Maintenance Engineer

Middle Dural| Pharmaceutical / Regulated Manufacturing | 3-6 months Contract (Potential Extension) Opportunity We are currently seeking an experienced Fitter/ Turner to join a leading pharmaceutical manufacturing operation based in Middle Dural .

This is a hands-on role suited to a mechanically strong maintenance professional who enjoys fault finding, preventative maintenance and improving the reliability of production equipment, while working within a highly regulated cGMP environment .

The Role Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring production equipment, critical utilities and site facilities operate safely, reliably and efficiently .

You will be involved across day-to-day maintenance, breakdown response, contractor coordination, compliance and continuous improvement initiatives.

Key responsibilities include:

- Complete planned preventative maintenance, inspections, repairs and breakdown response
- Diagnose and resolve mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, utility and control-system faults
- Identify recurring equipment failures and implement practical reliability improvements
- Maintain critical utilities including HVAC, cleanroom, water, steam and compressed air systems
- Coordinate external contractors, servicing, testing and certification activities
- Maintain accurate maintenance records and work orders through the CMMS
- Support GMP documentation, change control, calibration, validation and equipment qualification
- Assist with deviations, investigations, CAPAs, audits and compliance activities
- Support equipment installation, commissioning and project activities including FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ and PQ
- Contribute to shutdown planning, technical specifications and continuous improvement projects




- Work closely with Production, QA/QC, Validation, Warehouse and external service providers
- Ensure all maintenance and contractor activities are completed in line with WHS and site safety requirements

What We're Looking For We're looking for a practical, technically capable maintenance qualified with strong fault-finding skills and experience working within a manufacturing environment. Ideally, you will have:

- A trade or tertiary qualification in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronic Engineering or a related discipline
- Relevant maintenance experience within a manufacturing environment
- Strong mechanical maintenance and fault-finding capability
- Experience with preventative maintenance and CMMS systems
- Experience working with manufacturing equipment and critical utilities
- Knowledge of WHS, isolation, permits, contractor management and risk assessment
- Ability to read technical drawings, manuals and equipment documentation
- Strong communication, organisation and problem-solving skills
- Appropriate electrical licences/authorisations where required
- Pharmaceutical or other regulated manufacturing experience is highly regarded
- Exposure to cGMP, calibration, validation and change control is desirable

Why Consider the Opportunity? This is an excellent opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer looking to take on a broad, hands-on engineering position within a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment . You'll have exposure to production equipment, critical utilities, reliability improvement, compliance, validation and engineering projects, making this a role with genuine technical variety.

Location: Glenorie, NSW

Position: Maintenance Engineer

Reporting to: Operations Manager

Employment: Permanent

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