Facilities & Equipment Maintenance Engineer

Oxfordshire | Permanent |OnSite

MP Recruitment are supporting an innovative and growing medical technology/manufacturing business in Oxfordshire with the recruitment of a Facilities & Equipment Maintenance Engineer.

This is an excellent opportunity for a practical, hands-on engineer who enjoys fault-finding, preventative maintenance, equipment servicing and solving technical problems within a busy laboratory, cleanroom, manufacturing and facilities environment.

Working within a highly regulated medical device environment, you will play a key role in ensuring the reliability, safety and compliance of laboratory equipment, cleanroom facilities, utilities and building services.

The role is primarily site-based with little or no travel, giving you the opportunity to take ownership of a varied range of equipment and facilities within a modern technical environment.

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance on laboratory, production, cleanroom and facilities equipment
• Diagnose faults, coordinate repairs and implement corrective actions to minimise downtime
• Maintain and manage preventative maintenance schedules
• Coordinate external contractors, engineers and specialist service providers
• Arrange servicing, calibration and specialist repairs where required
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, SOPs, risk assessments and asset registers
• Manage critical spare parts and maintenance requirements
• Support Production, Quality and R&D teams with equipment qualification, validation and verification
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability, performance and maintenance processes
• Promote high standards of Health & Safety across the site
• Work within controlled cleanroom environments, following required gowning and PPE procedures

We are looking for a practical, organised and proactive engineer who enjoys being hands-on, solving technical problems and keeping equipment and facilities running efficiently.

You will ideally have:

• An engineering apprenticeship, HNC/HND, degree or equivalent qualification
• Previous maintenance experience within a laboratory, manufacturing or engineering environment
• Experience maintaining industrial, laboratory or production equipment
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills
• Experience with both preventative and reactive maintenance
• The ability to work independently and take ownership of maintenance activities
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• Good Health & Safety awareness

Experience within any of the following would be advantageous:

• Medical devices, pharmaceutical, biotech or another regulated environment
• ISO 13485 or GMP
• HVAC, cleanroom or laboratory equipment
• Calibration management
• IOSH or similar Health & Safety qualification

• ££ Competitive per annum, depending on skills and experience
• Permanent, full-time position
• Modern technical working environment
• Training and development opportunities
• Primarily site-based role with little or no travel

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Engineer, Service Engineer or Facilities Engineer looking to take ownership of a varied engineering and maintenance function within a technically interesting and highly regulated environment.

MP Recruitment is acting as a recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy.