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Senior Maintenance Technician
About Aerogen:
Headquartered in the vibrant city of Galway, Ireland, with offices around the world, Aerogen is proud to be the world leader in acute care aerosol drug delivery. Recognised through multiple MedTech awards and eight-time winner of the Zenith award for Respiratory Care Excellence in North America, collectively our employees make a difference to patients’ lives every day, having already reached 20 million patients in over 80 countries.
Our talented and skilled team collaborate to innovate, challenge and test not only in relation to our products but every facet of how we work. We lead the way, finding innovative solutions to even the most complex problems, all in the name of delivering better patient care.
Our business is growing rapidly across the globe and as we grow, our core culture of “We Care” universally connects us. We believe that your ambition and integrity fuels ours and we are committed to supporting our employees to reach their full potential through tangible investment in their careers. Join us as we continue to #discoverbetter.
What is the role?
The person in this role is responsible for maintaining, developing, and implementing efficient production processes that deliver consistent quality and maximise production volume. The successful candidate will have a strong data driven mindset, capable of analysing and troubleshooting existing processes to identify areas for improvement, collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize production and meet business goals.
What are the key responsibilities?
• Work with the Manufacturing team to manage and prioritize assignments ensuring customer demand and the production schedule are met.
• Ownership of Preventative maintenance planning and execution.
• Take the lead in Electrical and mechanical troubleshooting of equipment and process issues.
• Cataloguing, methodically and accurately, line performance & down-time issues to aid resolution measures and communicating critical downtime events and leading the resolution processes, including yield improvement.
• Supporting Product failure investigations as part of yield improvements.
• Participate in project teams contributing to Engineering, Safety, Quality and Continuous Improvement targets.
• Ensuring compliance with Health & Safety and legislative requirements including wearing PPE and maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene generally.
• Maintaining a high quality of record keeping in compliance with company systems including quality, safety, maintenance, compliance, and production planning.
• Training of Maintenance/Engineering staff and/or relevant Production Operators in correct use of process equipment and in product specifications.
• Perform other assigned tasks as directed by Manager or Head of Function.
What education and experience are required?
• Certificate or Diploma in an engineering or science discipline or similar relevant experience.
• Minimum 6 years’ experience within a similar role.
• Strong electrical and mechanical troubleshooting ability.
• Strong technical report writing ability.
What key skills will make you great at the role?
• Technical Experience - Experience of sustaining and improving automated manufacturing processes.
• Understands diagnostic/investigative tools for identification of material and component variation in support of failure investigation.
• Strong Problem-Solving capability: you can conduct root cause analysis and experiments by applying problem solving methodologies and support the development of potential solutions to achieve improvements.
• Collaboration: Effective communication and interpersonal skills; written, verbal and presentation, for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working in medical device manufacturing with good understanding of EN ISO 13485:2016, EU-MDR, MDSAP and FDA requirements as these apply to this role.
• Highly motivated self-starter and capable of working in a dynamic environment with little supervision or daily direction.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software.
What is it like to work at Aerogen?
Our purpose is to transform patient lives and our ethos is to #discoverbetter. This also translates to how we look after our people. We want talented, passionate and engaged people to join Aerogen and build your career with us. We understand that your life evolves through different stages, and we are here to support our global team with a range of financial and non-financial rewards and benefits. There’s something for everyone! Here is an idea of what we offer:
• Excellent medical care.
• Bonus & Pension.
• ‘Aerogen Connect’ – our employee led programme which supports our global teams to unite and have fun.
• We pledge 1% of profits and time to charities and organisations
Check out our careers website to discover more about Life at Aerogen
Aerogen is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace. If you have any difficulty using our application process, please contact us by emailing careers@aerogen.com. Please include your name and preferred method of contact.
Headquartered in the vibrant city of Galway, Ireland, with offices around the world, Aerogen is proud to be the world leader in acute care aerosol drug delivery. Recognised through multiple MedTech awards and eight-time winner of the Zenith award for Respiratory Care Excellence in North America, collectively our employees make a difference to patients’ lives every day, having already reached 20 million patients in over 80 countries.
Our talented and skilled team collaborate to innovate, challenge and test not only in relation to our products but every facet of how we work. We lead the way, finding innovative solutions to even the most complex problems, all in the name of delivering better patient care.
Our business is growing rapidly across the globe and as we grow, our core culture of “We Care” universally connects us. We believe that your ambition and integrity fuels ours and we are committed to supporting our employees to reach their full potential through tangible investment in their careers. Join us as we continue to #discoverbetter.
What is the role?
The person in this role is responsible for maintaining, developing, and implementing efficient production processes that deliver consistent quality and maximise production volume. The successful candidate will have a strong data driven mindset, capable of analysing and troubleshooting existing processes to identify areas for improvement, collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize production and meet business goals.
What are the key responsibilities?
• Work with the Manufacturing team to manage and prioritize assignments ensuring customer demand and the production schedule are met.
• Ownership of Preventative maintenance planning and execution.
• Take the lead in Electrical and mechanical troubleshooting of equipment and process issues.
• Cataloguing, methodically and accurately, line performance & down-time issues to aid resolution measures and communicating critical downtime events and leading the resolution processes, including yield improvement.
• Supporting Product failure investigations as part of yield improvements.
• Participate in project teams contributing to Engineering, Safety, Quality and Continuous Improvement targets.
• Ensuring compliance with Health & Safety and legislative requirements including wearing PPE and maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene generally.
• Maintaining a high quality of record keeping in compliance with company systems including quality, safety, maintenance, compliance, and production planning.
• Training of Maintenance/Engineering staff and/or relevant Production Operators in correct use of process equipment and in product specifications.
• Perform other assigned tasks as directed by Manager or Head of Function.
What education and experience are required?
• Certificate or Diploma in an engineering or science discipline or similar relevant experience.
• Minimum 6 years’ experience within a similar role.
• Strong electrical and mechanical troubleshooting ability.
• Strong technical report writing ability.
What key skills will make you great at the role?
• Technical Experience - Experience of sustaining and improving automated manufacturing processes.
• Understands diagnostic/investigative tools for identification of material and component variation in support of failure investigation.
• Strong Problem-Solving capability: you can conduct root cause analysis and experiments by applying problem solving methodologies and support the development of potential solutions to achieve improvements.
• Collaboration: Effective communication and interpersonal skills; written, verbal and presentation, for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working in medical device manufacturing with good understanding of EN ISO 13485:2016, EU-MDR, MDSAP and FDA requirements as these apply to this role.
• Highly motivated self-starter and capable of working in a dynamic environment with little supervision or daily direction.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software.
What is it like to work at Aerogen?
Our purpose is to transform patient lives and our ethos is to #discoverbetter. This also translates to how we look after our people. We want talented, passionate and engaged people to join Aerogen and build your career with us. We understand that your life evolves through different stages, and we are here to support our global team with a range of financial and non-financial rewards and benefits. There’s something for everyone! Here is an idea of what we offer:
• Excellent medical care.
• Bonus & Pension.
• ‘Aerogen Connect’ – our employee led programme which supports our global teams to unite and have fun.
• We pledge 1% of profits and time to charities and organisations
Check out our careers website to discover more about Life at Aerogen
Aerogen is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace. If you have any difficulty using our application process, please contact us by emailing careers@aerogen.com. Please include your name and preferred method of contact.
Location
Ireland
Ireland
Department
Engineering
Engineering
Job Title
Senior Maintenance Technician
Senior Maintenance Technician
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Experience
City
Galway
Galway
Country
Ireland
Ireland
