Maintenance Reliability Engineer

• This is an excellent opportunity to join a world class manufacturing operation, with an outstanding track record of reliably delivering high-quality medicines to patients around the world suffering serious illnesses.
• There is a strong culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the company to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people’s lives.
• Our client is developing the capability to produce all its medicines in Dublin, helping to ensure continuity of supply of our medicines as they expand internationally.

• Support Drug Product manufacturing within the Formulation, Vial/Syringe Filling, Lyophilisation and Component Preparation
• Employ business analytics to assess performance and identify improvement opportunities for Equipment Reliability, Maintenance Reliable Execution, Condition Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance.
• Develop & Design Multi-Year Reliability roadmap and ensure flawless execution with close collaboration/partnership with key cross-functional stakeholders.
• Analyse equipment performance data (e.g. downtime, failure trends, MTBF, MTTR) to identify chronic issues and implement sustainable reliability improvements.
• Collaborate with system owners, planners, and technicians to define maintenance scopes, refine job plans, and ensure maintenance tasks are technically sound, risk-based, and executable.
• Support shutdown and non-commercial time activities by ensuring reliability-critical work is correctly prioritised, scoped, and executed to deliver right-first-time outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement through the cycle, capturing lessons learned and embedding standard work, best practices, and technical documentation into future maintenance execution.
• Lead and support system improvements, development of detailed specifications, engineering documents and standard operating procedures.
• Solving complex problems, project management, equipment lifecycle management and operational excellence.
• Support a safe working environment by complying with all pertinent environmental health/safety practice, rules and regulations.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, Chemical, Software) or equivalent qualification and/or relevant experience.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a cGxP manufacturing environment in a maintenance, reliability, or engineering role.
• Demonstrated ability to work across functional boundaries and influence outcomes without direct authority. Preferred Experience
• 5+ years’ engineering experience in a pharmaceutical or biotech manufacturing environment.
• 3 years’ experience supporting aseptic fill / finish or other highly regulated manufacturing processes.
• Proven experience implementing reliability improvement initiatives in complex, multi-system facilities.

• Strong working knowledge of pharmaceutical/biotech manufacturing and aseptic processing.
• Fundamental understanding of GxP, EHS, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Asset reliability methodologies (RCA, FMEA, criticality analysis, PM optimisation).
• Experience with CMMS/EAM systems (e.g. Maximo) and data-driven maintenance decision-making.
• Application of continuous improvement tools and methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, TPM).

• Strong collaborator who promotes a culture of reliability, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to assess and influence both short- and long-term decisions impacting equipment uptime and plant availability.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and prioritisation skills.
• Strong technical writing and communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Ability to balance tactical execution with strategic reliability planning.

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