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Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Skipton
11 months ago
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The Maintenance Engineer is a key role, responsible for supporting operations by maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, and improving the reliability of all equipment. To provide essential preventative and reactive multi-skilled maintenance activities for the plant in a fast-paced GMP governed manufacturing environment

Client Details

Michael Page are proud to be representing a trusted manufacturer in the Skipton area in their search for a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer.

Description

Delivery of a Planned maintenance program to ensure reliability of equipment and to improve asset performance.
Liaise with production / QA to carry out work orders, ensuring timely completion of work orders giving accurate and valuable detail for asset history following the functional failure.
Ensure minimal unscheduled downtime through fast and effective response to breakdowns, monitor the performance of the line post breakdown to ensure it is fully operational.
Lead the department Engineering RCA (root cause analysis) to stop any issues from re-occurring.
Perform calibration services in accordance with work order instructions, associated procedures and regulatory standards.
Ensure cGMP is adhered to and maintained as well as Health & Safety across the site.
Continuous improvement of equipment, improving safety, efficiency, change overs and minimising downtime.Profile

Mechanical Engineering trained
Proactive approach to work.
Familiar with working on production equipment including filling lines, conveyors, packaging lines, autoclaves tablet pressers, granulator, WFI and heat sterilisers etc.
Experience of working within a regulated process environment ideally pharmaceutical, food, drinks, FMCG or fine chemical.
Possible knowledge of GMP in engineering.
Time served in an industry or a level 3 NVQ in an engineering related subject.Job Offer

Salary - £42.3k

Shift Pattern - Double Days (Monday - Friday, 6am-2pm and 2pm-10pm)

Every 5 Weeks, you will receive a Friday off

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