Engineering Technician

Job Title: Engineering Technician

Start: ASAP

Pay Rate: £24.18 Per Hour / Inside IR35

Location: Barnard Castle, County Durham

Job Purpose

• To provide a comprehensive Engineering service to meet the business and regulatory needs of the department.
• Technical support to product stream and other support areas.
• Support of projects, line improvements, quality, safety & continuous improvement actions.
• Provide support for equipment repairs and continuous running adjustments.
• Ensure work is carried out to GMP standards and in compliance with both company and external standards.

Main tasks

• Day to day breakdown repair cover of production / plant equipment.
• Complete Maintenance activities (Work Orders).
• Support for area projects.
• Support for new product introduction.
• ECC initiation, completion and sign off.
• MERPS activities. Orders, Notifications, Data Maintenance.
• Ordering of machine spares.
• Continuous Improvement, safety & quality actions.
• Equipment upgrades through continuous improvement.

Production Biased                                                  

• Day to day support to production.
• Perform line/ machine size/product change overs.
• Operation and maintenance, repair and improvement of a wide range of Manufacture, filling, Inspection and Packaging equipment.
• Technical support for new product introduction, including equipment upgrades, machine improvements etc.

Building services/OS biased

• Building infrastructure specific tasks concerned with, building fabric, electricity, piped services supply, drainage and effluent control.
• Operation & maintenance of Quality water plants.
• Operation & maintenance of HVAC systems.
• Issue authorisation to work and permits to work.

Occasional tasks

• Issue authorisation to work and permits to work.
• Equipment software management and control
• Unplanned work orders generated.
• Creation & amendment of departments SOP’s
• Live file management and control including updates.
• Performance and review of maintenance tasks on plant & equipment.
• DCF’s completed (updates on MERPS information)
• Supervision of contractors.
• Provide technical support for regulatory audits.
• Rising of UIRs.
• Protocols and project sign off.
• Small project completion
• Engineering Meetings.
• Eng rep at various NPI projects.
• Purchasing spares/services via a planned work order.
• Creation and completion of ECC’s.
• Creation and completion of OQ test protocols.
• Organising contactors.
• Request/approve drawing updates.
• Involvement with rectifying component issues.
• Creation and amendment of critical device rationales.
• PDI visits.
• Liaise with off site agencies and suppliers.
• Creation & completion of IQ/OQ protocols & summary reports.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Engineering Industry recognised apprenticeship (4-5 Year)
• Minimum HNC in Engineering
• Level 3 / 4 OAKS
• Approx 3 years post apprenticeship experience
• Experience of GSK procedures.
• Job specific qualifications

TRAINING

• 4 years engineering apprenticeship..
• Approx 5 years post apprenticeship experience across several departments
• Experience of GSK systems and procedures.
• Department specific training (1-2 years).
• Knowledge and understanding required to maintain and fault find on modern pharmaceutical PLC controlled machinery, robotic technology and technical electronics.
• Full understanding and use of GSK and regulatory practices.

PROBLEM SOLVING

• Involved in problem solving at every level including technically investigating and resolving IPNs, component issues, and safety and compliance issues.
• People issues
• Equipment Breakdowns.
• Software issues.
• Supplier Issues
• Downtime Issues
• Time Management
• Resource planning
• Training
• Projects
• Constant changing of equipment availability
• Lack of spare parts. Long lead times.
• Specialist Help Service Engineers
• Supplier issues
• Short notice requests over time and other cover
• Conflicting requests for work
• Short time scales
• IPN Issues
• FMEAs
• Safety Issues
• Quality Issues.
• Energy saving issues.
• Out of hours breakdowns. (Giving instructions over telephone)

• Logically approach problem.
• Assess any safety implications.
• Remedy problems using training experience and people skills. Consult with TM as required.
• Technical advice from equipment manufactures and service personnel.
• Prioritise in order of importance.
• Re-schedule none urgent work.
• Inform relevant staff and managers of problem, issues and expected time to resolve.
• Delegate tasks to those that can complete them.
• Front line problem solving to completion.
• Liaising with outside and internal experts.
• Root cause analysis to prevent problems from re occurring.
• Communication across the teams to highlight problems and cures.
• Following investigation , complete breakdown report for future reference.
• Reorder any spares used.

PEOPLE RESPONSIBILITY

• Responsible for self.
• Responsible for the safety of other during certain circumstances.
• Assist/coach/advise production/engineering staff.
• Advise Team Manager of issues/shortfalls/solutions/abilities etc
• Influence project teams on technical issues with equipment/plant.
• Co ordinate different departmental activities during area shutdown.
• Communication links with internal and external contract staff.
• Safety of self and others.
• Take the lead regarding line/machinery improvements
• Responsible for the upkeep of live files and other compliance related documentation
• Ensure adequate supplies of spares.
• Regularly stand in for Senior Technicians and take charge of Technician teams which includes co-ordination of work loads, scheduling maintenance and unplanned maintenance etc.
• Share the lead during Technicians shift handover meetings etc.
• Responsible for service engineers, contract staff and some production staff during projects e.g. service engineers must have an understanding of GSK WOW, permit to work, changing procedures, SOPs etc.
• Organise work schedules for service engineers, contract staff and some production staff during projects.
• Train apprentices

PLANNING AND ORGANISING

• Plan and agree own workloads including projects by consulting with Team Managers, Planners, Project Engineers and Contractors.
• Prioritise own workload in line with the needs of the business.
• Liaising with production to complete maintenance / improvement.
• Input information into production/equipment schedules.
• Liaising with external contractor to complete maintenance / improvement.
• Liaising with other departments on site to organise meeting and schedule machine/plant and staff availability.
• Providing out of hours cover for engineering activities.
• Organising and managing shutdown activities.
• Planning equipment downtime to complete engineering activities.

SYSTEMS AND IT

• Edoc                           Author of SOP’s
• OLLIE                        Basic training guide for MERPS
• Internet                      Fact finding
• Excel                          Spreadsheets, Matrix, Data manipulation. ECC tracker
• Word                          Reports, Memos, IPN’s, Engineers secure docs.
• PowerPoint                Presentations
• Project 2000               Planning.
• IQ/OP/PQ                   Projects.
• Live Files                   Validation.
• SAP/MERPS              Engineering Data amender, Procurement and Finance                                        information.
• Same Time                 Communication.
• Lotus Notes                Communication.
• PELs                           Manual completion of Documentation
• Job Cards                   Manual completion of Documentation
• SOP’s                         Reading and recording.
• Isolation procedures.
• Vision systems           Utilise to improve the business
• Train, embrace and effectively utilise/use new technology and machine control systems.
• Provide support and technical experience

ENVIRONMENT

• Wearing production garments eg: Aseptic areas
• Wearing specialist PPE that restricts movement. Chemical suits, dust masks etc.
• Roof voids hot in summer
• Equipment voids small, cramped and warm all year
• (All voids can present abnormal conditions).
• Sterile area during shutdown becomes extremely warm and very uncomfortable to spend long hours working in.
• Occasional physical jobs requiring lifting, working in awkward places and areas that suffer from temperature and humidity extremes.
• Occasional lone working

Building services /OS Biased

• Working alone, sometimes only member on site.
• Working in confined spaces, effluent pits & drains.
• Hygiene risks, effluent pits & drains.

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