Job Introduction

Thanks for checking out our vacancy, we’re delighted you want to learn more about Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC.

Dechra are a growing, global specialist within the world of veterinary pharmaceuticals. Our expertise is in the development, manufacture, marketing and sales of high quality products exclusively for veterinarians worldwide.

Here at Dechra, our values are embedded within our culture and thrive within our family of almost 2000 colleague globally. From manufacturing to marketing, (D)edication, (E)njoyment, (C)ourage, (H)onesty, (R)elationships and (A)mbition are at the heart of our everyday operations and the way we do business

The Opportunity 

Our Shift Maintenance Engineers play a key role, responsible for supporting operations by maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing and improving the reliability of all equipment. To provide essential preventative and reactive multi-skilled maintenance activities for the plant in a fast-paced GMP governed manufacturing environment.

Role Responsibility

The Challenge

So, what will you be doing? This role has a broad and varied remit and the successful candidate will have responsibility for duties including:

• Delivery of a Planned maintenance program to ensure reliability of equipment and to improve asset performance.
• Liaise with production / QA to carry out work orders, ensuring timely completion of work orders giving accurate and valuable detail for asset history following the functional failure
• Ensure minimal unscheduled downtime through fast and effective response to breakdowns, monitor the performance of the line post breakdown to ensure it is fully operational.
• Lead the department Engineering RCA (root cause analysis) to stop any issues from re-occurring.
• Perform calibration services in accordance with work order instructions, associated procedures and regulatory standards.
• Ensure cGMP is adhered to and maintained as well as Health & Safety across the site
• Continuous improvement of equipment, improving safety, efficiency, changeovers and minimising downtime.
• Experience of working within a regulated process environment ideally pharmaceutical, food or fine chemical

The Ideal Candidate

About You

Here at Dechra we pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer and we embrace candidates from all walks of life. We’re particularly keen to here from those who have/are:

• PC literate (Excel/Outlook/CMMS) Flexible and proactive approach
• Maintenance engineers will be required to work to GMP and GxP standards at all times so experience of working within Pharmaceutical Environment- Knowledge of GxP in Engineering would be benefitical
• Familiar with working on production equipment including filling lines, conveyors, packaging lines, autoclaves tablet presses, granulators, WFI and heat sterilizers etc.
• It is also essential that candidates have a formal engineering qualification
• Strong planning and organising skills (able to prioritise own workload).
• Strong numeracy and literacy skills.
• Excellent Communicator (verbal, written, listening, influencing).
• Self-motivated and proactive approach to work.
• Awareness of Health and Safety and other relevant legislation
• Proven ability to communicate effectively both with the team, and with other areas

About the Company

About Your Application

All applications received are reviewed by our internal talent acquisition team and we will get in touch if your skills and experience match what we’re looking for. Should you not hear back from us within 28 days please don’t be too disappointed – we may keep your CV on our database for any future vacancies which may be suitable and we encourage you to keep an eye on our careers site. For any questions or queries, please contact us at recruituk@dechra.com

Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC