Maintenance Technician

The Role
We are seeking an experienced
Maintenance Technician
who brings their experience within manufacturing to utilise their mechanical skills to ensure our machines and equipment remain in peak working condition through use of corrective, preventative, and predictive maintenance techniques. This role joins our existing team of 4 Technicians who work co-operatively across the manufacturing site.

You will need to be able to diagnose and repair faults to ensure manufacturing at the site has an uninterrupted flow, as well as handling any day-to-day repairs and maintenance tasks across the site, services, plant and equipment.

As we are a specialist manufacturer do produces critical care medicines, we are ideally looking for someone with experience working with similar pharmaceutical environments where possible, i.e working in cleanroom environments.

The vacancy of
Maintenance Technician
is a permanent full-time opportunity on day shift which generally works Mon-Fri (though occasional weekend paid overtime is sometimes available), based on-site at the manufacturing facility in Lane Cove, and reporting to our Asset Manager.

The position will involve, but not be limited to, the following duties:

• Performing preventative maintenance tasks relating to equipment, critical systems and services such as purified water systems, HVAC, autoclaves, boilers, filling and packaging plant equipment, trade waste systems.
• Attending to any breakdowns and troubleshoot faults on equipment, critical systems and services,
• Analyse and report on breakdown root causes and any concerns to management,
• Adhere to preventative maintenance schedule,
• Coordinate maintenance and repair activities with external service providers as required,
• Ensure all documentation of works are maintained within the CMMS in a cGMP compliant change control environment.

About
Our client is an Australian owned and operated company who develops, manufactures, and supplies high quality and innovative pharmaceuticals to meet the requirements of the hospital specialty pharmaceutical market.

Within the Sydney facility we provide sterile liquid products (mostly working with vial filling) and some non-sterile items also. At Our client we create critical medicines which save and improve lives across Australia and globally.

Working with our client, you will have an opportunity to truly contribute and make a difference as we continue to expand locally and globally
Who are we looking for?
Our Ideal Candidate Would Have

• Technical proficiency in equipment maintenance with trade qualification and at least 3 years of experience.
• At least 2 years of experience within pharmaceutical or similarly regulated environment (eg, veterinary, medical device or large-scale food manufacturing) with good knowledge of cGMP or similar system requirements.
• Knowledge and experience with systems and services such as;
• Purified water systems
• Boilers
• Filling and packaging equipment
• Autoclave equipment
• Trade waste systems
• Knowledge of Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) and a basic use experience as a minimum.
• Competence with computerised control systems used for equipment operation and facility monitoring.
• Good written and verbal communication skills with ability to develop and maintain professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Full unrestricted working rights in Australia - if you are on a temporary visa you MUST provide information as to validity and subclass on the application.

What do you get?
We offer a competitive base salary depending on experience and suitability with the above requirements.

Additional Employee Benefits Include

• Annual discretionary bonus, based on individual and company performance.
• Connectivity allowance
• Novated lease administration options.
• Free parking at work
• Annual paid volunteer day to assist a charity of your choice
• Access to free annual flu vaccinations
• Training and development opportunities.