Calibration Planner

As a Calibration Planner at our biopharmaceutical startup site, you will play a pivotal role within the Calibration and Engineering team in delivering a best-in-class maintenance and reliability programme to ensure equipment uptime is maximised for manufacturing.

 Your primary responsibilities will also involve calibration activities, Calibration planning, troubleshooting instrumentation issues, and utilizing the CCMS / CMMS for efficient maintenance management within a challenging startup environment.

• →Prioritising safety in work planning – identify risks associated with any tasks and putting in place mitigations as required
• →Execute planning & scheduling of critical maintenance and calibrations tasks on behalf of the team (PMs/CMs/CALs) with a Right First Time (RFT) mindset.
• →Working closely with Client Engineers and Technicians to ensure all required tooling, spares and resources (including vendor availability) are in place to execute calibration and maintenance activities.
• →Working closely with Manufacturing planners & schedulers and other key functions such as Quality, Projects and Validation to develop work schedules. Must be agile and manage schedule changes accordingly (including Service Request follow up and backlog management
• →Data Analysis - monitoring and analysis of WO data and trends relating to planning, scheduling, and work order execution (using Spotfire/ OneNote).
• →Review and approve third party calibration certification and documentation.
• →Identify and resolve instrumentation-related issues promptly to maintain uninterrupted manufacturing operations.
• →Maintain meticulous calibration records and documentation in compliance with GMP and FDA standards
• →Leverage predictive maintenance strategies to anticipate equipment failures and minimize unplanned downtime.
• →Staying up to date with Safety procedures and paying close attention to safety standards on the site is an essential part of the role.

• Experience in instrumentation or calibration essential
• Experience of working with process equipment in a pharma or chemical manufacturing facility is desirable
• Working knowledge of Maximo or equivalent CMMS system.
• Preferably have some experience in CMMS. SAP, Pro-Cal, or similar system
• High Literacy in Computer Operating Systems and applications such as Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, etc.
• Excellent Communication skills needed as will be client facing.
• Must show strong commitment to safety and safety standards in highly regulated industry.
• Own transport essential.

• Level 6 Diploma or Level 7 Degree qualification in Instrumentation Calibration or Electrical OR Fetac level 6 trade qualification in Instrumentation or E&I