| Employment Type | Contract |
|---|---|
| Location | Kent, Kent |
| Industry Sector | Service & Maintenance |
| Start Date | asap |
| Salary/Rate | £27000 - £28000 per annum + Benefits |
| Reference | TP711 |
| Date Advertised | 02-07-2008 - 13:16 |
Our Client is responsible for the safe operation and service of laboratory instrumentation and equipment on a large pharmaceutical research and development facility in East Kent. They have the immediate requirement for Associate Automation Engineers to work on a 12 month rolling contract basis (excellent chance of renewal).
Our Client is responsible for the safe operation and service of laboratory instrumentation and equipment on a large pharmaceutical research and development facility in East Kent. They have the immediate requirement for Associate Automation Engineers to work on a 12 month rolling contract basis (excellent chance of renewal). Candidates should have City & Guilds or higher in Mechanical or electrical engineering plus relevant industry experience in the service and maintenance of electro mechanical devices.
Purpose of Contract:
The roles will supplement the current Automation engineers, performing routine breakdown repairs under the instruction of those in-house engineers, allowing more time for these current team members to attend and diagnose other breakdown calls and enhance their training levels on new equipment to be covered by the team.
Training for the new roles will be through a combination of ghosting the work of existing team members, but also learning through in house and externally provided training courses, in order to provide a level of proficiency to perform basic, and some more complex repairs.
They will also look to provide post repair QC testing of equipment where deemed necessary by the Automation engineers and assist in the logging and storing of spare parts inventory along with occasional assistance in the confirmation of asset tracking information for service contract placement.
Major Duties: In summary, the role involves:
•Effecting repairs and, where proficient, troubleshooting in case of equipment malfunction for a range of laboratory automation including liquid handling devices ( e.g. Tecan Genesis, Biomek FX, Thermo multidrop, Perkin Elmer Flexdrop; CyBio CyBiwell,etc, etc.) and readers (e.g. Tecan Ultra and Spectrafluor; Perkin Elmer Topcounts, LSC's and BigSpots, Molecular Devices Analysts and Spectramax's,)
•Giving accurate problem descriptions and diagnoses to Automation engineering team members and external support engineers
•Co-ordinating and expediting repairs by external support engineers
•Carrying out quality control protocols to assess the efficacy of repairs and ensure correct performance is achieved
•Maintaining accurate records of faults and repairs
•Interact with other team members as required
•Conform to all company and local safe working practices
•Implement routine preventative maintenance schedules for various types of frequently used liquid handling equipment.
•Adopt a responsible approach to all safety issues around the use of semi-automated and automated equipment and their associated mechanical, electrical, chemical and biological hazards.
•Ensure that personal work is within procedures and provide instruction where possible to allow outside engineers to work within these.
•Provide feedback to team members and client departments regarding work in progress, resolution times and cost / implications of work.
•Employ effective prioritisation to in progress and incoming work, providing feedback and alternative options where possible.
Technical Placements Ltd
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| Recruiter: |
|---|
| Technical Placements Ltd |
| Contact Name: |
| Tim Hill |
| Telephone: |
| 01303 263000 |
