Senior Maintenance Technician

FLBK FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies UK Limited; Billingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-call allowance

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies UK Limited is seeking an experienced maintenance lead to manage a small, multi-disciplinary team at our Billingham site. You will supervise safety, quality and engineering standards, coordinate breakdowns, and ensure cGMP compliance and accurate CMMS/SAP records throughout the plant.

You will champion best practices, drive training, and act as a key conduit in daily maintenance triage meetings, with hands-on fault diagnosis and advanced servicing to manufacturer

Qualifications

• Time-served apprenticeship or minimum NVQ Level 3 in Electrical, Instrument, or Mechanical Maintenance.
• Strong experience in a cGMP or similarly regulated environment.
• Ability to work independently and lead by example.

Responsibilities

• Lead and line-manage a small multidisciplinary maintenance team (6–10 techs).
• Oversee safety, quality, and engineering best practice through toolbox talks and audits.
• Coordinate breakdowns and injected work; act as key contact in maintenance triage meetings.
• Perform advanced fault diagnosis and maintenance to manufacturer standards.
• Own the Permit to Work process and manage isolations and handovers.
• Ensure cGMP and CMMS/SAP records are complete and audit-ready.

Skills

Team leadership

SAP experience

CMMS

cGMP knowledge

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Maintenance

NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical Maintenance

Tools

SAP

CMMS

Job description

What you’ll do

Lead and line-manage a small multi-disciplinary maintenance team (6–10 techs): set priorities, oversee training and development, and coach for safety and quality. Champion Safety, Quality, and Engineering best practice: run toolbox talks; ensure work complies with statutory and site standards. Act as a key contact in daily maintenance triage meetings; coordinate breakdowns and injected work across assets and site services. Perform advanced fault diagnosis, servicing, and maintenance to manufacturer standards; interpret engineering drawings, specs, and manuals. Own the Permit to Work process for your team: act as a multi-trade permit acceptor; manage isolations and safe handover of plant and equipment. Ensure cGMP and CMMS/SAP records are complete, accurate, and audit-ready (calibration, test certificates, seal changes, condition monitoring, etc.). Collaborate with planners to report accurate daily progress and deliverables for your team.

About you

Time-served Apprenticeship or minimum NVQ Level 3 in Electrical, Instrument, or Mechanical Maintenance. Strong experience within a cGMP or similarly highly regulated environment. Proven ability to work independently to exacting standards and lead by example. Comfortable with IT/CMMS systems (SAP experience beneficial). Line management or team-lead experience desirable; readiness to develop multi-skill capability across disciplines. Core competencies: Analytical Thinking, Planning, Business Standards & Integrity, Results Focus.

Why join us

Opportunity to lead and develop a capable team on a major manufacturing site (1000+ people). Influence maintenance strategy and standards in a safety-first, quality-driven culture. Competitive pay, on-call allowance, and comprehensive benefits package. Training and development to broaden your multi-skill capability and leadership impact.

We are part of the Fujifilm Group, and we all share the same purpose. Giving our world more smiles. We bring diverse ideas, unique capabilities, and extraordinary people together to change the world. FUJIFILM Biotechnologies works in strategic collaboration with biopharmaceutical and biotech companies to develop and manufacture the latest in biologics, advanced therapies and vaccines. With production facilities in the US and Europe, we give our customers everything they need to develop and commercialize treatments and therapies effectively and efficiently to make patients’ lives better. We are driven to revolutionize the industry through our Partners for Life mindset, seeking to build global partnerships based on trust with our customers. Our global teams fully embrace our aspiration of being the leading and most trusted Partners for Life in the biopharmaceutical industry.