Senior Facilities Maintenance Technician

1 week ago

Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Full time

For nearly 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we'll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

Do you have facilities maintenance skills? 

Have you got a mechanical, electrical or engineering background?

Are you looking for a role with progression, development and training?

We have a newly opened position available in our Dublin site for a Senior Facilities Maintenance Technician to join our established and versatile facilities team.

This role would suit someone who lives within commutable distance of the site with a background in biotech or pharma facilities, but most importantly the successful candidate needs to have a strong desire to learn on the job and do a bit of everything. We are keen to support less experienced technicians that want to progress with a global company in a group of around 100, across 2 sites.

What You'll Be Doing

The primary function of this role to provide day-to-day guidance to the Facilities team members, with a strong focus on the provision of equipment support, quality requirements on documentation for Laboratory and Utility equipment. 

This position will be the Site Subject Matter Expert for laboratory, utility, facility equipment on the site and ensure all associated equipment sets are available in a safe and compliant condition at all times.

This is a key role and will provide training and support for Facilities, Calibration and Validations Technicians across the site.

Main Tasks:

  • Responsible for the maintenance of utility and laboratory equipment e.g. Electrical Systems, HVAC, Chillers, plant, autoclaves and Isolators, Compressed air. 

  • Ensure Equipment & Utilities comply with cGMP requirements and that maintenance execution is following documented procedures. 

  • Manage and co-ordinate emergency\breakdown repair on all equipment to ensure that there are minimal disruptions to site operations.  

  • Support the Facilities Team on a day-to-day basis, identify training requirements and develop the skillset within the group to support operations.

  • Budget and monitor spending. Work within budget limits and continually improve budgetary performance.

  • Support the Facilities Department in regulatory and client audits as required.

  • Completing any deviations and impact investigation on failures and implementing engineering related CAPA actions.  

  • Support the Site Preventative Maintenance and Calibration program for the Site ensuring that they comply with current regulations.

  • Coordination of on-site Contractor Activities to ensure adherence to EH&S and Quality systems are maintained.

  • Assist in the execution of Validation Projects (IQ, OQ & PQ) relating to site equipment where required.

  • Inspect electrical systems, equipment, and components to identify hazards, defects, and the need for adjustment or repair, and to ensure compliance with codes.

  • Test electrical systems and continuity of circuits in electrical wiring, equipment, and fixtures to ensure compatibility and safety of system.

  • Maintenance of key site documents to include Engineering Work Requisitions PM Schedules Weekly Facility Checklists, Equipment records and files.

  • Carry out breakdown and preventive maintenance on all equipment e.g.  Pumps, AHU's (Air Handling Units), A/C (Air Conditioning), Generators & BMS (Building Management System), Emergency Generators, Sprinkler Systems & Laboratory Equipment. 

  • Ensuring that all site safety equipment is regularly maintained.

What We Offer You

  • A great benefits package from day one, including a group pension plan and flexible health benefits.

  • Group Life Assurance and Group Income Protection.

  • Remote GP access.

  • Bonus.

  • Wellbeing support and initiatives.

  • Access to great discounts via our CREDS discount scheme.

  • Global opportunities and strong career progression.

  • The chance to work on several varied projects and liaise globally and nationally with other business areas.

  • To be able make a difference to health and wellbeing of people.

  • To continue your own career growth.

  • Cycle to work scheme and much much more

Skills and Experience

  • National Craft Certificate \ City & Guilds in electrical, mechanical or similar trade.

  • Minimum 1-3 years experience in facilities maintenance or equivalent.

  • Experience in Pharma / Biotech / Med Devices facilities.

  • Awareness of GMP regulations.

  • A strong desire to get stuck in, learn and be part of a team.

  • Other relevant skills likes ropes, bio waste, contractor management or similar will also be advantageous.

About Microbial Solutions
Our Microbial Solutions business group has a  comprehensive portfolio of endotoxin testing, microbial detection and microbial identification products and services is unlike any other, and has been purposefully designed to meet the complex and ever-changing needs of the industry. We help clients to ensure product safety and quality with easy-to-use yet robust testing solutions that satisfy regulatory requirements, support critical decision making and improve operational efficiencies.

About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients' clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client's unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world. 

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people's lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

At Charles River Laboratories, we recognize and recruit all talent. We are a company committed to the principle of diversity and inclusion and work daily in this direction.

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