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.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

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.

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.