Senior Process Equipment Engineer
Pharmaceutical & Cleanroom Systems
Overview
Our client is a leading provider of pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and cleanroom equipment solutions, supporting some of the most advanced life sciences manufacturing facilities across Ireland and the UK.
Due to continued growth, our client is seeking a hands-on Senior Process Equipment Engineer to join their expanding engineering team. This role offers a unique opportunity to work directly with critical manufacturing equipment, supporting installation, process development, validation, troubleshooting and optimisation activities within GMP-regulated environments.
The successful candidate will play a key role in bringing customer equipment into operation, improving process performance and ensuring equipment operates safely, reliably and compliantly throughout its lifecycle.
This position would suit candidates with backgrounds in field service, maintenance, instrumentation, process engineering, equipment engineering, automation or technical services who enjoy practical, site-based engineering work.
Key Responsibilities
- Install and support pharmaceutical and cleanroom manufacturing equipment.
- Perform equipment start-up, testing, troubleshooting and operational verification activities.
- Support process development and optimisation projects on customer equipment.
- Lead and execute thermal mapping and temperature validation studies.
- Develop, optimise and verify autoclave and GMP washer cycles.
- Support equipment qualification and validation activities including IQ, OQ and PQ execution.
- Perform fault-finding across electrical, mechanical, instrumentation and control systems.
- Analyse process and validation data and provide technical recommendations.
- Support calibration and verification activities for test instrumentation and thermocouples.
- Assist with FAT and SAT activities.
- Collaborate with customer Quality, Engineering, Validation and Manufacturing teams.
- Support deviation investigations, root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Prepare and review technical documentation, protocols and reports.
- Interpret engineering drawings, P&IDs and equipment manuals.
- Ensure compliance with GMP, GDP and site safety requirements.
- Provide technical expertise to customers, suppliers and internal project teams.
- Support project delivery across Ireland, the UK and other customer locations as required.
Equipment Exposure
Successful candidates will gain experience working with:
- Autoclaves
- GMP Washers
- Process Skids
- Bioreactors
- Clean Steam Systems
- WFI Systems
- RO Water Systems
- Compressed Air Systems
- Clean Utilities
- Process Vessels
- Manufacturing Equipment
- Cleanroom Equipment
- Instrumentation & Control Systems
- Automated Process Equipment
- Getinge Equipment
- BWT Systems
Candidate Profile
We are interested in candidates from the following backgrounds:
- Process Equipment Engineering
- Instrument Engineering
- Field Service Engineering
- Maintenance Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Automation Engineering
- Process Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Validation Engineering
- Technical Services Engineering
Essential Requirements
- Degree, diploma, apprenticeship or equivalent experience in Engineering, Science or a related technical discipline.
- Practical experience working with manufacturing, process or utility equipment.
- Strong fault-finding and troubleshooting capability.
- Experience working within GMP-regulated industries.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and technical documentation.
- Strong technical report-writing and communication skills.
- Ability to plan and execute work independently.
- Customer-focused approach with excellent stakeholder management skills.
- Full driving licence and willingness to travel to customer sites.
Desirable Experience
- Autoclave cycle development.
- GMP washer cycle development.
- Thermal mapping studies.
- Equipment validation and qualification.
- Instrument calibration.
- E-Val Pro or similar validation systems.
- PLC-controlled equipment.
- Automation troubleshooting.
- Clean steam generation systems.
- WFI and purified water systems.
- Annex 1 compliance.
- ISO 17665.
- EN285.
- Pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical manufacturing environments.
Why Join?
- Work with cutting-edge pharmaceutical and cleanroom technologies.
- Diverse and challenging engineering projects.
- Exposure to leading life sciences manufacturing facilities.
- High level of autonomy and technical ownership.
- Strong career progression opportunities.
- Ongoing professional training and development.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Opportunity to become a recognised technical SME within a growing engineering organisation.
For Information on this role email in confidence your curriculum vitae to [email protected]
Morgan Danaher
Principal Executive - CPL
Tel: 087 1647527
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