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Bristol Myers Squibb Ireland
Bristol Myers Squibb has been in operation in Ireland since 1964, employing over 650 people across a range of activities and business units
Located in Dublin, Cruiserath Biologics Campus, a one billion Multi-Product Cell Culture Biologics Manufacturing facility plays a central role in the Global Product Development and Supply (GPS) network as the company’s first European biologics manufacturing facility. This state of the art facility will produce multiple therapies for the company’s growing biologics portfolio. Global Biologics Laboratory (GBL) responsible for the release testing of Biologics Drug product for the network, is also based on the Cruiserath Biologics Campus.
BMS Cruiserath has been awarded Biopharma Company of the Year 2019 in the Irish Pharma Industry Awards and is certified as a Great Place to Work since 2017, including as a Great Place to Work for Women in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
The Role
BMS Cruiserath Biologics is seeking an experienced Engineering professional to join the Drug Product maintenance team. Reporting to the Manager, Drug Product Maintenance, the Senior Shift Technician will assist in delivering a safe working environment for our colleagues and a reliable plant to ensure continuity of supply of medicines for our patients.
The Senior Shift Technician will be tasked with initially supporting the facility during project phase, supporting equipment installation and commissioning – from initial specifications to final handover. Support will transition from project phase to operational phase to ensure a successful startup and commercialization of the facility, including GMP readiness and New Product Introductions.
The Maintenance teams will also focus on complying with good engineering practices, company policies, regulations, and codes.
The Senior Shift Technician will also support their manager in ensuring that the Drug Product Maintenance teams objectives are aligned with the wider Engineering and Site Objectives. They will be part of a multi-functional team charged with commissioning of the significant capital investment and upon completion of the project, they will support the sustaining operation on site.
This position will be initially on days but will move through various shift patterns as the project progresses to full commercial manufacture.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work with the project & CQV team to facilitate delivery, validation, and safe operation of equipment associated with Vial/Syringe filling and inspection.
- Ensure any maintenance and calibration activities are executed in compliance with all Regulatory requirements including Quality (cGDP/GMP’s), EHS, Global Engineering procedures, as well as all Local Regulatory requirements.
- Understand and interpret P&IDs, equipment/system layouts, wiring diagrams, and specifications in planning and performing maintenance and repairs.
- Use your knowledge of sterile fill/finish process equipment to support Manufacturing, Quality, Automation, Validation, and EHS for deviation investigation, change controls, and CAPA’s.
- Be the point of contact for the self-managed technician shift team. Providing a clear line of communication to the Maintenance Manager through covering key areas of Safety/Quality/Downtime/Delivery & People.
- Liaise with Manufacturing Shift Leads and respective Senior Shift Technicians to pull together summary at the end of shift. This role requires the Senior Shift Technician to facilitate handovers.
- Operating to and maintaining dynamic schedules – management of any changes to work plan through prioritization and managing last minute unforeseen changes to the plan.
- Manage CMMS work requests/work orders, including generation, processing, tracking and follow-up. Ensuring all Work Orders are completed on time and in a safe and compliant manner, and asset management data is captured accurately.
- Assist in advanced troubleshooting, and repair of equipment and systems. Including, but not limited to, diagnosis and fault-finding of automation and controls.
- Respond promptly and appropriately to any equipment failures / issues that may arise and provide guidance and solutions for preventative action where required.
- Execute planned maintenance routines including predictive, preventative and calibration activities.
- Understand and implement HSA and Safety requirements of Maintenance teams and how they apply in normal sustaining operations or major shutdown/overhaul situations.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders such as Manufacturing Operations, Manufacturing Planners and EHS.
- Work with Quality team ensuring the team support all deviations, change controls CAPA’s in a timely manner.
- Work with the EHS team to ensure Safety related Investigations and CAPAs are closed on time and with correct engineering rigor applied.
- Work with the Maintenance Manager to ensure the Production Planning schedule is cognizant of the maintenance requirements in the short, medium and long-term, ensuring major maintenance driven equipment outages are factored into the site long range planning.
- Work to meet site metrics reflective of team’s performance and equipment reliability.
- Champion a safety culture within the Maintenance team.
- Driving and promoting Good Manufacturing Practices, Good Documentation Practices, and adherence with Standard Operating Procedures across the team.
- Assist the Maintenance Manager with any other maintenance work as per the business needs, including but not limited to development of training materials, vendor management, and other continuous improvement activities.
- Drive and participate in reliability initiatives: Continuous Improvement (CI) projects, Support Toolbox Talks, Predictive Maintenance, Failure Codes, Surface Imperfection, gasket management, correct torquing, spare parts, etc.
- Training, coaching and development of other technicians on key tasks such as On-The-Job Training (OJT) on Lockout Tagout (LOTO) /Soft Parts Change Out (SPCO)/Calibrations and upskilling on complex work order execution activities.
Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills Required:
Required
- A multi-skilled individual with craft qualification in Electrical, Instrument or combined trades.
- Experience with a site start up and handover from CQV to Sustaining Operations, from a maintenance perspective.
- Experience in a regulated biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, medical device, facilities maintenance or FMCG facility is required.
- Proven ability to prioritize maintenance activities and resources to achieve a safe and reliable site.
- Experience of operating and faultfinding PLC based control systems.
- Demonstrated ability to influence work cross functionally in a matrix environment during startup and into commercial manufacture.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work as part of a multi-disciplined, cross functional team.
- High level of attention to detail in following procedures and must be flexible and open to change.
- Experience maintaining complex equipment in fast paced environment.
- Demonstrated experience and ability to effectively manage stakeholders.
Desired
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Automation or equivalent experience in utilities or process controls, automation and/or information systems within manufacturing organizations in the Biotechnology or Pharmaceutical industries.
- Maintenance experience in Sterile Fill Finish.
Why you should apply
- You will help patients in their fight against serious diseases
- You will be part of a company that encourages excellence and innovation, respects diversity, develops leaders and values its employees.
- You’ll get a competitive salary and a great benefits package including an annual bonus, pension contribution, family medical allowance, 27 days of annual leave, life assurance and on-site gym
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If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.
Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as Transforming patients’ lives through science™ , every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in an inclusive culture, promoting diversity in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.
On-site Protocol
BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:
Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.
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