Multi-Skilled Engineer
Colorcon is a world leader in the development, supply and technical support of formulated film coating systems, modified release technologies, specialty excipients and functional packaging for the pharmaceutical, nutritional, and animal health industries. Our best-in-class products and technologies are complemented by our extensive formulation experience, application data and value-added services to support all phases of solid oral dose design, development, and manufacture.
Our focus on market issues and technology development has earned Colorcon an international reputation as a pharmaceutical supplier of choice. That reputation is based on superior product quality, unparalleled technical support, extensive regulatory assistance and reliable supply from multiple locations, with our Global Headquarters located in Harleysville, Pennsylvania.
Colorcon has 26 technical service laboratories globally and more than 2100 employees exclusively dedicated to its customer base.
We are a successful company thanks to our diverse workforce and global reach. We believe that our operating principles define our culture, values and organizations and are key to achieving our mission and vision, strategies and goals.
Platinum Rule: We treat others the way they want to be treated
Empowerment: We trust our colleagues with responsibility and decision-making
Keep Getting Better: We create an environment for constant improvement, to be the best we can
Teamwork: We embrace the value of collaboration; work together to exceed what is possible as individuals
Customer Focus: We put our customers' needs at the heart of everything we do
Global Respect: We are citizens of a diverse world and behave with respect for the communities in which we operate
At
Colorcon we value diversity. Typically, that means diversity in people. But
here, we also appreciate and respect a diversity of possibilities around our
professional roles, creative team-oriented solutions, projects and career
paths.
Along
with diversity, we believe in empowerment. We encourage our employees to
approach challenges in imaginative and proactive ways. We
welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and encourage you to let
us know if you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment
process.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
Carry out routine
maintenance, fault finding and repair to all Dry, Wet, dispensary and
associated plant manufacturing equipment / building services, ensuring full
compliance with cGMP, the Company's Quality Assurance Policy and SOPs. Also
including services and equipment in the warehouse, labs, offices, plant rooms,
external and other areas as required.
Provide on-going Engineering
support for best practice maintenance, installation, service and repair / fault
diagnosis / improvement / modification of manufacturing equipment / related
building services, also across other areas of site as required.
To ensure Risk
Assessments, Permits to Work, Work Instructions, and all other job specific
paper work are completed on time and on-going are kept up to date.
To carry out any specific
tasks / projects as requested by the Engineering
Supervisor.
To
carry out a verbal and if necessary written hand over at the end of the shift
to the incoming shift team and / or relevant shift supervisor to ensure that
any critical operational information is passed on (e.g. unresolved problems /
potential issues)
To ensure that company management systems are understood and appropriate
actions are taken to work within the management systems put in place relating
to ISO9001/14001/45001, and any other safe systems of work.
Taking reasonable care for their own
health and safety and consider the health and safety of others who may be
affected, as well as the environment, by their acts or omissions.
Reporting all EHS/QA incidents so they can be investigated, and
corrective and preventative actions put in place.
Suggesting ways in which Colorcon EHS/QA performance could be
improved
MAIN DUTIES:
To assist
with planning, and then carry out general repairs / fault finding,
maintenance, routine and major of machinery and service equipment, in
order that downtime is minimised and that adequate records and files for
all works are maintained. To also support project work as and when
required.
To provide
maintenance support inside and outside the manufacturing plant, relating
to both project and maintenance works
To ensure
that all relevant planned and breakdown information is recorded in the
Computerised Maintenance Management System.
Where
required, produce and modify records, drawings and diagrams relative to
Plant and associated areas, and all other areas that have been worked on.
To ensure all
daily checks and calibration tasks that are the responsibility of the
Engineering Department are carried out on time, correctly and in line with
SOPs.
To ensure
equipment changes are carried out in accordance with Colorcon Limited's Quality
Assurance programme and Change Control procedures.
To ensure the
Engineering workshop, and on / off plant storage areas, mixer bays, and
any other areas worked in are left clean, safe and tidy after maintenance
works have been carried out.
To assist the
Engineering Supervisor and where tasks delegated, the Plant Support
Engineer(s) in the day to day control and management of contractors / sub-contractors.
To carry out
duties in line with the Company's Quality Assurance Policy, SOPs and
within strict cGMP guidelines, ensuring current engineering practices are
reflected in the relevant SOP.
To ensure
your own safety and that of others at all times during all Maintenance and
Engineering operations.
To ensure
that all work carried out is to best practice guidelines.
To ensure
that all equipment prior to maintenance is isolated safely / securely, and
following maintenance / other work is handed back in a state of safe
working order.
Taking reasonable care for your own health and safety and consider the health and safety of others who may be affected by your acts or omissions.
Reporting all EHS/QA incidents so they can be investigated, and corrective and preventative actions put in place.
Suggesting ways in which Colorcon EHS/QA
performance could be improved.
Any other
tasks set by the Engineering Supervisor.
MEASURES
OF PERFORMANCE
Timely
completion of maintenance activities allowing hand back of equipment on
time and to the correct standards.
Improvements
in the high standards of plant and service machinery maintenance presently
offered by the department, resulting low levels of rejected production
batches.
Willingness
to show a flexible approach to work recognising the peaks and troughs of
our business.
Safety
Standards of engineering and maintenance activities.
Levels of
contribution to the overall performance of the Engineering Department.
Handling of
other specific tasks requested by the Engineering Supervisor.
Minimum Qualifications
Associated
City & Guilds / ONC / HNC or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering
Several years'
experience within a Pharmaceutical environment or at a minimum, a closely
related industry
Highly
organized with good time management skills
Ability
to influence without direct management responsibility
Able to
build business relationships internally and externally
Excel/Word
Problem
Solving
Lean/Quick
Kaizens
Highly
self-motivated, can do attitude, flexible approach.
Resourceful
and entrepreneurial
Responsive
and proactive (self-starter)
Internal
customer focused
Ability
to work in a matrix organization
Resilient
Location:
Flagship House, Victory Way,
Crossways, Dartford, DA@ 6QD
United Kingdom
Annually - 50, ,000.00