Pharma Maintenance Technician – 2-Shift Cycle

HireHive; Cork; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Catalyx is seeking a Maintenance Technician to join our on-site team in Cork, supporting automated pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment and day-to-day operations. You'll operate in a regulated environment, following SOPs and cGMPs, perform planned and reactive maintenance, log downtime in the CMMS, and collaborate with engineering and external contractors to ensure reliability and compliance.

Leaving Certificate and a Trades Certification with at least five years GMP experience are required.

Qualifications

• Leaving Certificate and Trades Certificate with minimum 5 years GMP experience.
• Proven maintenance experience in a regulated automated manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical equipment operations, OEE, MTBF, and root cause failure analysis.
• Experience participating in cross-functional teams.
• Experience in Food, biotech, or pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment maintenance operations.

Responsibilities

• Resolve day-to-day engineering issues and advise regarding compliance queries.
• Support Continuous Improvement to enhance equipment performance and reliability (e.g., OEE).
• Work on routine assignments following SOPs and cGMPs.
• Maintain and review maintenance tasks and procedures to ensure accuracy.
• Report downtime accurately.
• Coordinate maintenance on critical systems/equipment with Manager.
• Comply with all safety regulations.
• Perform planned maintenance and update the CMMS accordingly.
• Partner with engineering and maintenance personnel including external contractors.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Cross-functional teamwork

OEE knowledge

Problem solving

Education

Leaving Certificate

Trades Certificate

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Catalyx is seeking a Maintenance Technician to join our on-site team in Cork, supporting automated pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment and day-to-day operations. You'll operate in a regulated environment, following SOPs and cGMPs, perform planned and reactive maintenance, log downtime in the CMMS, and collaborate with engineering and external contractors to ensure reliability and compliance.

Leaving Certificate and a Trades Certification with at least five years GMP experience are required.