12-Month Industrial Placement in Process Engineering

Biopharma Careers; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Flexible benefits

Job summary

AstraZeneca is offering a 12-month University Industrial Placement in Process Engineering at its Macclesfield site. The role involves working within Global Product Development on process development, technology application and safe scale-up, with exposure to a range of unit operations and continuous manufacturing initiatives.

The successful candidate will contribute to drug product formulation development and manufacturing process optimisation, supported by a strong engineering team.

Qualifications

• Currently undertaking an undergraduate or integrated master’s degree in Chemical or Process Engineering.
• Degree subject in Chemical or Process Engineering.
• Strong planning and organisation skills.
• Ability to see opportunities, learn and apply learning to drive innovation with good collaboration and teamwork.
• Confident communicating with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Competent in coding/modelling tools such as Python, MATLAB, Aspen, gProms, Ansys CFD.

Responsibilities

• Work in Global Product Development, in a Process Engineering group, supporting new technologies and process development.
• Assist with safe manufacturing scale-up and right-first-time campaigns.
• Involve laboratory work and simulation of unit operations (feeding, blending, filling, tablet compression) focused on continuous manufacturing capability.

Skills

Strong planning and organisation

Collaboration and teamwork

Stakeholder communication

Coding & modelling tools

Education

Chemical or Process Engineering degree

Tools

Python

MATLAB

Aspen

gProms

Ansys CFD

Job description

AstraZeneca is offering a 12-month University Industrial Placement in Process Engineering at its Macclesfield site. The role involves working within Global Product Development on process development, technology application and safe scale-up, with exposure to a range of unit operations and continuous manufacturing initiatives.

The successful candidate will contribute to drug product formulation development and manufacturing process optimisation, supported by a strong engineering team.