Who we are
We touch the lives of over 200 million patients every day, and billions every year. After all, everyone needs healthcare or medication at some point. Yet until today, you may not have heard of us. We’re Teva, a global pharmaceutical company, committed to increasing access to high-quality healthcare to patients around the world and we currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer to join our team on a Full Time, Permanent basis in Runcorn.
At Teva Runcorn, we develop, manufacture and market innovative and affordable medicines, specialising in sterile liquid products mainly used for treating respiratory conditions using Blow-Fill-Seal technology as well as injectable Combination Products such as our MS treatment Copaxone.
The Opportunity
An Maintenance Engineer will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating maintenance activities for manufacturing equipment with a hands on approach. To strengthen the efficiency of the manufacturing systems to achieve maximum equipment performance whilst ensuring ongoing compliance with Health & Safety, cGMP/regulatory and corporate standards. To own equipment, procedures, maintenance plans and drive continuous improvements initiatives in order to implement industry best practice.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Execute planned and unplanned preventative maintenance tasks independently, to align with site KPI and schedule compliance
2. Review and update maintenance schedules based on predicate knowledge to support ongoing business operations
3. Drive forward plans for preventative and predictive maintenance to further reduce risk to equipment and processes
4. Support production and other departments to minimise unplanned downtime and ensure effective communication
5. Monitor equipment performance, propose and implement improvement activities to ensure optimum performance to improve equipment reliability
6. Effective communication and influencing of key stakeholders
7. Own and review Standard Operating Procedures and maintain training compliance
8. Increase cost effectiveness through energy and maintenance saving initiatives
9. Monitor expenditure when purchasing considering costs are with a reasonable range and within the maintenance budget
10. Ensure right first time completion of all batch, operational and supporting documentation
11. Support non-conformances, investigations, corrective actions and action root cause analysis effectively
12. Minimising the impact of engineering activities on site operational targets through careful planning, communication and teamwork
13. Ensure effective management of contractors on site to ensure safe, smooth and successful execution of activities
14. Manage and implement small projects and drive improvements
Working Hours
15. 7 shifts over the course of a 2 week period including weekends
16. Mixture of 6am-6pm or 6pm-6am shifts
Your Experience And Qualifications
Do you have?
17. HND or Degree/post graduate qualification would be beneficial but not essential
18. Significant relevant career experience and technical know how, is essential
19. Related equipment experience operating in a pharmaceutical, or similar highly regulated environment
20. A mechanical engineering background is required. Multi-skilled across both electrical and mechanical would be ideal
21. Experience of equipment performance improvement, ideally within a GMP setting
Are you?
22. A strong communicator and proficient written skills
23. Can demonstrate excellent proactive and reactive problem solving skills
24. Very much 'hands on' with a keen eye for detail and high quality standards to your work
25. Self-motivated with the ability to operate autonomously or within teams
If so – we would value hearing from you
What We Can Offer
26. 23.5 paid annual shifts leave per year
27. Private healthcare scheme through Bupa
28. A formal training and development programme specific to your role and department
29. Company pension – flexible employee and employer contributions
30. Competitive salary and shift allowance at 40% of base salary
31. Employee assistance programme
32. A number of health benefits including: Life Assurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Income protection
33. Plus many other flexible benefits via salary sacrifice: Cycle to work scheme, online and in store discounts and much more