OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE:

We are seeking a highly motivated and safety conscious individual with an electrical background to join our client’s critical utilities hard services maintenance and calibrations contract for one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies based in Dublin.
The Electrical Shift Technician is responsible to ensure that all utilities equipment in his/her charge for the duration of shift is always available, and all alarms and deviations are responded to and resolved or litigated as efficiently as possible

DUTIES OF THE ROLE INCLUDE:

• All work on site to be carried out in accordance with site EHS (Environmental Health and Safety) and the company’s EHS rules and guidelines.
• Operation and monitoring of site critical utilities systems.
• First line and scheduled maintenance for utilities equipment.
• In conjunction with shift team and shift lead, ensure all equipment deviations are responded to, reported and escalated as per site procedures in the first instance.
• Liaise with subcontractors during planned service maintenance.
• Ensure that all work permits are reviewed and signed as area owner by the relevant shift members.
• Completion of all related documentation in compliance with site and regulatory rules and guidelines.
• Delivery of delegated engineering tasks in compliance with good engineering practice and all regulatory, statutory and corporate requirements.
• Assist engineering support team in the update of Utilities Standard Operating Procedures and ensure training is carried out with Operations Teams.
• Be fully aware of the terms of the site IPPC (Integrated Pollution Prevention Control) licence and ensure that all actions/operations on site are within the terms.
• Ensure training curricula is kept up to date with client requirements, i.e. SOP’s (Standard Operating Procedures), EWI’s (Engineering Work Instructions), etc.
• Carryout Investigations on utilities equipment, identify problem areas and assist in improvement procedures.
• Liaise closely with the site utilities Engineering Support Team.
• In conjunction with shift team and shift lead, ensure all issues over shift are communicated to the oncoming shift in a smooth and efficient manner.
• Assist maintenance departments with planned and unplanned shutdowns.
• Professional and courteous interaction with all personnel on site.
• Update stores spare lists as appropriate.
• Participate in utilities reliability programs.
• Participate in local reviews of maintenance performance data using published maintenance excellence KPI results, areas that will be reviewed and improvements sought:
• High levels of paperwork
• PM:CM ratio
• Maintenance man-hours per equipment/system

REQUIRED SKILLS FOR THIS ROLE:

• Senior Trades, City & Guilds or equivalent in electrical engineering.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience post qualification in industrial utilities, preferably in pharmaceuticals.
• Good Initiative and Pro-active attitude in approach to duties.
• Must be able to organize and prioritize tasks; must be detail orientated and self-motivated.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as the ability to accurately document work performed.