Commissioning Maintenance Technician

Hanley Calibration are currently looking to hire multiskilled Maintenance Technicians including Electrical & Instrumentation and Mechanical. This position is based at our clients' site on a pharmaceutical company in Cork

The purpose of this position is to provide commissioning maintenance support on process equipment and plant utilities.

As a Maintenance Technician, you will be responsible for:

• Fault finding and rectification for instrumentation & electrical systems.
• Diagnose process faults and failures
• Carry out maintenance, repair and inspection of Instrumentation, electrical and control, equipment across all departments.
• Provide technical support to the commissioning team.
• Carrying out unplanned maintenance as instructed.
• Carrying out receipt verifications on new instruments.
• Loop checking and testing instrument and verifying cabling.
• Maintaining accurate inspection and test records to comply with current legislation and plant safety and quality requirements.
• Assisting operations in diagnosing process problems and failures.
• Maintain all documentation in an organised and controlled manner in compliance with GAMP
• Ability to read and understand technical manuals and engineering documentation
• Capable of successfully working within a team while having the initiative to self-resolve issues.
• Literacy in Computer Operating Systems and applications such as Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint Auto CAD etc.
• Ability to work to tight schedules and achieve targets.
• Participation and ongoing involvement and completion of the Technician Training Program.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives in a team orientated environment.
• Improvement in safety of electrical and mechanical equipment.
• Maintaining housekeeping in the engineering workshops and associated working areas.
• Conducting of safety audits and risk assessment.
• Writing and developing site SOP's
• Participation in criticality risk assessments (CRA)

Mechanical Maintenance Technician:

• Ensure adherence to GMP safety, quality and validation protocols.
• Uses own knowledge and experience to minimise maintenance costs and equipment downtime.
• Troubleshoot equipment and facility failures and remediate identified issues.
• Provide core mechanical support including the following: Machining; i.e. Lathe and milling operations, Welding; i.e. MIG, TIG, Stick and brazing, ability to strip equipment in to component parts and reassemble with new seals and replacement wear parts; e.g. rotating pumps, diaphragm pumps, vacuum pumps and various valves, globe valve, gate valve, butterfly valve, diaphragm valves.
• Able to service and test pressure relief valves. Understands and interprets operation and maintenance manuals, blueprints, P&ID's, Loop diagrams, single line wiring diagrams to help in performing and troubleshooting maintenance repairs.
• Can work to a safe system of work, e.g. lock out tag out for isolations.
• Writing and developing site SOP's
• Participation in criticality risk assessments (CRA)

What we need from you is:

• Instrumentation, Mechanical or Electrical Senior trades or equivalent qualification.
• Proven Instrumentation, Mechanical or Electrical competency in a Production environment.
• 2 years technician experience working as a maintenance technician.
• Hands on Commissioning experience in Pharma environment

Benefits:

• Competitive salary.
• Company vehicle (where applicable).
• Training & educational support systems.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Pension Scheme
• VHI Healthcare benefit allowance
• Green Grants initiative