Maintenance Engineer in Runcorn

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

A 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:

• Execute planned and unplanned preventative maintenance tasks independently, to align with site KPI and schedule compliance.
• Review and update maintenance schedules based on predicate knowledge to support ongoing business operations.
• Drive forward plans for preventative and predictive maintenance to further reduce risk to equipment and processes.
• Support production and other departments to minimise unplanned downtime and ensure effective communication.
• Monitor equipment performance, propose and implement improvement activities to ensure optimum performance to improve equipment reliability.
• Effective communication and influencing of key stakeholders.
• Own and review Standard Operating Procedures and maintain training compliance.
• Increase cost effectiveness through energy and maintenance saving initiatives.
• Monitor expenditure when purchasing considering costs are within a reasonable range and within the maintenance budget.
• Ensure right first time completion of all batch, operational and supporting documentation.
• Support non-conformances, investigations, corrective actions and action root cause analysis effectively.
• Minimise the impact of engineering activities on site operational targets through careful planning, communication and teamwork.
• Ensure effective management of contractors on site to ensure safe, smooth and successful execution of activities.
• Manage and implement small projects and drive improvements.

Working Hours

7 shifts over the course of a 2 week period including weekends. Mixture of 6am-6pm or 6pm-6am shifts.

Your Experience And Qualifications

Do you have?

• HND or Degree/post graduate qualification would be beneficial but not essential.
• Significant relevant career experience and technical know-how is essential.
• Related equipment experience operating in a pharmaceutical, or similar highly regulated environment.
• A mechanical engineering background is required. Multi-skilled across both electrical and mechanical would be ideal.
• Experience of equipment performance improvement, ideally within a GMP setting.

Are you?

• A strong communicator and proficient written skills.
• Can demonstrate excellent proactive and reactive problem-solving skills.
• Very much 'hands on' with a keen eye for detail and high quality standards to your work.
• Self-motivated with the ability to operate autonomously or within teams.

If so – we would value hearing from you.

What We Can Offer

• 23.5 paid annual shifts leave per year.
• Private healthcare scheme through Bupa.
• A formal training and development programme specific to your role and department.
• Company pension – flexible employee and employer contributions.
• Competitive salary and shift allowance at 40% of base salary.
• Employee assistance programme.
• A number of health benefits including: Life Assurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Income protection.
• Plus many other flexible benefits via salary sacrifice: Cycle to work scheme, online and in store discounts and much more.

Teva Pharmaceuticals is committed to equal opportunity in employment. It is Teva's global policy that equal employment opportunity be provided without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, veteran status, national or ethnic origin or any other legally recognized status entitled to protection under applicable laws. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace for all.