About the job

Description

Position: Ventilation Technician (Local Exhaust Ventilation)

Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire (on-site)

Salary: £45,000 per annum DOE

Working hours: 8am – 5pm, Monday – Friday

Package: 25 Days Holiday + BH, Flex Benefits

Industry: Pharmaceutical / Medical

PRS Engineering has engaged with a key client and a revolutionary Facilities Management business who operate across the UK. We are seeking a technician who has experience in local exhaust ventilation to take responsibility and maintain pharmaceutical ventilated enclosures on site.

Role overview:

• To maintain all pharmaceutical ventilated enclosures to and approved standard, highlight anomalies and adjust where possible.
• To carry out thorough examination & testing of local exhaust ventilation systems in line with industry best practice, legislation & company procedures.
• To carry out repair works and assist in enabling contractors repair works.
• To investigate and provide suitable advice to remedy any faults discovered

Job Purpose:

Responsible for carrying out a range of technical and engineering duties related to the maintenance and testing of LEV equipment and facilities contract wide.

Work is be carried with accordance with schedules generated by site engineering planning LEV coordinator once process supervisor and laboratory users agree a program of work.

Duties:

• To provide a key role in the delivery of planned and unplanned work relating to local exhaust ventilation on site. Work will include but not be limited to: Biological Safety Cabinets, Fume Cupboards, Ventilated Enclosures, On-tool extraction.
• To remain compliant through training assigned to you
• To take accountability for work undertaken including where necessary obtaining quotes from suppliers and third-party contractors.
• To provide updates when required for any changes to work orders or asset information.
• To identify current asset condition and any changes to plant condition.
• To assist the wider team with any reasonable requests

Skills:

• Be able to achieve high levels of operational performance. Experience in a related industry, Perform DOP testing on all variates of equipment including,
• On- site PM, Calibration, Repairs & surveys of LEV devices consisting mainly of Class 2 Biological Safety Cabinets (BSC), AFOS ventilated tables, Protex ventilated workstations, fume cupboards, downflow booths and isolators, KI Discus together with some miscellaneous LEV devices
• To be successful in this role our ideal candidate will have the following skills and attributes: Understand the principles of good control practice for hazardous substances and the role of local exhaust ventilation (LEV) in this regard.
• Demonstrate good understanding of current standards and testing methods related to LEV systems, Safety Cabinets, Fume Cupboards, Ventilated Enclosures and other systems on site.
• Carry out the testing of LEV systems used to control exposure to substances hazardous to health.
• Produce suitable records of the results of examination and testing as required by regulatory guidance and codes of practice.
• Understand and be able to describe the principles and the main elements of a LEV system.
• Judge whether a LEV system is capable of adequate control of the identified hazards.
• Carry out the necessary measurements safely to determine if a LEV system is effective and operating to the design specification.
• Establish, in circumstances where a system has not been properly commissioned, whether the system works effectively, controls exposure and determine the operating criteria for continued performance.
• Provide suitable advice to remedy any faults discovered.
• Have proven knowledge, skills and application experience that enables a person to do an effective and reliable job.