Maintenance Technician

At Ipsen, we are committed to improving the lives of patients, with a special focus on advancing neuroscience therapies. Our Wrexham site is a vital part of this mission, delivering cutting-edge solutions in a dynamic and collaborative environment. We are proud to be winner of Pharma Company of the Year 2025, Great Place to Work certified and a Shingo Bronze Medallion holder, reflecting our commitment to excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.

With a recent £24 million investment in the site and a further £86.4 million expansion underway, there has never been a more exciting time to join us. If you are passionate about making an impact and want to be part of a team that values growth, innovation, and excellence, then Ipsen could be where you thrive!

Are you a skilled Maintenance Technician with a passion for keeping critical utility systems running at their best? Join our Maintenance & Reliability team and play a key role in ensuring the safe, efficient and compliant performance of site utilities that support manufacturing, labs and research operations. This is a hands‑on, fast‑paced role where your expertise will directly impact equipment reliability, safety, and overall site performance.

Key responsibilities:

• Perform corrective, preventative and predictive maintenance on critical utility systems including HVAC, boilers, chillers and clean utilities (e.g., WFI).
• Diagnose faults, resolve equipment issues and ensure “right first time” technical execution while meeting cGMP and EHS standards.
• Support external contractors on site, ensuring safe systems of work, permit compliance and high-quality performance.
• Contribute to reliability improvements, root cause investigations and utility-related CAPEX projects.
• Maintain accurate documentation in line with ALCOA principles and complete CMMS updates, reports and quality event follow-up.
• Uphold a strong safety culture through risk assessments, incident response and good housekeeping.

Knowledge, skills and experience:

• Hands-on maintenance experience from a manufacturing site, ideally pharma.
• Strong troubleshooting capabilities across utilities equipment (HVAC, boilers, compressed air, chilled water, clean utilities systems etc.).
• Time-served apprenticeship in Mechanical, Electrical or Refrigeration discipline.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and maintain a high customer focus.

Why Join Us?

You’ll be part of a highly skilled team that plays a crucial role in enabling safe, reliable and compliant operations. With exposure to diverse utilities systems, continual improvement work and cross-functional collaboration, this is an excellent opportunity to deepen your technical expertise and contribute to meaningful, site-wide impact.

Apply Today

If you’re driven, technically skilled and ready to make a difference in a dynamic utilities environment, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and help us keep our essential systems running at their best.

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