Role: Automation Support Engineer – shift-based Location: Join our diverse team as a Shift-Based Automation Support Engineer at AstraZeneca Macclesfield. You will be a crucial part of the Zoladex manufacturing and sterile packaging systems, providing 24/7 support to ensure the smooth operation of automated and computerised systems. Your role will involve fixing and resolving issues with automation equipment and control systems, performing proactive and reactive maintenance, and implementing technical solutions to optimise production efficiency and ensure compliance with regulatory and quality standards.
Your role will involve delivering and sustaining business objectives, providing engineering and automation expertise, to maintain equipment and systems by resolving problems and implementing improvements. As well as planning, coordinating, and undertaking electrical and control system maintenance activities; You will be driving continuous improvement, by conducting and coordinating investigations identifying root cause analysis, and implementing effective containments and countermeasures. As well as working closely with the plant maintenance technicians; This will be a shift position and the type of shift is subject to change to meet business requirements.
Recognised Engineering Apprenticeship or equivalent
ONC/HNC or equivalent in a relevant engineering field
Experience with Electrical and instrumentation systems
Experience with PLC, HMI, Robotic and Automation systems (e.g. Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent professional qualification
PLC programming certification
Experience with Windows O/S and SQL
Experience with industrial networks (e.g. Industrial Ethernet / PROFINET)
Previous pharmaceutical proven experience and understanding of cGMP maintenance practices
At AstraZeneca, we are driven by innovation and our dedication to deliver life-changing medicines. With constant new products and launches, there's never been a better time to join our Supply Chain team. We grow with challenges and continuously seek new and better ways to deliver medicines all the way to our patients. Our resilience helps us to innovate and evolve in rapidly changing markets. If you are driven, take smart risks and are able to act quickly, then this is the place for you.