Maintenance Specialist

2 days ago


Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom Dechra Full time

About Dechra

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Dechra is a leading global specialist in veterinary pharmaceuticals. Our expertise spans the development, manufacture, marketing, and sales of high-quality products exclusively for veterinarians worldwide.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer, embracing candidates from diverse backgrounds. Our values – DEDICATION, ENJOYMENT, COURAGE, HONESTY, RELATIONSHIPS, and AMBITION – drive our culture and everyday operations.

The Role

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The Maintenance Engineer plays a crucial role in supporting operations by maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, and improving equipment reliability. You will provide essential preventative and reactive multi-skilled maintenance activities in a fast-paced GMP-governed manufacturing environment.

This position reports to the Engineering Shift Manager. Your shifts will rotate weekly between 6am-2pm and 2pm-10pm.

Responsibilities

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You will be responsible for:

  • Implementing a Planned Maintenance program to ensure equipment reliability and improve asset performance.
  • Liaising with production/QA to carry out work orders, ensuring timely completion and accurate detail for asset history.
  • Minimizing unscheduled downtime through fast and effective response to breakdowns, monitoring performance post-breakdown to ensure full operation.
  • Leading departmental RCA (root cause analysis) to prevent issues from re-occurring.
  • Performing calibration services according to work order instructions, associated procedures, and regulatory standards.
  • Maintaining cGMP and Health & Safety adherence across the site.
  • Continuously improving equipment, enhancing safety, efficiency, change overs, and minimizing downtime.

Your Skills and Qualifications

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To succeed in this role, you should possess:

  • A proactive approach to work.
  • Familiarity with working on production equipment, including filling lines, conveyors, packaging lines, autoclaves, tablet pressers, granulators, WFI, and heat sterilizers.
  • Experience working within regulated process environments, ideally pharmaceutical, food, or fine chemical.
  • Knowledge of GXP in engineering.
  • Time served in an industry or Level 3 NVQ in an engineering-related subject.

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 per annum



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