Senior Engineering Maintenance Technician - Packaging

Job description

The Role: Joining Moderna means advancing mRNA science to transform medicine. Work with exceptional global teams on a broad pipeline and build a career that makes a real difference for patients. Moderna is establishing a leading research, development, and manufacturing facility at Harwell to support onshore mRNA vaccine production for respiratory diseases in the UK. This long term investment will create skilled jobs and strengthen collaboration with academic, NHS, and government partners. We welcome experts ready to help expand access to life saving vaccines. Based at our new GMP manufacturing facility in Harwell, UK, you will play a hands-on role in ensuring the reliability, performance, and continued operation of critical manufacturing and support equipment. As an individual contributor reporting to the Site Facilities & Engineering Lead, you will be a first responder to technical equipment issues, combining mechanical expertise, structured troubleshooting, and preventative maintenance to keep our manufacturing operations running safely and efficiently. This is an opportunity to contribute directly to a state-of-the-art mRNA manufacturing environment, strengthen equipment reliability, and explore emerging digital and Generative AI-enabled tools to support technical problem-solving and continuous improvement. Here's What You'll Do: Maintain critical manufacturing equipment: Execute scheduled preventative and corrective maintenance on GMP and non-GMP process and support equipment, following established procedures and approved practices. Identify equipment issues, perform repairs, and develop effective remediation plans for follow-up and emergency maintenance activities. Troubleshoot and resolve complex equipment issues: Act as a first responder to equipment failures, applying structured troubleshooting and root cause investigation techniques to diagnose mechanical, pneumatic, vacuum, and automated process equipment issues. Take ownership of resolution, either performing repairs directly or coordinating specialist equipment vendors and service providers. Provide technical expertise across manufacturing systems: Support the operation, maintenance, and reliability of manufacturing and support equipment, including autoclaves, washers, filling lines, isolators, tangential flow filtration (TFF) systems, chromatography columns and skids, mixers, stainless steel tanks, pumps, valves, heat exchangers, and mixing vessels. Drive equipment reliability and continuous improvement: Identify opportunities to improve preventative maintenance tasks, equipment performance, and maintenance strategies. Collaborate with equipment owners and engineers to investigate recurring failures, determine true root causes, and implement effective corrective and preventative actions (CAPAs). Deliver maintenance activities and technical projects: Take ownership of assigned maintenance activities and small engineering projects, coordinating technical work across multiple systems while managing competing priorities and ensuring timely completion with minimal supervision. Maintain rigorous GMP documentation: Create, update, and maintain accurate paper-based and electronic cGMP maintenance records, ensuring all maintenance, repair, and troubleshooting activities comply with site procedures, quality standards, and regulatory expectations. Apply strong technical writing skills when documenting investigations and corrective actions. Coordinate contractors and equipment vendors: Oversee routine and non-routine contractor activities, ensuring appropriate Safe Work Method Statements (SWMMS), work permits, and site GMP requirements are in place. Direct vendor activities where specialist intervention is required and verify that work is completed safely and effectively. Champion safe working practices: Perform and coordinate maintenance activities in accordance with site Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) policies and procedures, including Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), working at heights, hot work controls, and other applicable safety requirements. Support continuous manufacturing operations: Participate in a rotating on-call schedule to support the facility's 24/7 operational requirements, responding promptly to equipment and facilities issues to minimise downtime and maintain operational continuity. Develop technical capability across the site: Maintain Qualified Trainer status and deliver On-the-Job Training (OJT) to colleagues, sharing technical knowledge, equipment expertise, and best practices to strengthen maintenance capabilities and operational effectiveness. Collaborate across technical and operational teams: Work closely with manufacturing, engineering, facilities, quality, and equipment owners to communicate technical findings, present maintenance and investigation outcomes, and influence decisions that improve equipment reliability and operational performance. Explore digital innovation in maintenance: Contribute to opportunities to use digital technologies, including Generative AI-enabled tools where appropriate and approved, to enhance technical knowledge sharing, maintenance documentation, troubleshooting efficiency, and continuous improvement. Demonstrate ownership and accountability: Represent Moderna's interests, objectives, and policies professionally, maintaining a customer-service mindset while taking responsibility for assignments, delivering results across multiple complex priorities, and supporting additional site activities as required. The key Moderna Mindsets you’ll need to succeed in the role: “We behave like owners. The solutions we’re building go beyond any job description.” “We obsess over learning. We don’t have to be the smartest we have to learn the fastest.” Here’s What You’ll Bring to the Table: Certificate 3 in Mechanical Engineering- Fitter and Turner Qualification 3 to 5 years relevant experience working in a regulated (cGMP preferred) environment. Experience working in sterile manufacturing is highly desirable. Post-secondary degree in a science/technical field or a technical trade school degree preferred. Understanding of automated process equipment (PLC controls) for simple troubleshooting is required. Understanding and experience with pneumatics’ and vacuum systems. Understanding of process equipment (pumps, valves, heat exchangers, mixing vessels) Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written) are required.  Expected to be able to present own work to peers and cross-functional managers and influence leadership decisions.  Technical writing skills required. Must have a customer service mindset. Ability to manage competing priorities is critical. Must be able use his/her technical background to investigate issues using a structured problem-solving approach to determine true root cause and develop effective corrective and preventative actions.  Must be able to find true root cause and path forward for complex problems. Ability to identify and drive improvements to preventative maintenance tasks and strategy. Demonstrated ability to learn new equipment/systems. Familiarity with Excel, Word, and PowerPoint are required. Ability to interact well with other groups and must be able to take ownership of and follow through on assignments.  Must be able to drive results on multiple complex assignments simultaneously with minimal required direction from his/her supervisor. Ability to represent Moderna’s interests, objectives, and policies in a professional and responsible manner. As part of Moderna’s commitment to workplace safety, this role may require an enhanced pre-employment check. Our Working Model As we build our company, we have always believed that an in-person culture is critical to our success. This role is 100% onsite, reflecting the importance of being physically present to support the work, collaborate closely with colleagues, and contribute to our site-based operations. Working onsite enables real-time collabo