Biopharma Maintenance Technician – Shift Roles

AstraZeneca; Dublin; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca's Dublin Bulk Drug Substance Facility is seeking a skilled Maintenance Technician to join a high-performing biopharmaceutical manufacturing team. In this hands-on role you will maintain, troubleshoot and optimise critical process equipment, supporting continuous improvement and start-up activities.

You'll work within a GMP environment, using CMMS and Lean tools to reduce downtime and improve equipment reliability, with shift rotation including weekends.

Qualifications

• Significant maintenance experience on process equipment in cGMP environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
• Familiar with GMP/regulatory requirements for maintenance.
• Experience using CMMS and MS Office tools.

Responsibilities

• Perform scheduled and reactive maintenance on process equipment per site procedures.
• Troubleshoot technical issues to minimise downtime and improve performance.
• Ensure compliance with EHS, quality and cGMP standards.
• Utilise CMMS and other tools to manage maintenance activities.
• Support CAPAs, investigations and process safety initiatives.
• Assist in creating/updating maintenance procedures, plans and training materials.
• Support equipment installation, qualification, start-up and validation.
• Act as SME across multiple process technologies and share best practices.
• Analyse data to identify improvement opportunities and reliability gains.
• Lead or support Lean-driven continuous improvement projects (5S, Root Cause Analysis).
• Coordinate maintenance work by external vendors and contractors.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Troubleshooting

CMMS experience

Communication skills

Education

Technical certification in Mechanical/Electrical or related discipline

Tools

CMMS

Microsoft Office

Job description

AstraZeneca's Dublin Bulk Drug Substance Facility is seeking a skilled Maintenance Technician to join a high-performing biopharmaceutical manufacturing team. In this hands-on role you will maintain, troubleshoot and optimise critical process equipment, supporting continuous improvement and start-up activities.

You'll work within a GMP environment, using CMMS and Lean tools to reduce downtime and improve equipment reliability, with shift rotation including weekends.