Cure Talent is proud to be partnering with a global leader in life sciences manufacturing, supporting the delivery of critical products used across healthcare and research worldwide. Following continued site investment and growth, we are looking for a Shift Technician / Engineer to join the team at their Basingstoke facility.
What you’ll be doing:
Working as part of a high-performing engineering team, this Shift Engineer / Technician role will play a key part in maximising uptime across manufacturing, facilities, and laboratory equipment. This is a varied, hands-on position where no two days are the same, combining reactive maintenance, preventative activities, and continuous improvement.
Key responsibilities include:
* Carrying out reactive and planned maintenance across manufacturing, facilities and lab equipment
* Supporting instrumentation calibration and maintaining validated specifications
* Diagnosing faults and implementing effective corrective actions
* Working alongside contractors on specialist maintenance activities
* Supporting commissioning of new equipment and processes
* Contributing to continuous improvement and optimisation of maintenance strategies
* Ensuring all work is completed in line with safety, quality and compliance standards
What we’re looking for:
* Apprenticeship or Level 3 qualification in an engineering discipline (mechanical, electrical, instrumentation etc.)
* Experience in a maintenance role within a regulated or manufacturing environment
* Understanding of preventative maintenance and calibration activities
* Strong fault-finding skills and a proactive approach
* Comfortable working both independently and as part of a team
Why join?
* Stable, growing global organisation with continued investment
* Strong team culture and collaborative engineering function
* Clear opportunity to develop technically and professionally
* Excellent benefits package and regular pay reviews
* Modern, well-equipped site environment
If you have an engineering qualification and excellent fault finding skills, we’d love to hear from you. There is also genuine opportunity to progress into areas such as controls engineering as you develop within the business