Biotech Maintenance Tech – Electrical & Instrumentation

PE Global; Carlow; On-site; EUR 48,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

PE Global is recruiting an E&I Maintenance Technician for a leading multinational Biotech client in Carlow. This 11-month contract role focuses on maintaining, calibrating, troubleshooting, and improving electrical, instrumentation, automation, and control systems to support pharmaceutical manufacturing operations.

You will provide effective technical support to Production, perform routine and corrective maintenance, calibration activities, and participate in plant upgrades, shutdowns, and

Qualifications

• Apprenticeship in Electrical/Instrumentation/Automation with relevant cert/diploma.
• Experience in regulated pharma/GMP manufacturing.
• Hands-on electrical maintenance, calibration, fault-finding.
• Knowledge of process instrumentation and control systems.
• Experience with PLC/SCADA/HMI/MES/DCS control systems.
• CMMS familiarity (SAP/Maximo) and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and teamwork; commitment to safety.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to Production for electrical, instrumentation, and automation maintenance.
• Perform routine and corrective maintenance on electrical systems and process instrumentation.
• Carry out calibration activities on process instrumentation and control valves.
• Support maintenance planning by completing work orders, calibrations, PMs, and repairs.
• Troubleshoot PLC, HMI, SCADA, MES, and DCS-based systems to optimise uptime.
• Document maintenance/calibration activities in CMMS with complete history.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Instrumentation calibration

Fault diagnosis

Automation systems

PLC/SCADA/HMI/DCS

CMMS (SAP/Maximo)

Root cause analysis

Communication

Education

Engineering apprenticeship with cert/diploma

Tools

SAP

Maximo

MS Office

Job description

PE Global is recruiting an E&I Maintenance Technician for a leading multinational Biotech client in Carlow. This 11-month contract role focuses on maintaining, calibrating, troubleshooting, and improving electrical, instrumentation, automation, and control systems to support pharmaceutical manufacturing operations.

You will provide effective technical support to Production, perform routine and corrective maintenance, calibration activities, and participate in plant upgrades, shutdowns, and