Mechanical Automation and Maintenance Fitting Apprenticeship

Pfizer Ringaskiddy

Applications close 17th March 2026.

Mechanical Automation & Maintenance (MAMF):

• You will be involved in directly supporting installation maintenance and repairs to equipment that manufactures lifesaving medicine.
• You will also support replacement of parts servicing and checking components and equipment component replacement on site. You may also be involved in fabricating parts using machine tools.
• You will be involved in the integration of state-of-the-art innovative mechanical technology involving computer electronic and programmable controls systems with mechanical/hydraulic/pneumatic systems.
• You will maintain all equipment in accordance with Safety & Quality Excellence.
• You will help the site maintain 100% compliance with Environmental Safety Legal Regulatory Corporate Policy and Intellectual Property Standards.

What Pfizer Offer

• An opportunity to work for a fantastic company with a great on-site team.
• QQI Level 6 Advanced Certificate Craft.
• 4-year Apprentice contract.
• This apprenticeship consists of four on-the-job phases and three off-the-job phases in an educational organisation.
• Excellent opportunities for sponsored further education.
• Highly competitive salary with benefits bonus scheme healthcare pension share scheme on site gym and a lot more!

About You:

• Completed or in the process of completing your Leaving Certificate. You will have a minimum of a Pass in Mathematics English and any Technical/Science subject.
• Can demonstrate a keen interest in the discipline apprenticeship you are applying for in your application and during the selection process.
• Demonstrate Pfizer values: Excellence Joy Equity Courage

How to Apply

Make a difference today if you are interested in applying for these roles go to our careers page Early Careers at Pfizer in Ireland Pfizer Ireland We look forward to hearing from you!

Apprenticeship at Pfizer Ringaskiddy Cork

Earn as you Learn

With a Pfizer Apprenticeship you will earn as you learn while building experience with a global leader.

Our apprenticeships mean your work will help deliver life-changing treatment to millions of people across the world. It means working for a company that believes in diversity equity and excellence while protecting your work-life balance. It also means working with colleagues who take your ideas seriously and support your lifelong learning and development to achieve your true potential.

Our apprenticeship scheme runs for 4 years in partnership with Solus. With a Pfizer Apprenticeship youll work with world-leaders in your field and study towards a nationally recognised professional qualification all this while earning a highly competitive salary.

If you want an Apprenticeship that matters youll find it at the Pfizer Ringaskiddy Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Manufacturing Site.

Pfizer Ringaskiddy

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Site

Over 50 years ago Pfizer led the way by becoming the first pharmaceutical multinational to locate in Ireland opening its doors in Ringaskiddy in Cork in the summer of 1969. Since then Pfizer in Cork has since grown to become one of the regions biggest employers and one of the largest pharmaceutical sector investors in the region.

Many of Pfizers leading and newest medicines are manufactured for global export from the Cork site. And with innovation as a core principle in Cork we have succeeded in delivering new medicines to patients faster than ever before.

Pfizer Ringaskiddy produces and exports bulk pharmaceuticals from Pfizers pipeline. The site also scales up new products in co-operation with Pfizer Global Research and Development to ensure timely approval and launch of these new products to meet patient needs.

Pfizer Ringaskiddy is committed to delivering innovative life-changing medicines faster to the patients that need them. We are driven to developing Cork as a centre of excellence and innovation with a clear purpose; to deliverBreakthroughs that change patients lives.