Senior Manufacturing Technician - Equipment & Validation

Edwards Lifesciences; Limerick; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Edwards Lifesciences is seeking a Lead Technician to support Operations and Engineering with hands-on maintenance and validation activities. You will troubleshoot, set up feasibility studies, and drive improvements for manufacturing equipment and processes.

Responsibilities include leading validation projects, preventive maintenance, and collaborating with Quality to implement corrective actions, while ensuring documentation is complete and properly archived.

Qualifications

• Must have a recognised trade qualification with manufacturing/medical device industry experience.
• Minimum 6 years of related experience in manufacturing/engineering.
• Strong problem-solving, documentation and quality systems knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and perform maintenance to minimise downtime and keep production on schedule.
• Design, set-up and run feasibility studies and tests to improve equipment and processes.
• Lead equipment validation projects and investigations with proper documentation.
• Perform preventive maintenance on complex equipment to avoid downtime.
• Collaborate with Quality on corrective actions, EWOs, ENCRs and OOTs.
• Review and transfer documentation to relevant systems and locations.

Skills

Maintenance troubleshooting

Equipment validation

Documentation practices

Root cause analysis

Project collaboration

Education

Trade qualification

Relevant higher qualification

Tools

JDE

QMS

PLM

CAD

Job description

Edwards Lifesciences is seeking a Lead Technician to support Operations and Engineering with hands-on maintenance and validation activities. You will troubleshoot, set up feasibility studies, and drive improvements for manufacturing equipment and processes.

Responsibilities include leading validation projects, preventive maintenance, and collaborating with Quality to implement corrective actions, while ensuring documentation is complete and properly archived.