Engineering Technician

Work Schedule

Rotational shift days

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards

Job Description

How will you make an impact?

 

As part of our global team, what you do contributes directly to our mission; enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

As an Engineering Technician at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., you'll have the opportunity to make a real-world impact by supporting our mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Join our team and help us protect the environment, and ensure the safety of our products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support production and other areas of the business, such as the warehouse, by minimizing equipment breakdowns and downtime in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Good Engineering Practice (GEP).
• Follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and planned maintenance schedules to ensure equipment is well-maintained and meets regulatory requirements.
• Manage contractors and equipment suppliers during site visits for installation, repair, service, and calibration.
• Identify and address preventative maintenance needs, as well as equipment performances that are outside expected parameters, using systematic problem-solving.
• Improve automation of packaging practices by upgrading current equipment or identifying new equipment to enhance productivity.
• Deliver projects as a project manager or project engineer, including new equipment installation, development, improvement, and associated validation work.
• Liaise with machine suppliers to resolve machine problems and request/initiate supplier visits if required.
• Ensure health and safety procedures are followed, including near miss accidents and risk assessments.
• Actively participate in training and other development activities to meet business needs.
• Perform light assembly/machine shop work and electrical fault finding/PLC interrogation/pneumatics fault finding.
• Maintain flexibility to cover various shifts, including double day, core, nights, and weekends, based on production demands. CC job description.
• Applies Good Manufacturing Principles in all areas of responsibility.

Minimum Qualifications/Experience:

• NVQ level 3, HND, or higher in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 17th edition or 18th edition wiring regulations. CC job description

Preferred Qualifications/Experience:

• Experience as an electrical engineer within the process/packaging sector.
• Knowledge of PLC. CC job description.
• Able to plan and organise effectively.
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail.

How will you get here?

• Confirmed self-starter able to work well within a team as well as independently.

• Ability to collaborate and work within cross functional teams to deliver against critical project timelines in line with business need.
• Demonstrate behaviours in line with the Thermo Fisher Core Competencies and 4i Values.

• Strong interpersonal, communication and numerical skills (verbal and written).
• Appreciates and respects diversity, cultures, and norms.
• Ensures compliance with Company Policies, cGMP, Quality Systems and training requirements are met in line with business need.

 

Note: This job description outlines the role’s primary responsibilities and expectations but is not an exhaustive list. Duties may evolve based on business needs.

Company Statement

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued. CC job description.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion,