Engineering Technician

Description

Job Title: Engineering Technician
Start: ASAP
Pay Rate: £24.18 Per Hour/Inside IR35
Location: Barnard Castle, County Durham

Job Purpose

• To provide a comprehensive Engineering service to meet the business and regulatory needs of the department.
• Technical support to product stream and other support areas.
• Support of projects, line improvements, quality, safety & continuous improvement actions.
• Provide support for equipment repairs and continuous running adjustments.
• Ensure work is carried out to GMP standards and in compliance with both company and external standards.

Main tasks

• Day to day breakdown repair cover of production/plant equipment.
• Complete Maintenance activities (Work Orders).
• Support for area projects.
• Support for new product introduction.
• ECC initiation, completion and sign off.
• MERPS activities. Orders, Notifications, Data Maintenance.
• Ordering of machine spares.
• Continuous Improvement, safety & quality actions.
• Equipment upgrades through continuous improvement.

Production Biased

• Day to day support to production.
• Perform line/machine size/product change overs.
• Operation and maintenance, repair and improvement of a wide range of Manufacture, filling, Inspection and Packaging equipment.
• Technical support for new product introduction, including equipment upgrades, machine improvements etc.

Building services/OS biased

• Building infrastructure specific tasks concerned with, building fabric, electricity, piped services supply, drainage and effluent control.
• Operation & maintenance of Quality water plants.
• Operation & maintenance of HVAC systems.
• Issue authorisation to work and permits to work.

Occasional tasks

• Issue authorisation to work and permits to work.
• Equipment software management and control
• Unplanned work orders generated.
• Creation & amendment of departments SOP's
• Live file management and control including updates.
• Performance and review of maintenance tasks on plant & equipment.
• DCF's completed (updates on MERPS information)
• Supervision of contractors.
• Provide technical support for regulatory audits.
• Rising of UIRs.
• Protocols and project sign off.
• Small project completion
• Engineering Meetings.
• Eng rep at various NPI projects.
• Purchasing spares/services via a planned work order.
• Creation and completion of ECC's.
• Creation and completion of OQ test protocols.
• Organising contactors.
• Request/approve drawing updates.
• Involvement with rectifying component issues.
• Creation and amendment of critical device rationales.
• PDI visits.
• Liaise with off site agencies and suppliers.
• Creation & completion of IQ/OQ protocols & summary reports.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Engineering Industry recognised apprenticeship (4-5 Year)
• Minimum HNC in Engineering
• Level 3/4 OAKS
• Approx 3 years post apprenticeship experience
• Job specific qualifications

TRAINING

• 4 years engineering apprenticeship..
• Approx 5 years post apprenticeship experience across several departments
• Department specific training (1-2 years).
• Knowledge and understanding required to maintain and fault find on modern pharmaceutical PLC controlled machinery, robotic technology and technical electronics.

PROBLEM SOLVING

• Involved in problem solving at every level including technically investigating and resolving IPNs, component issues, and safety and compliance issues.
• People issues
• Equipment Breakdowns.
• Software issues.
• Supplier Issues
• Downtime Issues
• Time Management
• Resource planning
• Training
• Projects
• Constant changing of equipment availability
• Lack of spare parts. Long lead times.
• Specialist Help Service Engineers
• Supplier issues
• Short notice requests over time and other cover
• Conflicting requests for work
• Short time scales
• IPN Issues
• FMEAs
• Safety Issues
• Quality Issues.
• Energy saving issues.
• Out of hours breakdowns. (Giving instructions over telephone)
• Logically approach problem.
• Assess any safety implications.
• Remedy problems using training experience and people skills. Consult with TM as required.
• Technical advice from equipment manufactures and service personnel.
• Prioritise in order of importance.
• Re-schedule none urgent work.
• Inform relevant staff and managers of problem, issues and expected time to resolve.
• Delegate tasks to those that can complete them.
• Front line problem solving to completion.
• Liaising with outside and internal experts.
• Root cause analysis to prevent problems from re occurring.
• Communication across the teams to highlight problems and cures.
• Following investigation, complete breakdown report for future reference.
• Reorder any spares used.

PEOPLE RESPONSIBILITY

• Responsible for self.
• Responsible for the safety of other during certain circumstances.
• Assist/coach/advise production/engineering staff.
• Advise Team Manager of issues/shortfalls/solutions/abilities etc
• Influence project teams on technical issues with equipment/plant.
• Co ordinate different departmental activities during area shutdown.
• Communication links with internal and external contract staff.
• Safety of self and others.
• Take the lead regarding line/machinery improvements
• Responsible for the upkeep of live files and other compliance related documentation
• Ensure adequate supplies of spares.
• Regularly stand in for Senior Technicians and take charge of Technician teams which includes co-ordination of work loads, scheduling maintenance and unplanned maintenance etc.
• Share the lead during Technicians shift handover meetings etc.
• Responsible for service engineers, contract staff and some production staff during projects eg service engineers must have an understanding of WOW, permit to work, changing procedures, SOPs etc.
• Organise work schedules for service engineers, contract staff and some production staff during projects.
• Train apprentices

PLANNING AND ORGANISING

• Plan and agree own workloads including projects by consulting with Team Managers, Planners, Project Engineers and Contractors.
• Prioritise own workload in line with the needs of the business.
• Liaising with production to complete maintenance/improvement.
• Input information into production/equipment schedules.
• Liaising with external contractor to complete maintenance/improvement.
• Liaising with other departments on site to organise meeting and schedule machine/plant and staff availability.
• Providing out of hours cover for engineering activities.
• Organising and managing shutdown activities.
• Planning equipment downtime to complete engineering activities.

SYSTEMS AND IT
Edoc Author of SOP's
OLLIE Basic training guide for MERPS
Internet Fact finding
Excel Spreadsheets, Matrix, Data manipulation. ECC tracker
Word Reports, Memos, IPN's, Engineers secure docs.
PowerPoint Presentations
Project 2000 Planning.
IQ/OP/PQ Projects.
Live Files Validation.
SAP/MERPS Engineering Data amender, Procurement and Finance information.
Same Time Communication.
Lotus Notes Communication.
PELs Manual completion of Documentation
Job Cards Manual completion of Documentation
SOP's Reading and recording.
Isolation procedures.
Vision systems Utilise to improve the business
Train, embrace and effectively utilise/use new technology and machine control systems.
Provide support and technical experience

ENVIRONMENT

• Wearing production garments eg: Aseptic areas
• Wearing specialist PPE that restricts movement. Chemical suits, dust masks etc.
• Roof voids hot in summer
• Equipment voids small, cramped and warm all year
• (All voids can present abnormal conditions).
• Sterile area during shutdown becomes extremely warm and very uncomfortable to spend long hours working in.
• Occasional physical jobs requiring lifting, working in awkward places and areas that suffer from temperature and humidity extremes.
• Occasional lone working

Building services/OS Biased

• Working alone, sometimes only member on site.
• Working in confined spaces, effluent pits & drains.
• Hygiene risks, effluent pits & drains.