Maintenance Background

Potential Job Roles and Salaries

What kind of roles would I be suitable for based on my maintenance background?

If your current or previous job was in maintenance, you could retrain to perform the SAME OR SIMILAR job within the high-paying pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing industry.

Here are some of the typical roles and the expected salaries:

Maintenance Technician

Tasked with routine maintenance of manufacturing equipment as well as helping to troubleshoot when issues arise. Due to the regulation of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, they are required to keep detailed and accurate documentation of their work.

Maintenance Job Descriptions & Salaries
  • Starting Salary: €30,000 to €35,000
  • After 3 Years: €35,000 to €45,000
  • After 5 Years: €45,000 to €55,000
Maintenance Job Descriptions & Salaries
  • Starting Salary: $48,360
  • After 2 Years: $61,950
  • After 5 Years: $73,540

Calibration Technician

Responsible for the routine inspection, testing, maintenance and repair of instruments and manufacturing equipment. The purpose of the calibration technician role is to ensure the accuracy of the measurements taken using this equipment.

Maintenance Job Descriptions & Salaries

Some companies might call this role:

  • Electrical and Instrumentation Technician
  • Starting Salary: €30,000 to €35,000
  • After 3 Years: €35,000 to €40,000
  • After 5 Years: €40,000 to €50,000
Maintenance Job Descriptions & Salaries

Some companies might call this role:

  • Electrical and Instrumentation Technician
  • Starting Salary: $63,336
  • After 2 Years: $75,420
  • After 5 Years: $90,504

Facilities Engineer

Can have an extremely broad remit covering the infrastructure of the building, depending on the needs of the company. Areas of direct responsibility might include environmental, health and safety issues, electrical engineering or HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning).

Maintenance Job Descriptions & Salaries

Some companies might call this role:

  • Maintenance Engineer
  • Starting Salary: €35,000 to €45,000
  • After 3 Years: €45,000 to €55,000
  • After 5 Years: €55,000 to €65,000+
Maintenance Job Descriptions & Salaries

Some companies might call this role:

  • Maintenance Engineer
  • Starting Salary: $73,640
  • After 2 Years: $93,300
  • After 5 Years: $111,060

References

Salaries are calculated as 80%, 100% and 120% of BLS averages.

What Courses Do I Need to Take?

If your current or previous job is in engineering maintenance;

STEP 1: You will first need to take our Conversion Course into Maintenance Roles in Pharma to perform the SAME OR SIMILAR job within the pharma industry.

Maintenance Job Descriptions & Salaries

Ideal for:

  • anyone with a mechanical, maintenance, production, manufacturing, industrial, facilities, plant, maintenance, civil engineering/technician background

…who want: to retrain to do the same or similar work in the pharmaceutical or medical device industry

Duration: 18 weeks
Delivery: Completely ONLINE with weekly deliverables and progress checks
Hours per week 10
Awarding body: GetReskilled

STEP 2: Then take our Equipment Validation Training Course (ONLINE) – For starter validation, CQV and C&Q roles to learn how those systems are validated. 

Engineering Job Descriptions & Salaries

Equipment Validation Training Course – For starter validation, CQV and C&Q roles

Ideal for:

  • Candidates with mechanical, maintenance, process, chemical production, industrial engineering/technician background

…who want: to learn how to validate equipment in a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility.

Duration: 10 weeks
Delivery: Completely Online
Hours per week: 14
Awarding body: GetReskilled

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