Maintenance Technician Carlow

CPL

Carlow

Maintenance Technician. In partnership with its client Kenny-Whelan & Associates is currently seeking a Maintenance Technician for the Carlow area. Profile of role: This role will be responsible maintaining and troubleshooting process devices, instrumentation and controls in support of vaccine manufacturing. Ensuring that objectives are effectively achieved, consistent with the Company’s requirements to ensure compliance, safety and reliable supply to Customers.   Primary responsibilities include: Provide effective technical support to Production in all aspects of machine and equipment maintenance, installation, and modification; perform detailed maintenance, calibrations, PMs and troubleshooting. Required to operate and clean the process equipment as necessary. Maintain process and production equipment, ensuring ongoing preventative maintenance, equipment troubleshooting and repairs to ensure continuous, reliable and repeatable operation of all equipment; drive Total Productive Maintenance. Ensure effective management and equipment shutdown scheduling, ensuring resources are available, thereby minimizing downtown   Support maintenance planning and preventative maintenance through completion of planned and emergency work orders, calibrations, PMs etc.  Document maintenance work, including upgrades made to existing equipment, including preventative maintenance performed and parts used, to ensure appropriate documentation and records of repair history. Operate and monitor production support equipment, using MES/DCS and PLC based systems, to ensure optimum equipment uptime and target outputs, whilst facilitating continuous process improvements using Lean Principles. Support continuous improvement by leading and active participation in repairs, upgrades, preventative maintenance and system failure investigations and investigation reports, execution/development of change control, and contribution to Kaizen events as appropriate. Perform root cause analysis of system failures. Participate effectively in writing/revising/ rolling out accurate operational procedures, training materials and maintenance procedures for various IPT systems.   QUALIFICATIONS: Time Served Apprenticeship. Diploma/Certificate in a Technical/Engineering category.                 TECHNICAL SKILLS REQUIRED: Troubleshooting and maintaining process instrumentation and equipment. Understanding of mechanical/electrical/Instrumentation / pneumatic processes. Sterile filling processes. Knowledge of regulatory/code requirements to Irish, European and International Codes, Standards and Practices. Report, standards, policy writing skills required. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and job-related computer applications required. Lean Six Sigma Methodology experience desired. Work experience; ideally in Pharmaceutical industry or manufacturing preferably GMP setting.   Kenny-Whelan Contact: To apply please send your updated CV to Carmel:   csynnott@kenny-whelan.ie  or for further information please contact Carmel Synnott on 00 353 21 4665405 / 087 7422268.      .

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