The Maintenance Supervisor supports the Engineering function by ensuring that systems, maintenance activities, and site improvement programmes are planned, coordinated, documented, and executed in compliance with company, regulatory, quality, and safety requirements.
The role is responsible for maintaining compliance across maintenance systems, driving effective planning, coordinating corrective and preventative actions, and supporting the successful delivery of engineering projects. The post holder will act as a key link between Maintenance, Quality, Operations, and external contractors to ensure activities are completed efficiently and always remain inspection ready.
Key Responsibilities
Planning & Coordination
Set up of equipment in SAP and release of routine maintenance orders.
Develop and maintain preventive maintenance and calibration schedules for site equipment, facilities, and utilities.
Plan and coordinate activities to minimise operational disruption and maximise asset reliability.
Monitor maintenance and calibration performance, completion of planned work orders.
Project Support
Support delivery of improvement projects.
Coordinate project activities, timelines, resources, and documentation.
Assist with equipment installations, modifications, validations, and commissioning activities.
Support capital investment projects and site infrastructure improvements.
Contractor & Technical Support
Establish and maintain contracts and service agreements for contractors.
Coordinate and oversee engineering contractors working on site.
Ensure contractors comply with site procedures and safety requirements.
Provide technical support and guidance to operations and support departments.
Team Support
Provide day-to-day guidance and work allocation for maintenance team.
Support training, development, and competency management within the team.
Promote a culture of compliance, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
Compliance
Maintain systems, records and technical files in compliance with GMP, regulatory, health and safety, and company requirements.
Monitor metrics and KPIs, identify opportunities for improvement and implement continuous improvement initiatives
Participate in internal and external audits.
Coordinate CAPAs arising from audits, inspections, deviations, investigations, and risk assessments. Facilitate root cause investigations and ensure actions are delivered within agreed timelines and demonstrate effectiveness.
Person Specification
Essential
HNC/HND or Degree in an Engineering discipline.
Experience within a regulated manufacturing environment.
Strong understanding of engineering maintenance systems and planning processes.
Experience managing CAPAs, action plans, or compliance-related activities.
Knowledge of GMP, quality systems, and audit requirements.
SAP knowledge
Strong organisational and project coordination skills.
Experience leading teams
Desirable
Experience with TrackWise
Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement experience.
Project management qualification or equivalent experience.
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About us:
Everything we do is founded in our mission to build healthy families and help people live better lives.
Ferring Pharmaceuticals is a research-driven, specialty biopharmaceutical group committed to helping people around the world build families and live better lives. Headquartered in Saint-Prex, Switzerland, Ferring is a leader in reproductive medicine and women’s health, and in specialty areas within gastroenterology and urology. Ferring has been developing treatments for mothers and babies for over 50 years and has a portfolio covering treatments from conception to birth. Founded in 1950, privately-owned Ferring is a global company with over 7,000 employees in more than 50 countries and markets its products in over 100 countries.
Location:
Ferring Controlled Therapeutics UK
Location:
Ferring Controlled Therapeutics UK
Ferring Pharmaceuticals a privately owned, research-driven, specialty biopharmaceutical group committed to building families and helping people live better lives. We are leaders in reproductive medicine with a strong heritage in gastroenterology and urology, and are at the forefront of innovation in uro-oncology gene therapy. Ferring was founded in 1950 and employs more than 7,000 people worldwide.
The company is headquartered in Saint-Prex, Switzerland, and has operating subsidiaries in more than 50 countries which market its medicines in over 100 countries. Learn more at [www.ferring.com](http://www.ferring.com/), or connect with us on [LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/company/163789/admin/dashboard/), [Instagram](http://www.instagram.com/ferringpharmaceuticals/), [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Ss0Uwv54xTGmM_EDEzQPA), [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/ferringpharmaceuticals/) and [X](http://x.com/ferring).
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