Lead Engineering Administrator

About The Company Joining our team, you’ll play an active part in helping to deliver meaningful impact. At Oxoid Remel Microbiology, acquired from Thermo Fisher Scientific, we play a crucial role in accurate identification and targeted treatment for diseases, ensuring food and beverage safety, and supporting pharmaceutical manufacturing integrity. Our products and services are designed to meet the highest standards of quality and performance, helping our customers achieve their objectives efficiently and effectively.

About The Role As a Lead Engineering Administrator, you'll support the Engineering Team by coordinating engineering administration, documentation, procurement, maintenance planning, and project support activities. You'll play an important role in advancing our mission by helping ensure efficient, compliant, and consistent engineering operations across multiple locations, while collaborating with talented colleagues to deliver meaningful results for our customers, partners, and communities.

What You'll Do

• Provide administrative support to Engineering teams across the Basingstoke and East Grinstead sites.
• Coordinate engineering documentation, records, and compliance-related activities.
• Support spare parts, inventory control, and engineering procurement processes.
• Manage ERP transactions, purchase orders, invoices, and supplier coordination.
• Assist with CMMS administration, preventive maintenance scheduling, and statutory inspections.
• Support engineering projects, CAPEX activities, document control, and project tracking.
• Coordinate contractor activities, permits to work, and EHS compliance requirements.

What We're Looking For

• Experience working with ERP systems in an engineering or technical environment.
• Understanding of engineering processes, quality systems, and maintenance activities.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities across sites.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office and business systems.
• Experience maintaining records, reports, trackers, and engineering documentation.
• Knowledge of CMMS, engineering administration, contractor management, or project support is preferred.

Why Join Us

• Competitive salary
• Annual merit-based pay increases
• Medical benefits
• Paid annual leave
• Employee referral bonus
• Career development and advancement opportunities

More About Us… This is an exciting time to join us as we continue to build on more than 100 years of microbiology excellence. With a broad portfolio of instruments, services, and global resources, we’re steadfast in our commitment to helping you succeed. Together, we can cultivate a thriving microbiology culture that supports you today, tomorrow, and for life.

Come and be part of what’s next for our company.