Job Title:  Maintenance Technician

Position Summary

This Maintenance Technician role is a position within the engineering team based at the STERIS Galway laboratory. The site provides testing and technical services to the medical device and pharma industries.

Duties

Major Responsibilities:

Equipment Maintenance:

• Perform and document daily checks on laboratory test equipment and associated utilities.
• Conduct scheduled equipment preventative maintenance (primarily on environmental chambers).
• Investigate breakdowns, debug, repair, and upgrade.
• Record activities in the computerised equipment maintenance system.
• Support installation and qualification of new equipment.
• Coordinate external maintenance service providers.
• Maintain critical spare parts inventory.
• Identify improvement opportunities in current processes.

Knowledge:

• Working knowledge including debug and repair of mechanical and electrical equipment and instrumentation.
• Refrigeration or similar control system experience an advantage.
• Experience in a regulated industry such as med tech/pharma an advantage.
• Hands-on experience with electrical, plumbing and pneumatics.
• Competent using Microsoft Word, Excel.

Duties - cont'd

Education Degree

Required Experience

Preferred Experience

Education:

• Minimum 2 years equipment repair or maintenance experience.
• Electrician certification or technical 3rd level certificate or diploma.

Skills

Skills:

• Ability to interpret technical diagrams e.g., electrical or pneumatic diagrams.
• Good problem-solving ability. Ability to work as part of a team.