Manufacturing Process Engineer

Tandem Project Management Ltd.; Athlone; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Tandem Project Management Ltd. is seeking a Contract Manufacturing Engineer (Equipment System Owner) for a global pharmaceutical client based in Athlone. You will provide technical support to production and maintenance teams across key process systems and Fill Finish equipment projects.

Responsibilities include leading troubleshooting, owning NPI projects, developing maintenance plans, and ensuring GMP compliance while driving safety and continuous improvement across the site.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level or higher degree in pharmaceutical, chemical or mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant technical engineering experience in pharma/biotech.
• Experience with aseptic filling processes is an advantage.
• Strong problem-solving and structured troubleshooting abilities.
• Experience coordinating with vendors and cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and health and safety regulations.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Experience in project planning and management.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to production and maintenance teams for key process systems and equipment.
• Lead troubleshooting and problem-solving on process equipment with coaching for staff.
• Own NPI projects and ensure operational readiness of equipment.
• Develop maintenance plans, procedures, spares, and related documentation.
• Collaborate with site functions to transition projects to operations.
• Ensure GMP compliance and cost-efficiency in maintenance activities.
• Drive safety culture and KPI tracking for process areas.
• Oversee equipment design input for new product introduction and CAPEX projects.

Education

Hon. degree in pharmaceutical, chemical or mechanical engineering or equivalent

Project management would be a positive

Job description

Our client is a global pharmaceutical company based in Athlone seeking a Contract Manufacturing Engineer (Equipment System Owner) who will be responsible for technical support to the production and maintenance teams in key process systems and manufacturing areas at the client facility. The Manufacturing Engineer’s main area of responsibility will be the technical engineering ownership of Fill Finish process equipment projects including NPI projects.

Responsibilities:

• Acts as an advocate for engineering continuous improvement activities.
• Take the lead in troubleshooting and problem solving on process equipment while providing coaching and mentoring to other engineering, maintenance and operations staff.
• Technical support for new equipment installation and commissioning phases projects.
• Being Engineering owner of NPI projects
• Ownership of operational readiness activities for process equipment and maintenance such as development of maintenance job plan content, maintenance related procedures, spares identification.
• Work closely with other site functions to ensure a smooth transition between project and operational phases.
• Design input for new product introduction and related CAPEX projects.
• Ownership of process safety and equipment related investigations.
• Ownership and delivery of equipment / technical training on process equipment.
• Ownership and tracking of engineering key performance indicators (KPI's) for the process areas.
• Encourage and sustain a high safety culture and performance within the maintenance and engineering teams.
• Optimization of equipment process design to enable improved turnaround of production equipment.
• Plan and manage day-to-day technical support work on process and associated equipment to meet manufacturing or plant shutdown schedules while maintaining a high level of GMP compliance and being cost efficient.
• Implement equipment and maintenance reliability improvements. Development and implementation of area / equipment improvement plans to repeat failures and other maintenance problems.
• Review of executed maintenance activity and identify improvements to the maintenance job plan content.
• Ensure compliance to the company's Governance standards and Regulatory requirements.
• Key contact for production on equipment and maintenance performance.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Hon. degree in in pharmaceutical, chemical or mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• Project management would be a positive
• Minimum of 3 years relevant experience working in a technical engineering role in the Pharmaceutical / Biotechnology industry.
• Experience of Aseptic Filling processes would be an advantage.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with vendors and resolve issues in a timely and structured manner.
• Experienced in leading and facilitating structured problem solving approaches to resolve equipment / process issues.
• Strong technical capabilities, communication skills, teamwork abilities and initiative.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements and current Health and Safety Regulations legislation.
• Proven ability to work well as part of a team & on own.
• Project planning and management experience