Equipment and machinery should be monitored, maintained, and repaired while following GMP and safety regulations.
Create and carry out a preventive and corrective maintenance program.
Make sure servicing equipment runs as efficiently as possible to achieve anticipated output levels.
Use process engineering approaches to innovate and make sure that manufacturing machinery and processes run as efficiently as possible.
Responsibilities
- Planning and Operational Support
- Act as a technical/ subject matter resource
- Facilitate implementation of current processes
- Identify gaps in current policies and procedures
Provide in - put into changes or improvements to processes, tools and techniques
- Train staff on SOPs and maintenance of equipment/ machinery
Production Facility Maintenance
- Plan technical requirements and maintenance tasks according to production requirements to meet Production Plan
- Review and update maintenance schedules
- Perform root cause analysis to identify cause of machine failures and quality deficiencies to minimise machine downtime
- Implement corrective actions to minimise machine downtime
- Isolate, remove and replace defective components
- Complete and submit work requisitions; Create and close job cards
- Maintain workshop, tools and assets to standards
- Determine and request required parts, materials and special equipment to maintain machines/ equipment
Install, test and validate machine operating efficiency
Mechanical Engineering
Maintain calibration of machines according to SOPs and manuals, ensure machine safe guards are in place
Identify and correct equipment deviations to avoid quality deficiencies; Reduce outsourced spending of repairs
Inspect service equipment and report status to Team Leader
Rectify operational problems according to SOP
Communicate process and equipment deviations to management
Provide input into asset life cycle optimisation and replacement
Assist production staff with change-overs
Reporting and record-keeping
Provide standard record keeping and reporting functionality for area of work
Background/experience
▪Trade Tested Mechanical and/ or Electrical Artisan (Fitter/Fitter or Turner/Millwright) with 2 to 4 years’ post Apprenticeship experience as a trade tested artisan
▪Pharmaceutical Technician Certificate will be an advantage
▪Manufacturing experience
▪Experience in operation and maintenance of Pharmaceutical manufacturing/ packaging systems
Specific job skills
Comprehensive knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing, standards and compliance requirements
Understanding of technical drawings / use of equipment manuals
Ability to interpret and implement policies, processes and objectives
Physically capable of lifting/ moving heavy equipment
Competencies
▪Interrogating Information
▪Pragmatic Action
▪Maintaining Accuracy