Multi-skilled Maintenance Tech

Job Description
- Job Role_
- _Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer
- Business Line: _Global Workplace Solutions
- Location:_
- _Sandwich, Kent

Pfizer is one of the world’s premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies.

Pfizer have a leading portfolio of products and medicines that support wellness and prevention, as well as treatment and cures for diseases across a broad range of therapeutic areas; and they have an industry-leading pipeline of promising new products that have the potential to challenge some of the most feared diseases, like Alzheimer's disease and cancer.

The Global Workplace Solutions Engineering team provides support for the Pfizer Small Molecule clinical portfolio in the manufacture of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) at the Sandwich UK Pilot Plant, and Oral Solid Dose Manufacturing plus supporting laboratories for new and emerging pharmaceuticals used in clinical trials across a range of therapeutic areas.

Our team is responsible for the installation, continuous improvement and maintenance of pharmaceutical equipment, facilities, and laboratory assets. These include state of the art equipment such as batch reactors, continuous manufacturing processes, tablet manufacturing equipment, utilities, HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) systems and laboratory equipment including liquid and gas chromatography mass spectrometers and high tech automated high throughput screening.

You will join and work closely with an experienced team of highly motivated engineers and support staff, as well as working in partnership with contract service providers.

In this highly regulated industry, you will need to conduct all activities in accordance with regulations and standards set by the Pharmaceutical and Environmental, Health & Safety regulatory bodies as well as maintaining Good Manufacturing Practices.

Position Purpose

You will have the exciting and varied opportunity to provide mechanical and electrical maintenance support across multiple manufacturing areas including Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Synthesis, Oral Solid Dose Manufacture, supporting laboratories and building supply services.

Primary Duties:

- Perform planned maintenance in accordance with work order instructions and associated procedures.
- Respond to equipment breakdowns, provide first line diagnostic and arrange or self-schedule, components and (if necessary) resource for repair.
- Perform plant condition based monitoring using thermal imaging, vibration analysis and ultrasonic detection equipment.
- Perform mechanical & electrical installation works in accordance with regulated and Pfizer standards on HVAC, Building services (inc. Steam) and Process Equipment.
- Make provision for safe system of work including isolations for self & 3rd parties.
- Write Risk Assessment and Method statements
- Arrange and work to Permit To Work where relevant
- Complete electronic notification and/or paper documents to confirm completion of tasks
- Perform equipment and installation testing in accordance with scheduled, documented tasks and relevant standards
- Document equipment/system modifications using relevant procedure
- Complete regulatory documentation
- Report equipment services or events which are out of regulatory compliance using relevant procedure
- Communicate equipment status to Operational Personnel
- Support Third Party resources to complete contracted tasks

Skills & Behaviours Required:

- Recognised Engineering Apprenticeship and engineering working experience
- Experience preferred working within Pharmaceutical or Regulated Environment and knowledge of GxP in Engineering Applications and Principals
- Must possess the technical knowledge and experience necessary to carry out the Primary Duties as described.
- Ability to drive own Personal Development, creating SMART Goals.
- In touch with new immerging technologies and how they can be incorporated into Pfizer Engineering System and Plant Maintenance.
- Proven ability of time management to effectively plan, prioritise and organise own work in response to business need.
- Competent with Microsoft Office Applications and Computer Maintenance Management Systems.
- Understands and assists others with compliance impact for engineering works.
- Works flexibly across the business, willing to work outside of normal business hours including weekends (preferred not essential)
- Open to new ideas and working practices
- Drives improvements and ensure safe working practices met.
- Thinks and acts decisively to help facilitate accomplishing a goal; eliminates roadblocks; creates focus
- Embraces diversity
- Ability to influence and encourage others by having strong interpersonal skills.

Closing Statement

25.5 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays

Benefits Choice Scheme options including Private Healthcare, Holiday buy, Defined Contribution pension and more.

Option to join Pfizer Share Ownsership Plan

Working Hours based at Sandwich Site - 37 hours (Full Time onsite