PMU Engineering Assistant
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
London, SE1 9RT
Salary
£34,186 to £37,389
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
13 September 2026
13 days left
Job description
The Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit (PMU) at Guy's Hospital is an MHRA Licenced Unit manufacturing a broad portfolio of terminally sterilised and non-ster...
The post holder will assist the PMU Engineering team in providing specialist engineering services to the PMU to ensure that all pharmaceutical manufacturing machinery and plant remains operational at all times. The key role responsibilities include:
- To carry out routine monitoring of the critical utility systems supporting pharmaceutical production and manufacturing process equipment.
- To perform routine maintenance, fault diagnosis and assist in the repair of critical utility systems and process equipment as agreed with the PMUEngineering and Maintenance Lead.
- To provide technical assistance for validation activities associated with the critical utility systems and processing equipment in conjunction with the Pharmaceutical Lifecycle Management team.
- To raise non compliances and support investigations into deviations in relation to engineering and equipment systems.
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest and most respected NHS organisations in the UK, with a strong reputation for clinical excellence, research and innovation. The Trust is part of King's Health Partners, an internationally recognised academic health sciences centre.
Within the Trust, Technical Services plays a vital role in supporting patient care through the manufacture and supply of high-quality unlicensed medicines and clinical trial products. The Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit (PMU) at Guy's Hospital is a well-established facility operating to MHRA standards, offering a diverse and rewarding working environment with opportunities to develop expertise in pharmaceutical manufacturing, quality systems and clinical trials. The Engineering Team plays a vital role in ensuring that the facility and infrastructure of PMU is maintained to the highest safety and GMP standards.
Staff are supported through structured training, professional development opportunities and a collaborative team culture focused on safety, quality and continuous improvement.
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- A Level 3 Vocational Qualification in an engineering relevant subject or equivalent specialist experience, coupled with occupational training.
Previous Experience
Essential
- Portfolio demonstrating experience of working within a broad range of occupational guidelines
Desirable
- Experience of working in a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility or similar GMP industry
Skills/Knowlede/Ability
Essential
- Demonstrated ability to clearly and accurately communicate complex technical information to a wide audience.
- Demonstrated ability to organise self to deliver engineering team priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to identify risk and carry out simple risk assessments with appropriate mitigation and escalation.
- Demonstrated ability to work in restricted areas such as clean rooms or plant rooms wearing appropriate PPE
- Demonstrated ability to comply with standard operating procedures and to assess other staff's compliance with these procedures.
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Provenance
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First seen
25 August 2026
Last checked
27 August 2026
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