Maintenance Technician

Evotec WD; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme (after probation)

Private health insurance

Life assurance

Cycle to work

Job summary

Evotec WD in Abingdon is seeking a Maintenance Technician to join the Engineering and Facilities team. You will report to the Maintenance Supervisor and work with a multi-skilled team across Production, Utilities, Laboratory, and Office assets.

This onsite role is based at Milton Park, Abingdon, offering a competitive salary and benefits. The role requires hands-on experience in building services, preventative maintenance, and the ability to work with external contractors.

Qualifications

• Experience in a pharmaceutical or life-science environment (GMP) is preferred.
• Industry experience after Mechanical Apprenticeship or equivalent (NVQ 2/3) is essential.
• H&S training based on practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Execute Planned Preventative Maintenance to keep buildings, plant and equipment operating.
• Maintain site services: AHUs, extracts, electrical LV systems, lighting and water systems.
• Investigate, troubleshoot and fault-find during breakdowns.
• Coordinate with external contractors for gas boilers, compressed air, UPS, LV switchgear and other services.
• Support routine activities like weekly fire alarm testing and daily checks.
• Process maintenance requests, including work via external contractors when needed.
• Occasional weekend/out-of-hours work and participation in on-call rota (~1 week/month).
• Carry out additional tasks as required by Engineering Management.

Skills

BMS knowledge

ATEX environments

Self-motivated

Team player

Attention to detail

Basic computer literacy

Education

NVQ Level 2/3 in relevant field

GMP/Life-science experience

Tools

Building Management System (BMS)

PAT testing equipment

Electrical LV switchgear

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Engineering and Facilities Maintenance team. As our mechanical maintenance technician, you will report directly to the Maintenance supervisor. You will be working with a high-performing and friendly multi-skilled team who are primarily responsible for maintenance and repair of Production, Utilities, Laboratory and Office Assets. This role is based at our site in Abingdon.

Role

Maintenance Technician

Role Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week

Salary: Competitive salary, plus excellent company benefits package

Location: Milton Park, Abingdon (onsite role)

Key Responsibilities

• Execute Planned Preventative Maintenance to ensure that the building, plant and equipment continues to support day to day operations.
• Maintain site services; AHU’s, extract fans/motors, electrical LV systems, lighting, water systems (process /domestic) inclusive of pumps, laboratory fume cupboards, pipework, calorifiers, boilers, pressurisation units and vacuum systems.
• Complete investigations, problem solving, and fault finding when breakdowns occur.
• Liaise with, manage, and support external contractors in maintaining; gas boilers, compressed air, UPS, electrical LV switchgear, PAT, BMS, fire alarm, generators, laboratory gas services, general building fabric and facility repairs, AC/chillers, LEV & pressurised equipment.
• As a Team member, support routine activities such as weekly fire alarm testing, and daily checks to verify correct operation of engineering plant.
• Action maintenance/engineering requests, either internally or by use of external contractors for specialist work.
• Occasional weekend/out of hours work and participation in on-call rota (~1 week per month)
• Undertake the duties outlined above and other duties as directed by Engineering Management and from time to time carry out any additional tasks as may be required to support the Company.

Skills & Competencies

• Experience gained in operation of a Building Management System, Energy Initiatives and/or working in ATEX environments would be advantageous.
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, co-operative and reliable with the desire and motivation to grow and take on increased responsibility and/or supervisory responsibility.
• Able to learn new techniques, processes and procedures.
• Customer focused, with ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Able to work methodically with attention to detail, even when under pressure.
• Basic computer literacy and knowledge is expected.
• Enthusiastic and flexible, positive ‘go the extra mile’ approach.

Education and Experience

Working knowledge, ideally gained in a pharmaceutical (GMP) or life-science research organisation undertaking laboratory activities.

Industry experience post Mechanical Apprenticeship, or equivalent experience (NVQ Level 2/3) gained in a facilities, manufacturing, chemical, utility or laboratory environment is essential.

H&S Training based on practical experience.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package

• Pension on completion of your 3-month probationary period. Contributions start at 6% employee and employer, Evotec will match up to 7.5%.
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and additional length of service days awarded on the anniversary, up to a maximum of 30 days.
• Private health insurance with BUPA for the employees and their partner/family under the company scheme.
• Private dental cover, after 3 months service.
• Life assurance at four times your annual base salary.
• Well being support 24/7 and counselling services.
• Permanent health insurance providing 75% of base salary after the qualifying period.
• Eligibility to participate in the Company Bonus Scheme. This is a discretionary benefit.
• Excellent career progression opportunities within the company; we have an excellent training and support and continuing professional development opportunities.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Refer a friend scheme, team and annual events, recognition awards and many more!

Diversity Policy

FR : Dans le cadre de sa politique Diversité, Evotec étudie, à compétences égales, toutes les candidatures dont celles des personnes en situation de handicap.

ENG : In the frame of our Diversity policy, Evotec considers, with equal competences, all applications including people with disabilities.

Evotec is a life science company with a unique business model that delivers on its mission to discover and develop highly effective therapeutics and make them available to the patients.

The Company’s multimodality platform comprises a unique combination of innovative technologies, data and science for the discovery, development, and production of first-in-class and best-in-class pharmaceutical products.

Evotec leverages this "Data-driven R&D Autobahn to Cures" for proprietary projects and within a network of partners including all Top 20 Pharma and over 800 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, as well as other healthcare stakeholders.

Evotec has strategic activities in a broad range of currently underserved therapeutic areas, including e.g. neurology, oncology, as well as metabolic and infectious diseases.

Within these areas of expertise, Evotec aims to create the world-leading co-owned pipeline for innovative therapeutics and has to-date established a portfolio of more than 200 proprietary and co-owned R&D projects from early discovery to clinical development.

Evotec operates globally with more than 5,000 highly qualified people.

The Company’s 17 sites offer highly synergistic technologies and services and operate as complementary clusters of excellence.

For additional information please go to www.evotec.com and follow us on X/Twitter @Evotec and LinkedIn.