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The Senior Maintenance Technician is responsible for leading maintenance activities to ensure manufacturing, laboratory, and support equipment operates reliably, safely, and in compliance with regulatory requirements. This role provides day-to-day supervision and technical guidance to maintenance technicians and offers support with equipment calibrations, while coordinating preventive maintenance (PM) programs, breakdown response, and workload prioritisation. The Senior Maintenance Technician plays a critical role in maximizing equipment uptime, ensuring effective maintenance planning, and supporting continuous improvement within a regulated medical device environment.
Job Responsibility:
Lead, supervise, and provide technical direction to maintenance technicians, ensuring effective execution of maintenance activities
Provide support to the Calibration Engineer as needed, assisting with calibration activities, documentation, and troubleshooting to ensure compliance with company and regulatory standards
Ensure all manufacturing, laboratory, and facility equipment is maintained in a safe, compliant, and operational condition
Plan, schedule, and oversee preventive maintenance (PM) activities, ensuring PMs are completed on time and in accordance with approved procedures
Coordinate and lead response to equipment breakdowns, troubleshooting issues, prioritising workload, and minimising downtime
Assign and balance maintenance workload based on operational priorities, resource availability, and risk
Review and approve maintenance and calibration records, ensuring accurate documentation and compliance with quality system requirements
Support root cause investigations for equipment failures and implement corrective and preventive actions as required
Collaborate with Engineering, Production, Quality, and Facilities teams to support equipment performance, upgrades, and improvements
Ensure maintenance activities comply with health and safety requirements and site procedures
Support internal, customer, and regulatory audits by providing maintenance and calibration documentation and technical input
Identify opportunities to improve maintenance effectiveness, reliability, and efficiency through continuous improvement initiatives
Requirements:
Formal training in industrial maintenance, equipment troubleshooting, or reliability practices
Training in health and safety, risk assessment, and safe systems of work
Extensive hands-on experience in equipment maintenance within a regulated manufacturing environment, preferably medical devices, pharmaceuticals, or similar industries
Strong experience troubleshooting and resolving equipment breakdowns under time-critical conditions
Knowledge of LOTO (lock Out Tag Out) procedures
Strong technical knowledge of manufacturing and laboratory equipment maintenance
Solid understanding of preventive and corrective maintenance principles
Ability to prioritize tasks and manage competing maintenance demands effectively
Strong leadership and team-management capability
Proactive, organized, and methodical approach to work
High sense of accountability and ownership for equipment performance
Calm and decisive under pressure, particularly during breakdown situations
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
Effective communication and collaboration skills
Strong safety and quality mindset
Ability to work in manufacturing, laboratory, cleanroom, and plant environments
Willingness to support shift work, on-call duties, or out-of-hours breakdown response as required
Physical ability to perform hands-on maintenance tasks and access equipment safely
Compliance with all company policies, quality system requirements, and health and safety procedures
Nice to have:
Working knowledge of quality systems and regulatory requirements relevant to medical device manufacturing (e.g., ISO 13485)
Leadership or supervisory training is desirable
Attended official Siemens, Rockwell, Beckhoff, Motion control hands on training courses
IET Wiring Regulations 18 Edition / A4: 2026 Edition qualification
PUWER (Provision & Use of Work Equipment Regulations training
PLC and Automation: PLC fault-finding skills (Siemens, Allen Bradley, Beckhoff)
Attended official Siemens, Rockwell, Beckhoff PLC, hands on training courses
Experience with AC inverter drives, servo drives, and robotics
Safe working knowledge of Electrical control panels
Systems Knowledge: Knowledge of hydraulics & pneumatics
Knowledge of CMMS or maintenance planning systems
Ability to interpret equipment manuals, schematics, and technical documentation