Maintenance Engineer (Automation Bias)

Overview

In this role you will provide plant-wide maintenance and support new installations within a fast-paced GMP environment. You will collaborate with the Operational Maintenance Engineering team to prevent downtime and drive improvements that sustain patient-focused manufacturing. You will tackle automation and robotics-related challenges, contributing to high-quality product delivery. This opportunity combines hands-on maintenance with projects that shape site efficiency and reliability.

Pay / Benefits

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Employee discount scheme
• Blue light card
• Fantastic internal progression opportunities
• Subsided canteen
• Westfield healthcare insurance package with pension contribution up to 8%

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance on production equipment
• Raise corrective and reactive maintenance dockets on Maximo
• Assist with queries to identify improvements to the stores system
• Review and improve planned and preventative maintenance procedures
• Resolve issues promptly and escalate when needed
• Identify site-wide improvement opportunities
• Deliver all activities to GMP standards

Key requirements

• HNC or equivalent in electrical and/or mechanical engineering
• Strong electrical fault finding with schematics, wiring, and circuitry
• Electrical knowledge and PLC experience (ideally Allen Bradley) with fault finding
• Experience with control panels, automation and robotics
• Solid electrical safety knowledge, CCT and controller basics
• Good mechanical knowledge and overall engineering understanding in a regulated manufacturing environment
• Working knowledge of pneumatic and hydraulic systems
• Ability to work both in a team and independently

• team collaboration
• problem-solving
• proactivity
• electrical fault finding
• PLC programming/diagnosis (Allen Bradley)
• control panels and automation

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