Equipment Process Engineer (Fill-Finish)

Location: Dun Laoghaire, Ireland; onsite engineering work in a GMP-regulated sterile manufacturing facility. Travel may be required for vendor activities, factory acceptance testing, and project execution.

Salary: €55,960.60–€75,711.40 per year

Company

hirify.global operates a biotechnology manufacturing site in Dun Laoghaire focused on sterile drug-product production.

What you will do

• Own assigned capping equipment and associated systems across reliability, availability, performance, lifecycle planning, and continuous improvement.
• Monitor equipment performance, uptime, output, reject rates, cap and stopper placement, container handling, and recurring faults.
• Lead or support troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, deviation investigations, non-conformance resolution, and CAPA implementation.
• Develop engineering specifications, risk assessments, user requirements, functional designs, GMP procedures, maintenance strategies, and lifecycle documentation.
• Support equipment upgrades, new equipment introductions, FAT, SAT, commissioning, engineering runs, qualification, and validation activities.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Maintenance, Quality, Process Development, Automation, Validation, and external equipment suppliers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, preferably Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronic, Automation, or a related discipline.
• More than 2 years of relevant engineering experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical-device, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience with equipment ownership, reliability engineering, lifecycle management, technical troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Strong mechanical and electromechanical engineering capability in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with change control, deviations and non-conformances, CAPAs, risk assessments, validation, and qualification.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, including work with cross-functional teams and external suppliers.

Nice to have

• More than 4 years of experience in sterile manufacturing, fill-finish, aseptic processing, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or medical-device manufacturing.
• Direct experience with capping equipment, cap feeding and orientation, rotary or inline cappers, crimping, container handling, reject systems, and associated controls.
• Experience with vial, syringe, or cartridge filling, contamination control, and container-closure critical quality attributes.
• Experience with PLC-controlled systems, servo systems, robotics, vision systems, SCADA, or manufacturing data systems.
• Experience with vendor management, spare-parts strategy, statistical analysis, structured problem solving, and continuous-improvement methodologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a collaborative, team-based engineering environment supporting manufacturing operations.
• Contribute to site expansion, new product introductions, technology transfers, capacity improvements, and capital investment projects.
• Support a safe, compliant, and quality-focused GMP workplace.
• Manage competing priorities in a fast-paced production environment while working with internal teams and equipment suppliers.