Lead Process Technician - Night shift - Fixed Term 6 mth Contract

Catalent Pharma Solutions; Dartford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

At our Dartford site (CMT) our mission is to be the industry choice for high potent, high value API micronization. Today, we supply 40 micronized product to a wide range of customers and patients. We’re committed to a culture of continuous improvement and people development so everyone at the site can grow and thrive.

Catalent Dartford is currently recruiting for a Lead Process Technician to join our site.

The role of the Lead Process Technician is to provide day to day shop floor leadership of a team of 10 Process Technicians – to efficiently and effectively execute all manufacturing steps and produce high quality micronized drug product for our patients and clients. This includes manufacturing for product development, clinical trials and commercial supply across a range of scales (100g to >300 kg) and drug potencies.

Technician teams include experienced SMEs and trainers as well as less experienced staff requiring onboarding and development. As such Lead Technicians are required to lead by example and be a role model for the Catalent behaviours/values, demonstrating day to day leadership on the shop floor and contribute to personal development and growth of the operations team.

Reporting to the Area Operations Team Manager (OTM), Lead Process Technicians act as delegate to the OTM during periods of abcence and as such this is a good development role for candidates with leaderships aspirations.

Job content is varied and spread across coordination/day to day leadership and communication, issue resolution, continuous improvement, GxP documentation review and GxP processing activities. Job holders can expect to spend 50% of their day executing or supporting processing activities – including high containment ways of working. Knowledge and experience of this is desirable.

Shift Pattern - Night shift - Monday - Thursday; 21.00 - 07.00.

The Role:

• Take responsibility for day to day manufacturing operations, including working independently outside of core office hours
• To be trained & able to independently execute multiple products/tasks across multiple lines/areas, anticipating issues requiring support, performing day to day trouble shooting – identifying and progressing improvement within the bounds of GMP.
• Collaborate with site functions (e.g., Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Customer Services, Engineering, Warehouse, Technical) to ensure smooth flow of materials and information before, during and after planned production activity
• Plan & coordinate deployment of available resources within 0-4 week production horizon in accordance with the production schedule (e.g., staff holiday/training management, equipment status, continuous improvement etc)
• Accountable for ensuring effective shift handover - both verbal & written - ensuring clear communication of accurate & relevant information and appropriately escalating issues that impact safety / quality / cost / delivery / people.
• Lead local Daily/Weekly Performance Management processes, involving and engaging team members
• Continually coach & train others across multiple product/processes/areas, encouraging a development mindset
• Act as first line response to line alert calls, any abnormal events, e.g., Rapid Response, Deviations. To lead first level root causing and problem solving (e.g., following alerts or line side reviews)
• To author, review and approve Risk Assessments, SOPs and Standard Work Instructions - facilitating quick, controlled change
• Perform regular reviews and inspections of GxP documentation, e.g., Batch Manufacturing Records, Logbooks, equipment checklists etc
• To act as delegate to area manager

The Candidate

• Experience working within a GMP Pharmaceutical Manufacturing environment - Demonstrated Knowledge of (a) Good Manufacturing Practice and (b) EHS principles & practice
• Able to prioritise and make and justify decisions across multiple lines/areas
• Effective decision making within their sphere of influence, e.g., allocation of resources to meet schedule priorities
• Preferred: Knowledge of High Containment Ways of Working
• IT literate including Microsoft packages

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on any characteristic protected by local law.

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