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Engineering Technician (24 month Fixed Term Contract)

Selexa Biotech are exclusively partnered with a leading Pharmaceutical giant to engage and recruit a team of Maintenance Engineers. To help strengthen the site and technical capability, as well as supporting various production & manufacturing suites, we are looking for experienced Shift Maintenance Engineers to support manufacturing.
You Will:

  • Be responsible for supporting a wide range of Maintenance Engineering activities across the site, responsible for delivering a robust manufacturing facility
  • Engage problem solving and lean techniques, identifying root cause, and implementing correct maintenance, reducing waste & improve maintenance
  • Highlight good & bad practice, offer improvements, & complete documentation
  • Be responsible for ensuring all personal activities are reliably closed on time, against agreed targets – PPMs, deviations, change controls etc
    Required Key Skills:
  • A strong standard of technical skills of HND level or higher, with the proven track record of delivering in a manufacturing environment
  • Multi-skilled experience with a strong understanding of electrical control & automation systems ie. PLC fault finding experience
  • strong and demonstrable experience across reactive & pro-active maintenance

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