Senior Maintenance Technician

PHOENIX Healthcare Distribution Limited; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare distribution company is seeking a Qualified Maintenance Technician for their Runcorn Distribution Centre. The successful candidate will oversee planned maintenance, critical breakdowns, and management of maintenance technicians. This role requires technical expertise in electrical and mechanical systems, with a focus on automated equipment and safety protocols.

Benefits

22 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays

Access to High Street discounts

Medicash health cash program

Free Parking

Employee Assistance Programme

Contributory Pension Scheme

Accredited Training Programmes

Qualifications

• Experience within a Technical department, especially maintenance.
• Experience in Pharma Industry.
• Experience Managing a technical team.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Planned Preventative Maintenance and defect repair.
• Manage contractors and ensure compliance with safety standards.
• Immediate response to breakdowns in production equipment.

Skills

Electrical/Mechanical skills

Root cause analysis skills

Good Technical knowledge of mechanical/electrical/pneumatic equipment

Experience working on automated conveyor systems

Good understanding of Health and Safety policies

Ability to read schematic diagrams

Education

Minimum NVQ Level 3 with an Electrical/Mechanical/Pneumatic Qualification

GCSE level C or above

Tools

PLC Qualifications

Job description

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Qualified Maintenance Technician (QT) to join our team in our RuncornDistribution Centre as a Senior Maintenance Technician. This role involves responsibility for Planned Preventative Maintenance, system breakdowns, defect repair and general upkeep of the depot facilities and automation ensuring that system cleanliness and condition is kept to a high standard.

To assist and manage on site projects, technical repairs and technicians workloads ensuring correct. Ensuring all Maintenance of high volume picking machinery and other ancillary equipment is up to date and operational at all times. Immediate response to any breakdowns to the production equipment in accordance with the production hours. Engage and manage contractors including obtaining/providing permits to work, risk assessments and method statements.

Working Pattern

hours per week

Working over three shifts , Monday to Friday.

06:00 to 14:00,

14:00 to 22:00,

22:00 to 06:00.

One Sunday every 3 weeks to be worked 06:00 to 14:00.

Training and Support

You will receive a comprehensive induction from the Learning and Development Facilitators.

We pride ourselves on ensuring the wellbeing of our employees and providing a good working environment and benefits package, which includes:

22 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with length of service

Access to High Street discounts

Medicash- a health cash program to assist with day-to-day healthcare costs, such as eyecare or prescriptions

Free Parking

Employee Assistance Programme

Contributory Pension Scheme

Accredited Training Programmes

Skills/Experience

• GCSE level C or above with Minimum NVQ Level 3 with an Electrical/Mechanical/Pneumatic Qualification
• Experience working within a Technical department especially maintenance
• Experience working on automated conveyor systems
• Good understanding of Health and Safety policies
• Good Technical knowledge of mechanical/electrical/pneumatic equipment
• Excellent understanding of automated equipment and controls
• Electrical/Mechanical skills
• Root cause analysis skills
• Experience in Pharma Industry
• Experience Managing a technical team
• Ability to read schematic diagrams
• PLC Qualifications

Who we want:

Our ideal candidate will be organised and self-motivated so if this sounds like you we are very keen to speak to you to discuss our opportunity further. You can apply here online by completing our short application.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received