Engineering Technician

ASTRAZENECA UK LIMITED; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical company in Macclesfield seeks an Engineering Technician to maintain and calibrate manufacturing equipment in a GMP-compliant environment. The role involves fault-finding, problem-solving, and mentoring less experienced technicians. Candidates should have an HNC in Engineering or equivalent, with experience in a fast-paced manufacturing setting. This position offers a competitive salary, private healthcare, and numerous employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Private healthcare

Holiday allowance

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Recognised apprenticeship in Engineering HNC or equivalent in an electrical or multiskilled engineering field.
• Demonstrated delivery of results in a fast paced manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing tools and maintenance processes.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and calibrate manufacturing equipment in accordance with strategies.
• Support manufacturing processes in a controlled GMP environment.
• Drive maintenance improvements through fault-finding and problem-solving.

Skills

Fault finding in electrical services

Lean Manufacturing tools

Coaching operational teams

Work planning & control

SAP

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Education

HNC or equivalent apprenticeship in Engineering

Job description

Overview

This is a fantastic opportunity as an Engineering Technician based at our Macclesfield campus. The site supplies products for most of the AstraZeneca therapy areas for global markets, and thus has phenomenal opportunities. You will be aligned to an area which is benefiting from large investment, and this is an excellent opportunity to experience this unique fast moving and dynamic environment whilst ensuring production levels meet given demands in a period of change. In this role, you will deliver and sustain business objectives through providing engineering (Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation) expertise to maintain equipment / systems, resolving problems and implementing improvements, whilst always following GMP, SHE, and Financial requirements.

What you\'ll do:

• Hold responsibility for maintaining and calibrating manufacturing equipment and support systems in accordance with maintenance strategies and schedules of work.
• Support the manufacturing process in a controlled GMP environment, contributing to a rigorous maintenance programme and ensuring equipment availability to respond to breakdowns and provide effective feedback to customers.
• Perform systematic fault-finding and problem solving to understand downtime, drive maintenance improvements, and enhance asset uptime through detailed investigation and closure actions.
• Set up systems / equipment in a timely manner to ensure functional performance aligns with operational parameters and statutory requirements.
• Lead formal and informal training of less experienced Technicians, and mentor Operators to improve asset performance.
• Use lean and manufacturing tools (such as RCM, RCA and CBM) to participate in and deliver continuous improvement activities and projects.
• Collaborate with engineering colleagues to support change initiatives required to drive ongoing business improvements, ensuring positive and constructive communication for effective teamwork.
• Fault find with structured problem-solving tools to support GMP, SHE or productivity investigations.
• Ensure GMP and SHE regulations are adhered to while working in a highly compliant and regulated industry.

Qualifications

• Recognised apprenticeship in Engineering HNC (or equivalent) in an electrical or multiskilled engineering field
• Demonstrated delivery of results in a fast paced manufacturing environment
• Experience in fault finding in electrical services
• Knowledge of the principles of work planning & control — able to plan and manage own workload
• Ability to determine the root cause of breakdowns and implement preventative actions to prevent reoccurrence
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing tools and maintenance processes (e.g. 5S, RCM, TPM)
• Ability to coach and provide training to operational teams
• Good working knowledge of computer systems such as SAP, Microsoft Word and Excel
• Operating knowledge of procedures and compliance with GMP & SHE requirements

Desirable

• IEE/IET 18th Edition
• PLC fault finding
• Experience of working in a pharmaceutical environment

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being ambitious, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you\'re our kind of person.

This position is internally aligned to SA91 Grade 10.

Please note: This role will involve working shifts and will therefore include a shift allowance. The rota will be discussed more at interview stage. When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That\'s why we work five days per week from the office. But that doesn\'t mean we\'re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world. There are so many fantastic employee benefits that AstraZeneca offer! A competitive salary, private healthcare, a fantastic holiday allowance, phenomenal training and development opportunities, and much more.