Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
5 days ago
Hoddesdon
We’re supporting a rapidly growing pharmaceutical site in Hoddesdon that has expanded from 35 to 450+ employees since 2013, with plans to exceed 1000 employees in the coming years. The site has recently completed a £10M state-of-the-art AMS laboratory, including a brand-new HVAC system—one of only a handful of its kind in Europe. With further investment and projects already planned, this is a great opportunity to join a high-growth, technically advanced environment. This role offers a strong mix of hands-on maintenance and project work, supporting critical utilities and cleanroom systems rather than traditional production lines. The Role As an Instrumentation & Controls Technician, you’ll play a key role in maintaining and improving site systems, ensuring reliability, compliance, and performance across a range of regulated environments. You’ll be working on systems including: • HVAC (temperature, humidity, pressure control – BMS monitored), • Cleanrooms, stability chambers & cold rooms, • Purified water systems, • Flowmeters, gas analysers and process instrumentation, • Reactor and agitator systems Key Responsibilities • Carry out preventative and corrective maintenance via CMMS, • Respond to breakdowns and fault-finding activities, • Ensure PM schedules are completed on time and to standard, • Maintain GxP-compliant documentation and reporting, • Support small projects, including installation and commissioning, • Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities, • Ensure high safety standards and proactively manage risks, • Collaborate with internal teams to minimise disruption to operations What We’re Looking For • Completed engineering apprenticeship (or equivalent), • Experience as a Multi-Skilled / Instrumentation / Controls Technician, • Strong fault-finding and troubleshooting skills, • Experience in GxP / regulated environments (pharma preferred), • Knowledge of instrumentation systems and building services / utilities, • Good documentation and reporting skills Desirable • Experience with GMP manufacturing equipment, • Exposure to PLC systems (programming or fault finding), • Knowledge of boilers, water systems, or L8 regulations, • Additional controls or instrumentation qualifications What’s on Offer • Work on cutting-edge lab and HVAC systems, • Be part of a major growth and investment journey, • Opportunity to contribute to ongoing and future site projects, • Stable Monday–Friday role (no shift work) with occasional flexibility