Calibration Technician

Summary:

Our client, a biopharmaceutical located in South Dublin, is seeking a Calibration Technician. The successful candidate will assist in the calibration, testing and repair of a variety of standard instrumentation and specialist equipment, to meet the relevant industry practices and regulations. The role will cover the performance of calibration duties for our client’s facility.

Responsibilities:

• Perform calibrations on temperature, humidity, pressure, weight, flow, speed, conductivity, pH, and viscosity instrumentation, in line with company and cGMP procedures and requirements.
• Investigate, diagnose, and rectify instrumentation faults arising during calibration.
• Immediate traceable reporting of calibration non-conformances, and ensuring deviation reports are generated if required.
• Enter calibration records into CMMS system in accordance with ALCOA+ principles.
• Ensure that calibration reference standards used are in date, and labelled as such, and notify Calibration Lead of pending out-of-date equipment in a timely manner.
• Keep up to date with all relevant site training requirements.
• Maintain an organised, clean, and tidy working environment in line with 5S pillars.
• Adhere to approved company EHS risk assessments for performing elevated risk calibration activities and report all accidents / near misses / unsafe conditions to site EHS.
• Support on site routine safety inspections and Gemba walks relating to calibration activities.
• Adhere to all HR policies and procedures, including timely reporting of absences.
• Perform other duties as may be deemed appropriate by Calibration Lead and that fall within the general remit of the post.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Time served Electrical & Instrumentation apprenticeship, ONC/HNC in Electronics / Instrumentation / Control Systems, City and Guilds FTC in Electronics or Control & Instrumentation, or equivalent qualifications.
• Previous experience of calibration activities within the pharmaceutical industry, especially in Clean Rooms, or in a similarly highly regulated manufacturing environment.
• Previous experience in CMMS systems for recording calibration records – SAP / Maximo / ProCal.
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft packages (Outlook, Word, and Excel)