Engineering Technician – Zoladex Processing
Location: Macclesfield, UK
Advert open: Monday 8th April 2024
Advert close: Wednesday 24th April 2024
Introduction to Role:
Join us at our Macclesfield campus as a Zoladex Processing Technician, where you'll be part of a team working across multiple aseptic manufacture assets at different lifecycle stages. Our campus supplies products for most of the AstraZeneca therapy areas, to global markets, offering great development opportunities. This position offers excellent challenges and great rewards for the successful candidates, who will gain training and experience in a fast-paced, lean-focused aseptic manufacturing environment.
Accountabilities:
As an Engineering Technician, you'll be based at an existing manufacturing facility that is growing and looking to develop manufacturing processes and improve plant standards and reliability through continuous improvement ensuring production output for the future. The position will be shift-based (7-day pattern) and aligned to existing engineering technician teams with extensive knowledge and understanding in plant systems already embedded within the teams.
Working within a highly compliant and regulated industry, you will ensure that GMP, and SHE regulations are adhered to at all times. You'll be responsible for maintaining various pharmaceutical assets and processes in controlled clean environments as part of the aseptic manufacturing facility. This will be following maintenance strategies and schedules of work. You will be expected to provide timely response to breakdowns, customer requests, fault-finding, and problem-solving using approved methods and managing improvement activities as part of our continuous improvement culture. You will progress project commissioning and continuous improvement activities in line with asset plans and customer requirements ensuring they align with Operational Qualification parameters and statutory requirements. Using lean and manufacturing tools (such as RCM, RCA, and CBM) you will actively participate in and deliver continuous improvement activities and projects.
Essential Skills/Experience:
Recognised Engineering Apprenticeship or equivalent
ONC/HNC or equivalent in a relevant engineering field
Experience in Electrical, Mechanical and Instrumentation subject areas (Maintenance and Fault Finding)
Desirable Skills/Experience:
Experience working with automated machinery
Operating knowledge of procedures and compliance with GMP & SHE requirements
Familiar with CMMS (SAP PM) Knowledge of IT systems where appropriate e.g. Drawing/Document Management Systems, Microsoft office, Building Management Systems, PCs, PLCs
Knowledge of Reliability Centred Maintenance, Root Cause Analysis of Continuous Improvement
Knowledge of Project / Change management
This role is internally aligned to SA91 Grade 10.
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working give us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of five days per week from the office. But that doesn’t mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
Why AstraZeneca?
Do you have a passion and expertise in Engineering? Would you like to apply this in a company that follows the science, and turns ideas into life-changing medicines...... Then AstraZeneca might be the place!
At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being ambitious, thinking big, and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person!
Apply now and join us in our mission to deliver life-changing medicines!
AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.