E & I Technician

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Confidential
Location
Cramlington
Salary
Competitive
Posted
18 May 2021
Closes
15 Jun 2021
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Job title: E & I Technician

Department: Engineering

Location: Cramlington

Hours: Shifts - Double days

Closing Date: 29 April 2021

About Recipharm:

Recipharm is a leading CDMO (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation) in the pharmaceutical industry employing almost 9,000 employees across the world.

Recipharm offers manufacturing services of pharmaceuticals in various dosage forms, production of clinical trial material and APIs, and pharmaceutical product development. Manufacturing several hundred different products to customers ranging from Big Pharma to smaller research- and development companies. Operating development and manufacturing facilities in France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the US and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

The Cramlington site manufactures Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) to cGMP and operates from small scale in the laboratory through to very large manufacturing scale. The site also offers chemistry and analytical development services.

About the role:

Reporting into the Maintenance Support Manager, the E&I Technician is a key member of the Maintenance team working in close liaison with other departments. Supporting the Cramlington plants continual production processes on a reactionary basis, covering all repairs Electrical and Instrumental planned manitenance and installation.

You will have a number of responsibilities including:

E/I Inspection, Test & Maintenance

Risk based Inspection, Test & Maintenance of E/I Assets to include:

* Functional Safety & Trip Systems

* Electrical Systems - LV Operations, HV Awareness

* Control of E/I Ignition

* Control Systems

Carry out scheduled inspection, testing & maintenance of electrical & instrumentation assets based (e.g. Ex Inspection, Earthing Inspections, emergency lighting etc)

Carry out electrical & instrument Isolations and reinstatements.

Complete Planned Preventative Maintenance work, statutory inspections, calibrations and breakdown/reactive work within a hazardous area environment (CompEx)

Complete all E/I paperwork associated with both scheduled and reactive work

Installation of new electrical and instrumentation systems.

Carry out checks on automated process systems (DCS), local control systems (PLC) to ensure that they are functioning within design parameters.

Calibration of process and safety critical instruments to recognised standards.

Accurate completion of calibration records.

Accurate completion of electrical check sheets (Lighting, Trace Heating etc)

Act as a Site E/I Competent Person.

Fault find on complex E/I faults and carry out necessary repairs.

Skills & Experience required:

Essential:

Trade qualification in electrical or instrumentation discipline (NVQ level 3)

CompEx Certified

Effective communication, negotiation, and technical skills

Demonstrable problem-solving skills with a well organised and structured approach to work

Desired:

HNC Electrical / Electronic Engineering or Instrument and Control

Demonstrable experience in a E/I Technician in COMAH / major hazard industry

cGMP / pharmaceutical plant experience

Eng-Tech registered with IET

Profecient IT skills