used in the manufacture and packaging of our pharmaceutical products.
- Will understand the requirements for the calibration of instrumentation systems and their effect on the process, Provide the front-line interface to the Users of the Pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities and a diagnostic and problem-solving service to operations in accordance with the principles of cGMP.
- Routine maintenance of control systems will be primary area of responsibility control loops, typically involving pressure, force, weight, level, temperature and flow.
- Use the CMMS system and resource to ensure that all agreed work is completed on time and ensure accurate and timely feedback of all tasks performed.
- Escalate calibration performance issues immediately via the site Quality systems to ensure that risk to product or consumer can be assessed in real time and comply with our obilgations as a pharmaceutical manufacturer.
- Planning and resourcing, including sourcing of materials & spare parts; supervising specialist calibration contractors and supporting the implementation of minor plant improvements.
- Ensure in house technical documents critical to calibration activities are reviewed, updated when required and new documents written when new assets are introduced into the factory.
- Key points of contact for the Calibration / Controls Technician are the C&I Manager, Shift Technicians, Manufacturing Technicians and Value Stream Managers.
- Embrace the change management process to ensure that all equipment changes are risk assessed and correctly documented - especially relevant to software changes.
- Participate in the planning and execution of training for self, other team members and manufacturing staff.
The experience we're looking for
- Apprentice trained in an electrical / controls discipline, through a recognised accredited body.
- Minimum of 3 years' experience as an Electrical / Controls /Calibration Technician to be able to operate independently.
- HNC / HTQ Level 4 qualification or equivalent in one of the above disciplines.
- Experience in the maintenance and troubleshooting of electrical and electronic industrial control systems.
- Experience with the calibration of tablet presses a distinct advantage although training will be provided.
- Must have experience in dealing with staff at all levels of expertise, with the ability to communicate skilfully with people at their level of understanding.
- Knowledge and understanding of cGMP requirements desirable but not essential
- A good understanding of HSE aspects including, risk assessment, electricity at work regulations and permit to work.
- Have a minimum level of competence to be able to conduct the following:

    • Install and configure variable speed drive controllers desirable.
    • Understand how to optimize all types of automation sensors.
    • Recognize and demonstrate the importance of instrumentation calibration and associated record keeping that will satisfy regulatory audits.


What we offer
With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.
We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.
Equality
We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.
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