Maintenance Lead Engineer

Overview

PM Group is an employee owned, international project delivery firm with a team of 4,000+ people. We are world leaders in the pharma, food, medtech and mission critical sectors. From our network of offices in Europe, Asia and the US, we work with the world's leading organisations. We are focused on growing a sustainable business centred around our people, our clients and trade partners.

We have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Lead Engineer, the role are based onsite in a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in South Dublin.

The role will lead a team of maintenance engineers covering equipment reliability, shutdown planning, maintenance investigations and technical training within a syringe filling operation.

The Maintenance Lead Engineer will work directly with Maintenance, Engineering, Operations, Quality and HR to improve equipment performance and ensure maintenance personnel are properly onboarded, trained and qualified.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day coordination and leadership of the maintenance team.
• Ensure maintenance activities are completed safely, efficiently and in line with GMP and regulatory requirements.
• Promote a positive safety culture and encourage consistently high standards across the team.
• Support quality and safety investigations, including deviations, event reviews and root cause analysis (RCA).
• Coordinate maintenance activities across sterile manufacturing areas, including work planning, readiness, walkdowns and close-out activities.
• Maintain good compliance with CMMS work orders, maintenance backlogs, permits and associated documentation.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve equipment reliability, maintenance efficiency and Right First Time (RFT) performance.
• Identify training and development requirements and support cross-training across the maintenance team.
• Troubleshoot and resolve equipment or process issues to minimise disruption to manufacturing.
• Provide maintenance support during internal, corporate and regulatory audits.

Qualifications

• Third-level qualification in Engineering, Manufacturing or a related technical discipline.
• Relevant experience as a team lead, lead engineer or manager.
• Relevant maintenance, engineering or operations experience within pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical or a similar regulated manufacturing environment.
• Strong working knowledge of GMP, quality systems and maintenance practices within a regulated facility.
• Experience within sterile or aseptic drug product manufacturing is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with production equipment such as filling lines, autoclaves, formulation vessels or similar process equipment.
• Good understanding of root cause analysis, lean manufacturing and continuous improvement principles.
• Previous supervisory, team lead, management or other senior-level maintenance experience.
• Strong troubleshooting, organisational and team coordination skills.
• Good communication skills with the ability to work effectively across Maintenance, Engineering, Operations and Quality.
• Experience using CMMS platforms, such as Maximo, and Quality Management Systems would be an advantage.

Why PM Group?

As an employee-owned company, we are inclusive, committed and driven. Corporate

Responsibility and Sustainability are the heart of our new 2025 business strategy. Please visit our PM Group website to read more in our Corporate Responsibility & Health and Safety Report 2021.

Inclusion and Diversity are core to our culture and values. Wherever we work, we commit to a culture of mutual respect and belonging by building a truly inclusive workplace rich in diverse people, talents and ideas. Valuing the contributions of all our people and respecting individual differences will sustain our growth into the future.

PM Group is committed to ensuring our hiring process is fair and accessible to all and will provide candidates with disabilities with reasonable accommodations required to participate in the recruitment process. If you require any assistance in this regard, please let us know.

All correspondences are treated in the strictest confidence.

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