Engineer - Inspection & Packaging

Key Responsibilities

• Support a safe working environment by complying with all pertinent environmental health/safety practice, rules and regulations.
• Ownership of equipment/systems in a GMP regulated manufacturing setting.
• Monitoring of day-to-day performance of their assigned system.
• Data trend analysis of all performance aspects of their system and equipment to identify and proactively manage performance trends.
• Responsible for updating and communicating with the operations team, in a responsive manner to ensure they are kept informed on all engineering activities / investigations / reports on losses etc…
• Proactively identify opportunities for improvement in equipment & processes as well as Preventative maintenance support to technicians for regular activities.
• Support system improvements, development of detailed specifications, engineering documents and standard operating procedures.
• Create and maintain a structured and target driven annual maintenance schedule which will align with the manufacturing schedule to minimise downtime. This includes long term planning for vendor support on site and the procurement of major spare part assemblies well in advance.
• Lead technical root cause analysis, incident investigations and after-action reviews when troubleshooting issues related to manufacturing equipment/systems.
• Working in a collaborative manner within the Process Teams structure and contributes to investigations, Non-Conformance and CAPA closure.
• Ensuring that a critical spare parts list for their system is identified and appropriate levels of spares are maintained.
• Willing to adapt and to take responsibility for other equipment outside of immediate responsibility to support the wider group when resources are stretched.
• Support new product introductions or new technology introductions by performing engineering assessments, implementation of system changes and supporting engineering runs.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, Electrical or Chemical preferred).

Preferred Qualifications

• Manufacturing experience in medical device or pharmaceutical inspection or packaging.
• Solid leadership, technical writing, and communication/presentation skills
• Experience in change control, non-conformance, corrective and preventative actions, and validation practices
• Ability to influence the development of business area strategy and engineering/equipment strategy where appropriate
• Day to day vendor management and contract negotiations with focus on equipment suppliers
• Independent, self-motivated, organized, able to multi-task in a production environment
• Team player, prepared to work in and embrace a team-based culture that relies on collaboration, support other areas to meet business requirements.

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