Randox Laboratories continues to develop disruptive innovations within the Diagnostics and Healthcare sector globally. We are proud to have been named the Number 1 company in Northern Ireland, for the second consecutive year in the “Belfast Telegraph Top 100 Companies 2024”. Our staff are at the heart of everything we do and achieve. We have a career opportunity for a Maintenance Technician within our Maintenance/Manufacturing Department.
What does the Maintenance team do?
This team are responsible for our manufacturing equipment, ensuring downtime is kept to a minimum and productivity is high through reactive and preventative maintenance, as well as conditional monitoring and continuous improvement, by taking ownership of tasks carried out. The manufacturing equipment ranges from new state of the art Filling and Capping machines, Freeze Driers, Freezers, Robots, Printing and labelling, to bespoke lines and older equipment. Using fault finding skills to identify and rectify equipment faults in a timely fashion, recording details and identifying root causes. This team also supports in new equipment installations (including validation), and various improvement project. Identifying critical spares, ordering and maintaining stock.
Location: Crumlin and Antrim, Northern Ireland. Occasional cover for our other sites in NI and ROI.
Contract Offered: Full-time, Permanent
Working Hours / Shifts: 40 hours per week over 4 days, alternating Monday to Thursday and Tuesday to Friday, from 7am-5:40pm, including lunch. Flexibility needed.
What does the Maintenance Technician role involve?
This role is responsible for the response of machine breakdowns and to identify the root cause, create solutions, and carry out corrective action as appropriate. This is a varied role that will require you to develop a varied skillset, including:
- Carry out planned preventive maintenance for all process machinery and equipment. Revise and update preventative tasks and schedule as required.
- Assist with validation on current / new equipment.
- Maintaining technical documentation e.g.: specifications, design drawings, design calculations, reports, procedures, and documents required by the quality management system and maintenance manuals.
- Identify repeat failures and run continuous improvement projects to improve performance/cost effectiveness.
- Carry out risk assessment / method statements to ensure all work is carried out within H&S Regulations.
- Maintain and support tasks on High-Speed automated equipment, including state of the art Filling, Capping Labelling equipment, leading in design and technology.
- Review and update critical spares.
- Training and mentoring of others as part of continuous improvement.
- On call rota done on rotation.
Essential Criteria:
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent.
- 3-5 Years of manufacturing experience.
- Ability to read, interpret and apply information from files, drawings, catalogues, reports, and manuals.
- Experience with motor control systems, process controls, pneumatics and PLC/ PC control system.
- Knowledge and experience of preventative maintenance practices.
- Experience of working as a Maintenance Technician, carrying out electrical / mechanical machinery repairs, fault finding and problem solving within a manufacturing environment.
- Current driving licence.
- Able to work flexible hours as required.
Desirable:
- Experience of similar process machinery (Filling, Capping, Labelling and Printing)
- Experience In a CGMP environment.
- HNC OR higher in engineering.
About Randox:
An international company operating in over 145 countries that continues to have unparalleled growth, Randox Laboratories has been the heartbeat of the UK’s National COVID Testing Programme throughout the pandemic. In early 2020 Randox recognised the threat from COVID-19 and, based on over 40 years of diagnostic experience, quickly developed a test to accurately identify the virus. Testing at scale commenced within weeks to support the UK’s National Testing Programme and private clients alike.
Additionally, as a world leader in diagnostics for clinical healthcare, toxicology and food security, our expertise and product portfolio have assisted laboratories across the world in improving health and saving lives. Our global success is a result of our pioneering products and the commitment & skill of our workforce, which continue to grow exponentially.
