Manufacturing Scheduler (Contract)

Skills Alliance Enterprise; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Skills Alliance Enterprise in Stevenage is seeking a Scheduler to oversee weekend manufacturing schedules for clinical and commercial products. This role requires scheduling experience in the biopharmaceutical industry and a Bachelor's degree in Logistics or a related field. Responsibilities include managing schedule changes, acting as the main point of contact during weekends, and ensuring compliance with GMP standards. The ideal candidate will have strong organizational skills, IT proficiency, and a commitment to quality work.

Qualifications

• Scheduling experience within biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry required.
• Bachelor's degree in relevant field is mandatory.
• Experience in a GMP field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide end to end manufacturing scheduling cover during weekends for designated products.
• Assess and manage schedule changes from manufacturing execution or quality events.
• Act as the single scheduling point of contact during weekends.

Skills

Scheduling experience within biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry

Excellent organisational skills

Understanding of GMP regulations

Strong verbal and written communication skills

IT literate with experience using MS Office

Ability to identify and implement solutions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Logistics/Biology/Biomedical or related discipline

Job description

About our Client:

Our client is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation, programmed T cell therapies for the treatment of cancer. Using a broad suite of proprietary and modular T cell programming technologies. The company is engineering precisely targeted, controlled and highly active T cell therapies that are designed to better recognize cancer cells, break down their defense mechanisms and eliminate these cells.

Role Summary:

The post-holder will work as part of the Supply Chain team and will have primary responsibility for developing, maintaining and executing integrated manufacturing schedules across both clinical and commercial manufacture.

The Scheduler will own the end-to-end weekend manufacturing schedule for designated product types, balancing commercial supply commitments alongside clinical demand, capacity constraints and GMP requirements to ensure reliable and compliant supply.

This role provides continuity of scheduling oversight during weekends, ensuring that any manufacturing, material, quality or capacity changes are assessed, managed and clearly handed over to the weekday scheduling team. The post holder will be empowered to accommodate and manage schedule changes as required to protect clinical and commercial supply.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide end to end manufacturing scheduling cover during weekends for designated products and sites.
• Assess, manage and implement schedule changes arising from manufacturing execution, quality events, material availability or capacity constraints.
• Act as the single scheduling point of contact during weekends for Production, QC, QA, Warehouse and Supply Chain.
• Ensure clear, structured handover and handback of all schedule changes, risks, decisions and open actions to the weekday Master Scheduling team.
• Maintain schedule integrity and data accuracy across systems during weekend cover periods.
• Support and maintain schedule integrity, including resolving conflicts, managing unplanned changes and driving prioritisation decisions during out of hours and weekend operations.
• The post-holder will be responsible for adhering to all health and safety guidance, provided by the Company.

Demonstrated skills and competencies:

Experience

• Scheduling experience within biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry experience (P)
• Experience of working in a laboratory or manufacturing environment is desirable, although not essential. (P)

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Logistics/Biology/Biomedical or related discipline (P)
• Experience in a GMP field (E)

Skills/Specialist knowledge

• IT literate with experience of using MS Office package (E)
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to present results clearly and logically, working co-operatively as part of a team as well as independently (E)
• Good attention to detail and ability to accurately follow SOPs (E)
• Ability to identify and implement solutions (E)
• Commitment to high quality work (E)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills (E)
• Flexible, self-motivated, and focused on team outcomes (E)
• Understanding of and familiarity with GMP regulations (E)