Manufacturing Maintenance Engineer

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Cleanroom: no hair products, jewelry, makeup, nail polish, perfume, exposed piercings, facial hair etc... allowed, Laboratory Setting, Office, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.), Warehouse, Working at heights

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 65,000 extraordinary minds have a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our singular mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

When your part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals.

Job Title: Manufacturing Maintenance Engineer

Reports to: Engineering Manager

Group / Division: LSG / GSD

Career Band: 5

Job Family: Engineering, Manufacturing

Position Location: Warrington, UK

Position Summary:

• Working in ISO 5 & ISO 7 clean rooms, wearing personal respirator hood PPE to carry out daily tasks
• Responsible for PMs, calibrations, and servicing on key equipment
• Supervision of contractors, FSE and service providers
• Planning of personal work requirements
• • Experience with lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies
• Adopting a ‘minimise downtime, increase availability’ attitude in relation to automation breakdowns
• Understanding and safe use in workshop tools (hand tools / automatic tools)
•  Ability, enthusiasm, and drive to become learner to user: Life Science instruments covering Genetic analysers, qPCR, PCR, RNA/DNA extractors, DNA synthesis
• Understanding and use of CMMS (computerised maintenance management system)
• Routine maintenance of associated laboratory, manufacturing, and workshop equipment. Including Production automation such as liquid filling machines, cartoners, shrink wrappers, conveying systems, sealers and robots
• Completes documentation to GDP standards.
• Maintenance activities within the clean room environment, including clean transfer of tools and any other work associated materials into the clean-room area
• Responsible for supporting and complying with the Company's safety and hazardous waste management program, including safe hazardous waste handling and good housekeeping.
• Assisting with PRs (Problem Reports) and investigations when problems arise.
• Continuous improvement in understanding of quality and productivity concepts as they apply to all work performed, services offered, communications and products.
• Understanding, creating, and following risk assessment
• Understanding, supporting, and filling out of Permits to work
• Supporting changeovers on equipment in ultra clean area wearing required safety PPE / Respirator
• Leading PPI methodology at individual and team level
• Practicing operational discipline individually and as a team
• Demonstrating agile leadership individually and as a team
• Supports and participates in site projects using engineering bias to FIND A BETTER WAY

Key Responsibilities:

• Able to manage workload independently within scope of activities agreed with Supervisor
• Flexible approach to work and willingness to learn.
• Ability to work well alone and as a team.
• Ability to adopt SCRUM methodology and utilise as a planning/scheduling tool
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and to work under pressure with strict attention to deadlines and details. 
• Excellent time management & organizational skills
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage and contribute to CI based projects

Frequent Contacts:

Internal

• Daily communication with manufacturing, engineering peers, production planning and value stream personnel, site leadership team utilizing Daily tiered management (DTM)

External

• Contractors, FSE, suppliers, manufacturers, Other TF sites (Globally)

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Engineering modern apprenticeship / time served (i.e.City & Guilds / BTEC / NVQ Level 3).

• Minimum HNC qualification in engineering
• 5 years relevant experience post HNC
• Multi skilled (Elec/Mech)
• Engineering career goal
• Experience of implementing change, process improvement and reducing costs.

Other Job Requirements:

• Adhere to EHS policies and procedures and ensure a safe and healthy workplace environment
• Experience of working in an ISO13485 certified environment is required
• PLC troubleshooting experience preferred
• Robotics and automation experience
• Pneumatic knowledge and experience
• Experience with Equipment reliability principles
• Worked in Pharma/Life Science would be an advantage