Pharma Facilities Lead - Maintenance, Validation & Compliance

R Dpartners; Cashel; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

R Dpartners, a leading pharmaceutical company in ROI, seeks a Facilities Supervisor to oversee facility and utility maintenance, ensuring compliance with cGMP, GDP, and EHS standards to support operational excellence.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in engineering, maintenance and validation activities within a regulated environment and will lead technicians and contractors on-site with flexibility to address evolving needs.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in facilities management, maintenance and validation within a regulated environment.
• Strong knowledge of cGMP, GDP and EHS standards.
• Experience with FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ and PQ activities.
• Ability to prepare and review GMP documentation, SOPs and protocols.
• Excellent communication and team coordination skills.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and on-site needs.
• Leadership experience managing technicians and contractors is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Execute planned preventative maintenance for all facility and utility equipment.
• Maintain engineering qualification and validation records in compliance with cGMP and GDP requirements.
• Coordinate with design consultants and user departments for facility and utility equipment design.
• Prepare and review GMP documents, SOPs, protocols, and PMs related to the Engineering department.
• Ensure compliance with cGMP in facility, utility and manufacturing areas.
• Apply EHS policies and procedures, including contractor safety and work permits.
• Use permit-to-work systems to control maintenance activities.
• Minimize breakdown time of facility and utility equipment/systems.
• Oversee qualification, requalification and validation activities for equipment.
• Perform FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ and PQ activities for newly installed equipment/systems.
• Identify and implement improvements in equipment maintainability and reliability.
• Manage calibration processes for utilities equipment/systems.
• Supervise facilities technicians and contractors, ensuring timely task completion.
• Be flexible to address on-site engineering needs.

Skills

Facilities management

Maintenance

Validation

cGMP

GDP

EHS compliance

Leadership

Communication

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

FAT

SAT

IQ

OQ

PQ

Job description

R Dpartners, a leading pharmaceutical company in ROI, seeks a Facilities Supervisor to oversee facility and utility maintenance, ensuring compliance with cGMP, GDP, and EHS standards to support operational excellence.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in engineering, maintenance and validation activities within a regulated environment and will lead technicians and contractors on-site with flexibility to address evolving needs.