Plant Technician

Ethypharm; Morebath; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Private healthcare

Bonus scheme

Holiday entitlement 25-30 days

Job summary

Ethypharm is seeking a hands-on Plant Technician to maintain plant, utilities and manufacturing equipment at the Romford site. The role focuses on safe, efficient maintenance in a GMP environment and requires strong problem-solving and attention to detail.

The successful candidate will perform planned and reactive maintenance, read technical documentation, and keep meticulous records while ensuring compliance with SOPs and site procedures. This is a full-time role with regular daytime hours.

Qualifications

• Experience carrying out planned and reactive maintenance activities.
• Experience diagnosing faults and supporting repairs on plant or production-related equipment.
• Educated to A Level, City & Guilds Level 2, BTEC, NVQ or equivalent.
• GCSE English and Maths at grade A-C / 4-9 or equivalent.
• City & Guilds, BTEC, NVQ or UK-recognised equivalent in an engineering discipline.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance, routine inspections and reactive maintenance on plant, utilities, facilities systems and associated equipment.
• Attend breakdowns promptly, diagnose faults and resolve issues effectively to minimise downtime.
• Support investigations into plant, equipment and utility failures, helping to identify root causes and actions to prevent recurrence.
• Read and interpret technical manuals, drawings, maintenance instructions and engineering documentation.
• Complete repairs, adjustments, replacements and testing of mechanical and electrical plant equipment where competent to do so.
• Ensure all maintenance activities are completed safely, accurately and in accordance with GMP, SOPs, risk assessments and site procedures.
• Complete maintenance records, engineering logs and documentation accurately and in line with data integrity requirements.
• Escalate incidents, deviations, defects, hazards and compliance concerns to line management promptly.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Fault diagnosis

Reading manuals

Safety focus

Education

A Level or equivalent

GCSE English & Maths

Engineering qualification

Job description

Job Description

Plant Technician

Location: Romford

Contract Type: Full-time, permanent

Working Hours: Monday - Friday, 8am - 4pm

Right to work: Please note that Ethypharm is unable to provide sponsorship for this role. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK.

What You Will Do

The role holder is responsible for carrying out planned and reactive maintenance activities across plant, utilities, facilities and manufacturing equipment, ensuring work is completely safely, efficiently and in compliance with GMP, EHS and site procedures.

Your Key Responsibilities Include

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance, routine inspections and reactive maintenance on plant, utilities, facilities systems and associated equipment.
• Attend breakdowns promptly, diagnose faults and resolve issues effectively to minimise downtime.
• Support investigations into plant, equipment and utility failures, helping to identify root causes and actions to prevent recurrence.
• Read and interpret technical manuals, drawings, maintenance instructions and engineering documentation.
• Complete repairs, adjustments, replacements and testing of mechanical and electrical plant equipment where competent to do so.
• Ensure all maintenance activities are completed safely, accurately and in accordance with GMP, SOPs, risk assessments and site procedures.
• Complete maintenance records, engineering logs and documentation accurately and in line with data integrity requirements.
• Escalate incidents, deviations, defects, hazards and compliance concerns to line management promptly.

About You

You will be a practical and reliable Plant Technician with a strong focus on safety, quality, and equipment performance. With good problem-solving skills and attention to detail, you will help ensure plant operations run efficiently and effectively.

Basic Skills And Qualifications

• Educated to A Level, City & Guilds Level 2, BTEC, NVQ or equivalent.
• GCSE English and Maths at grade A-C / 4-9 or equivalent.
• City & Guilds, BTEC, NVQ or UK-recognised equivalent in an engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in an engineering, maintenance, plant, utilities or manufacturing environment.
• Experience carrying out planned and reactive maintenance activities.
• Experience diagnosing faults and supporting repairs on plant or production-related equipment.

What We Offer You

• £43,668.95 per annum
• Holiday - 25 days rising to 30 with length of service plus bank holidays
• Holiday Buy/Sell - an opportunity to buy or sell up to an additional 5 days' holiday
• 3% Bonus - In addition to our competitive salaries, all our employees are entitled to join a discretionary bonus scheme (based policy eligibility)
• Bravo Benefits Platform - offering a variety of discounts across well-being and lifestyle
• Salary Sacrifice scheme for Electric vehicles with Tusker (dependent on meeting policy eligibility)
• Private Healthcare for yourself and your family (if applicable) with an additional Medicash health cash plan
• Pension Scheme

About Us

Ethypharm is a leading mid-sized international pharmaceutical company, with strong European roots, that manufactures and provides essential medicines, with a focus on hospital care, central nervous system (severe pain and addiction) and internal medicine.

Ethypharm has 1,700 employees dedicated to its various pharmaceutical activities, of which 1400 are in industrial operations. Our six production sites located in France, the UK, Spain, and China have expertise in injectables and complex oral solid forms.

At Ethypharm, you will be a part of a team dedicated and committed to improving patients’ lives.

Our Romford facility located 20 miles from the centre of London, consists of over 6700 square metres of a high-quality, modern pharmaceutical facility where we mix, fill, sterilise, inspect, pack, and label a wide range of medicines.

Why Ethypharm?

We provide a workplace which is one of collaboration, teamwork and innovation. We are all different and we embrace this uniqueness in each and every one of our employees.

Our commitment to you is that we want to help you unleash your full potential by supporting your training and development. We want you to be the best that you can be.

At Ethypharm we recognise the value of diversity in the workplace and provide equal opportunities for all. We are always open to discussing flexible working arrangements where this meets with the needs of our business.