Full job description
- Monitor, maintain and repair equipment and machinery adhering to GMP and safety requirements.
- Plan and implement preventative and corrective maintenance.
- Ensure service equipment operates at optimal efficiency to meet planned levels of production.
- Innovate and apply process engineering techniques to ensure optimal functionality of production equipment and processes.
Planning and Operational Support
- Act as a technical/ subject matter resource
- Facilitate implementation of current processes
- Identify gaps in current policies and procedures
- Provide input into changes or improvements to processes, tools, and techniques
- Train staff on SOPs and maintenance of equipment/ machinery
Production Facility Maintenance
- Plan technical requirements and maintenance tasks according to production requirements to meet Production Plan
- Review and update maintenance schedules
- Perform planned preventative maintenance and inspections according to maintenance plan, job cards, and SOPs
- Repair breakdowns according to best practice, job cards and SOPs
- Troubleshoot machine breakdowns to identify cause of breakdowns
- Perform root cause analysis to identify cause of machine failures and quality deficiencies to minimize machine downtime
- Implement corrective actions to minimize machine downtime
- Isolate, remove and replace defective components
- Complete and submit work requisitions; Create and close job cards
- Maintain workshop, tools, and assets to standards
- Determine and request required parts, materials, and special equipment to maintain machines/ equipment
- Install, test, and validate machine operating efficiency
Mechanical Engineering
- Maintain calibration of machines according to SOPs and manuals, ensure machine safeguards are in place
- Identify and correct equipment deviations to avoid quality deficiencies; Reduce outsourced spending of repairs
- Inspect service equipment and report status to Team Leader
- Rectify operational problems according to SOP
- Communicate process and equipment deviations to management
- Provide input into asset life cycle optimization and replacement
- Assist production staff with change overs
Reporting and record keeping
- Provide standard record keeping and reporting functionality for area of work
Skills Required
Background/experience
- Trade Tested Mechanical and/ or Electrical Artisan (Fitter/Fitter or Turner/Millwright) with 2 to 4 years’ post Apprenticeship experience as a trade tested artisan
- Pharmaceutical Technician Certificate will be an advantage
- Manufacturing experience
- Experience in operation and maintenance of pharmaceutical manufacturing/ packaging systems
Specific job skills
- Comprehensive knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing, standards, and compliance requirements
- Understanding of technical drawings / use of equipment manuals
- Ability to interpret and implement policies, processes, and objectives
- Physically capable of lifting / moving heavy equipment
Competencies
- Interrogating Information
- Pragmatic Action
- Maintaining Accuracy