Engineering Technician –Early & Late Shift

AstraZeneca; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical company in Macclesfield is seeking an Engineering Technician to provide engineering support and lead continuous improvement activities. The ideal candidate will have a recognized Engineering Apprenticeship, along with skills in Electrical, Mechanical, and Instrumentation areas. This role offers competitive salary, private healthcare, and excellent training opportunities in a fast-paced environment focused on aseptic manufacture.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Private healthcare

Generous holiday allowance

Phenomenal training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Recognised Engineering Apprenticeship or equivalent is essential.
• ONC / HNC in a relevant engineering field is required.
• Experience in Electrical, Mechanical, and Instrumentation areas.

Responsibilities

• Provide breakdown support for pharmaceutical assets.
• Investigate root causes using structured problem-solving.
• Lead and deliver continuous improvement projects.
• Provide training and coaching to production operators.

Skills

Electrical experience

Mechanical experience

Instrumentation knowledge

Problem-solving

Continuous improvement methodologies

Education

Recognised Engineering Apprenticeship or equivalent

ONC / HNC in relevant engineering field

Tools

CMMS (SAP PM)

Microsoft Office

Job description

Engineering Technician

Location: Macclesfield, UK

Competitive salary and benefits

Do you have a passion and expertise in Engineering? Would you like to apply this in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life‑changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the place!

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!

Macclesfield campus supplies products for most of the AstraZeneca therapy areas to global markets and thus has great development opportunities. This position offers excellent challenges and great rewards for the successful candidates who will gain training and experience in a fast‑paced, lean‑focused, aseptic manufacture environment.

We are excited to announce that we have permanent Engineering Technician opportunities at our Macclesfield campus as we bring our new production lines into commercial manufacture and grow our engineering team.

What you’ll do

Based across multiple manufacturing facilities you will join our highly skilled and knowledgeable team to provide both reactive engineering support and continuous improvement activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide swift breakdown support for various pharmaceutical assets and processes within the aseptic manufacture facilities.
• Investigate and identify root causes using structured problem‑solving methodologies.
• Actively lead and deliver continuous improvement activities and projects using lean and manufacturing methodologies such as RCM, TPM and CBM.
• Work closely with production operators to provide equipment training and coaching.

Essential Requirements

• Recognised Engineering Apprenticeship or equivalent.
• ONC / HNC or equivalent in a relevant engineering field.
• Experience in Electrical, Mechanical and Instrumentation subject areas (Maintenance and Fault Finding).

Desirable Requirements

• Experience working with automated machinery.
• Experience of working compliantly to GMP & SHE procedures.
• Familiar with CMMS (SAP PM).
• Knowledge of IT systems e.g. Drawing/Document Management Systems, Microsoft Office, Building Management Systems, PCs, PLCs.
• Knowledge of TPM, Root Cause Analysis and Continuous Improvement.
• Knowledge of Project/Change management.

This role is internally aligned to SA91 Grade 10.

We offer a competitive salary, private healthcare, a generous holiday allowance, phenomenal training and development opportunities and much more.

We are dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. We are committed to inclusive culture, lifelong learning, growth and development.

Interested? Come and join our journey.

Date Posted: 28-Nov-2025

Closing Date: 12-Dec-2025

Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best.