Maintenance Engineer

Catalent Pharma Solutions Swindon is home to the world’s best‑in‑class ODT technology, Zydis®—a unique, fast‑dissolving formulation that disperses almost instantly, no water needed. With 20+ products launched across 60 countries, we are redefining drug delivery.

• Shift-based role, 12‑hour shifts in a 2‑days‑2‑nights‑4‑off pattern.
• 100% on site at Swindon.

Are you a time‑served Engineer looking for a role where you can make a real impact on equipment reliability and site performance? We’re looking for a proactive Maintenance Engineer to join our growing engineering team. You’ll play a key role in maintaining, improving, and optimising our production equipment to support a high‑performing manufacturing environment.

• Maintenance Management: Oversee and execute planned and unplanned maintenance to minimise equipment downtime and ensure timely completion using SOPs and engineering systems.
• Equipment Reliability: Diagnose and repair breakdowns, perform tool changes, refurbish parts, and support reliability improvements and installations.
• Compliance & Safety: Ensure all work aligns with SOPs, GMP, and Health & Safety standards, conducting risk assessments and supporting a culture of safety and compliance.
• Operational Excellence: Support continuous improvement, 5S, and RCA initiatives to enhance equipment performance, availability, and reliability.
• Quality Assurance: Promote a compliance‑driven culture by ensuring accurate documentation (TCRs, PE logs), audit readiness, and delivering quality‑assured equipment to production.
• Leadership & Team Development: Lead and motivate the engineering team, conduct regular 1:1s, manage performance fairly, and model Catalent values and cross‑functional collaboration.
• Communication & Handover: Attend shift meetings, provide detailed handovers, and support strategic shift goals through effective communication and leadership.
• Ethics & Flexibility: Uphold professional standards, support project teams and contractors, and perform additional tasks as required to meet evolving business needs.

• Full‑time served engineering apprenticeship L3, or equivalent qualifications – Required.
• Detailed understanding of engineering issues and improvement processes, preferably as a team leader or supervisor.
• Production Engineering experience.
• Experience with Continuous Improvements.
• GMP experience.
• Good team player.
• IT literate with demonstrable Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

• Competitive salary reflecting your experience and skills.
• Bonus & benefits – includes an annual performance bonus, a pension scheme matching up to 8%, and life assurance. Enjoy BUPA private medical insurance, generous holiday entitlement that increases with tenure and the option to purchase additional leave. Plus access to Reward Gateway, offering discounts at many national retailers.
• Career development – access high‑quality training, mentoring and cross‑functional opportunities within Catalent’s global network. Benefit from a subscription to Linked In Learning.
• Health & wellbeing – employee assistance programme, on‑site canteen facilities, safety culture and “Patient First”, Cycle to Work Scheme, Electric Vehicle car scheme, Employee Resource Groups and charitable activities.
• Excellent location – just a two‑minute drive from J16 of the M4, with free on‑site parking.

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life‑saving and life‑enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market.

Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

Personal initiative, dynamic pace and meaningful work.

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