Job Description

Who We Are

BioMarin is a leading rare disease biotechnology company focused on genetically defined conditions.

Guided by our purpose to develop medicines that make a profound impact on people’s lives, our global teams have delivered a portfolio of therapies since our founding in 1997. Our revolutionary treatments for conditions like achondroplasia (the most common form of dwarfism), PKU (phenylketonuria), CLN2, a form of Batten disease, and a number of forms of MPS (mucopolysaccharidosis) offer new possibilities for patients and families who previously had few, if any, available options. More recently, with the close of the Amicus acquisition, our portfolio has expanded to include therapies for Fabry disease and Pompe disease, expanding our ability to reach more people living with rare genetic conditions.

Our success comes from our unwavering commitment to excellence, our deep understanding of patient needs, our scientific expertise, and our world-class manufacturing capabilities. At the heart of BioMarin is a dedicated team of the brightest minds in the industry working together to deliver innovative therapies to patients and families around the world.

About Technical Operations

BioMarin’s Technical Operations group is responsible for creating our drugs for use in clinical trials and for scaling production of those drugs for the commercial market. These engineers, technicians, scientists and support staff build and maintain BioMarin’s cutting-edge manufacturing processes and sites, provide quality assurance and quality control to ensure we meet regulatory standards, and procure the needed goods and services to support manufacturing and coordinating the worldwide movement of our drugs to patients.

Maintenance Technician - Packaging

Shanbally, Ringaskiddy, Cork

Closing Date Friday 22nd May 2026

Responsibilities:

• Proactively maintain packaging equipment in accordance with cGMP regulations, applicable safety considerations, Standard Operating Procedures, best maintenance practices and the reliability agenda.
• Roles are primarily for maintenance and troubleshooting packaging equipment, but will expand inf future to drug product filling equipment.
• Interact with all process partners to continuously improve operations by recognising and correcting the causes of less-than-optimal equipment, facility and team performance.
• Manage external vendor support to complete required services in a GMP compliant manner.
• Perform problem solving including root cause analysis as required when equipment failures result in loss of production, substandard equipment performance and substantial repair cost and/or personnel safety incidents.
• Ensure Electrical, Process and Utility Systems are maintained in a controlled state thus ensuring compliance with all procedures and regulations and reliability initiatives.
• Maintain a safe working environment by continuously promoting safety awareness, recognizing and rectifying unsafe conditions and performing thorough investigations when accidents occur.
• Record all maintenance work performed on the site CMMS system.
• Respond to critical utility alarms generated from the site automated alarm messenger system.
• Maintain documentation and management and control systems in compliance with cGMP regulations and training instructions.
• Where required complete and record calibrations activities completed on site and report any defects detected.
• Contribute to the drive to effectively manage spares, consumables and contracts in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Use of permit to work system or other safety systems to control engineering activities.
• Participation in HAZOP and design reviews
• Flexible to work on day or shift type roles.

Scope:

• This position ensures the Manufacturing, Quality Control, and Facilities equipment and instrumentation is maintained & operated in the calibrated state necessary to perform cGMP activities.
• Maintenance Technician has scope to initiate process, cost and execute continuous improvement ideas.

Education and Experience:

• A relevant third level qualification in Engineering or time-served apprenticeship with 3+ years’ experience in a GMP environment, preferably Bio-pharmaceuticals or equivalent industry with drug product fill finishing and packaging activities.

Contacts:

• Work cross functionally to deliver compliant, reliable, efficient and sustainable asset care for internal and external customers or as part of a multidisciplinary project team.