Job Description

• Monitor, maintain and repair equipment and machinery adhering to GMP and safety requirements.
• Plan and implement preventative and corrective maintenance.
• Ensure service equipment operates at optimal efficiency to meet planned levels of production.
• Innovate and apply process engineering techniques to ensure optimal functionality of production equipment and processes.

Planning and Operational Support

• Act as a technical/ subject matter resource.
• Facilitate implementation of current processes.
• Identify gaps in current policies and procedures.
• Provide input 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 planned preventative maintenance and inspections according to maintenance plan, job cards, and SOPs.
• Repair breakdowns according to best practice, job cards and SOPs.
• Troubleshoot machine breakdowns to identify cause of breakdowns.
• Perform root cause analysis to identify cause of machine failures and quality deficiencies to minimize machine downtime.
• Implement corrective actions to minimize 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 safeguards 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 optimization and replacement.
• Assist production staff with change overs.

Reporting and record keeping

• Provide standard record keeping and reporting functionality for area of work.

Skills RequiredBackground/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

Aspen Pharmacare