Reliability Engineer

We are a dynamic global company and our focus is to combine technical leadership in cell culture, microbial fermentation and gene therapies with world class cGMP manufacturing facilities to advance tomorrow’s medicines.

We are growing and we are growing fast. With sites in Billingham & Wilton UK, Hillerod Denmark, North Carolina and Texas USA, the size and breadth of our business will open up huge opportunities for you, whether you want to move to a different role in the UK, relocate, or progress and take on more responsibility.

Our teams are proud to partner with innovative companies reimagining what’s possible in biopharmaceuticals. Every day at FDB is a day for improvement, each challenge is an opportunity for growth, and every moment is a chance to evolve together.

• Responsible for managing safe working behaviour of the reliability team, demonstrating a high regard for personal and team EHS performance, sustaining a zero overdue status of
  investigations and actions
• Meet the site target of zero overdue compliance actions in terms of Quality actions and
  documentation updates
• Produce and implement the site reliability policies for all equipment and systems, ensuring all planned routines are correctly specified and critical spares are available to allow the maintenance team to effectively complete tasks
• Site lead for all engineering Root Cause Analysis and implementation of long term engineering solutions to prevent reoccurrences. Manage KPIs including Run Hours, Mean Time Between Failure (MBTF) and cost to repair of equipment and systems
• Work with the responsible engineers to Implement technical standards assuring all assets remain fully compliant with cGMP status.
• Supply reliability status monthly reporting figures, analyse trends and develop improvement projects to address the issues of concern, make continuous improvement a way of life. This role will also own the site Probability of Failure on Demand (PoFOD) Report and issue twice annually
• Responsible for developing and implementing the site predictive/preventative engineering
  policies

• A degree qualified engineer (essential) with at least 5 years (desired) relevant asset technical and reliability experience and a demonstrable track record of delivering increased reliability and technical assurance (desirably in the GMP sector)
• The role requires a high level of concern for standards and compliance with regulatory requirements and the ability to manage the safe working practices of the reliability team
• A keen investigative nature to always achieve the root cause of equipment or systems/procedural failures
• Ability to gather data and analyse reliability trends to develop effective improvement projects
• Experience of implementing predictive maintenance policies and increasing asset availability

• Competitive salary plus company bonus scheme
• 35 days of holiday, plus bank holidays.
• Salary Sacrifice scheme offering, healthcare, bikes, dental etc.
• Generous pension scheme
• Free parking and electric charging points