Engineering Technician

BTG Pharmaceuticals (now SERB Pharmaceuticals); Wales; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 annual leave days

Pension scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Discretionary Bonus Plan

Maternity & Paternity Leave

Academic Study Assistance

Eyecare vouchers

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

SERB Pharmaceuticals is seeking an Engineering Technician to join the Wales site. The role covers daily repair and maintenance of electrical and mechanical plant, adherence to safety practices, and calibration within the planned maintenance system.

You will contribute to a multi-skilled team and uphold high housekeeping and cost-conscious operations. Candidates should have hands-on experience in mechanical/electrical engineering, the ability to read electrical schematics, and familiarity with

Qualifications

• Experience in mechanical/electrical engineering.
• Ability to understand electrical and control schematics.
• Fault finding and repair of PLC/computer driven plant.
• HVAC installation experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day repair and maintenance of electrical/mechanical plant.
• Report unsafe practices to Engineering manager.
• Maintain calibration regimes for planned maintenance.
• Share engineering knowledge with the team to move to a multi-skilled department.
• Maintain high housekeeping standards.
• Support PM system to meet production and project needs.
• Assist in minimising consumable costs using data from SCADA.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Mechanical engineering

SCADA systems

PLC fault finding

Control schematics

Data analysis

Education

Engineering qualification or equivalent

Tools

SCADA system

PLC programming

HVAC experience

Job description

Engineering Technician – Job Requisition ID: 32848

Department: 517 COGs - Engineering - General (517)

Category: Production

Location: Wales

Date: 19 Oct 2026

Critical Needs. Immediate Action.

SERB is a fast-growing global specialty pharma company designed to address rare and urgent conditions by delivering life‑saving medicines when time and complexity leave no room for failure. We operate end‑to‑end across 100+ countries, ensuring 70+ essential medicines for rare diseases, emergency care, and medical countermeasures reach patients and clinicians with urgency – wherever and whenever they are needed. Shaped over the past 25 years by an entrepreneurial, disruptive spirit, SERB combines the focus and agility of a biotech with the scale, reach, and reliability of a global pharmaceutical company — always grounded in medical purpose, not corporate convention.

Core Values

• Patients first, always Patients are not a concept — they are why we act, especially when time matters most.
• Impact focused We are agile, entrepreneurial, and disciplined - working smart and learning continuously to deliver results that matter, with the consistency, quality, and trust that critical care demands.
• Team powered We go the extra mile - together - because our shared commitment drives extraordinary outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day repair and maintenance of electrical/mechanical plant.
• To carry out repairs and maintenance in a safe manner and to report any unsafe practices to the Engineering manager.
• Support and carry out maintenance and calibration regimes to satisfy the needs of the planned maintenance system.
• Freely share your own engineering knowledge with the engineering team to move quickly towards a multi-skilled department.
• Clean as you go – support the Engineering managers commitment to a high standard of housekeeping everywhere at all times.
• To support the engineering manager in maintaining all plant in good order and in meeting production, validation and project needs. Ensuring all QMS activities including QEIO and Change owner responsibilities are carried out on time and to the required standard.
• Support the team in minimising consumable costs using the SCADA system to identify opportunities via data analysis.

To Be Successful In This Role, You Should Demonstrate

• Previous experience in mechanical/electrical engineering.
• Ability to understand electrical and control schematics.
• Previous experience of HVAC installation and test is desirable.
• Ability to fault find and repair automated plant (PLC and computer driven) is essential.
• Previous experience of steam generating plant is desirable.
• Previous experience of water filtration and purification systems is desirable.
• Ability to interpret and implement engineering standards on a wide range of plant.

Company Benefits

• 25 annual leave days plus bank holidays and 3 annual company closure days (to be taken between Christmas and New year)
• Competitive Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Discretionary Bonus Plan
• Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Academic Study Assistance
• Eyecare vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme

Serb Pharmaceuticals is an equal opportunity employer. We offer competitive compensation & benefit packages, challenging opportunities and a culture of working together in a supportive way built on our strong foundation of values.