Pilot Plant Chemist (Senior), Drug Substance Manufacture Pilot Plant

Macclesfield

Opening date: 31/08/23

Closing date: 14/09/23

Would you like to apply your expertise to impact Manufacturing in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, 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.

Macclesfield is one of over 400 sites here at AstraZeneca, providing a fantastic environment where everyone feels comfortable and able to be themselves is at the core of AstraZeneca’s priorities, it’s important to us that you bring your full self to work every day.

Pharmaceutical Technology and Development (PT&D) are the bridge that turns forward-thinking science into actual medicines that help millions of people. We work across the entire value chain, designing and delivering active ingredients, formulations and devices required to support new medicines – from supplies for use in early toxicology studies and clinical trials to developing the technology to ensure drugs can be scaled up for commercial manufacture.

Drug Substance Manufacture (DSM) is responsible for the internal manufacture of Drug Substance for formulation development, pre-clinical and clinical development studies. Our 5 Pilot Plant facilities are used to generate key scale-up learning and technology understanding for API development. We also support the rapid development of commercial processes by flexible accommodation processes and experimentation at scale. DSM is a part of the Clinical Manufacturing and Supply function within Pharmaceutical & Technology Development, Operations.

As a member of the pilot plant operations team, working a 24/5 shift pattern, you'll provide through the completion of multi-stage manufacturing processes in compliance with AstraZeneca, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) & SHE standards. You will be responsible for supporting the satisfactory resolution of issues during the shift, and will provide the skills / knowledge to effectively offer real time advice plus technical guidance to the operating team in order to achieve this goal.

You'll be an active member of the shift team in terms of the execution of the API manufacturing processes e.g. operating plant, material movements and performing in-process analysis. We'll expect you to work closely with other Pilot Plant operational teams, Project Managers, Engineering support, Process Chemists, Process Engineers and Plant Co-ordinators.

Responsibilities:

• Operate Pilot Plant and support technical issues that arise
• Execute batch sheet instructions and record their completion to GMP standards.
• Working effectively as a member of the team to ensure that good communication is maintained across the various teams and shifts
• Provide technical support in project accommodation activities
• Supporting problem solving activities to resolve equipment/product quality issues.
• Perform analytical chemistry (HPLC/UPLC, GC, Karl Fisher and NMR) within a GMP environment

Essential Requirements:

• A minimum of BSc (2.1) in Chemistry or Analytical Chemistry
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing experience (especially API manufacture)
• Skills in key analytical techniques relevant to in-process drug substance analysis.
• Problem solving experience and skills
• Technical and/or engineering capabilities
• GMP and regulatory knowledge/awareness

Desired requirements:

• Project and business process management experience
• Experience in process qualification and validation
• Experience working with continuous chemistry

Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organisation to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we’re opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting edge methods and bringing unexpected teams together.

Interested? Come and join our journey!

Competitive Salary and Benefits.

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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.