Pilot Plant Technician

Evotec; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A global pharmaceutical company is seeking a Pilot Plant Technician to support operations at their Abingdon site. You will perform daily checks, maintain equipment, and ensure safety procedures. Ideal candidates are good communicators and possess strong organisational skills. The position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance and career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Pension contributions

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Private health insurance

Life assurance

Well being support

Excellent career progression opportunities

Cycle to work scheme

Subsidised on premise restaurant

Qualifications

• Good communicator, able to liaise between different departments.
• Good planning and organisational skills.
• Good time management and prioritisation capabilities.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Able to work effectively and efficiently on your own and as part of a team.
• IT literate with good Microsoft Office skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily checks/calibrations and equipment maintenance.
• Maintain a stock of consumables and perform housekeeping.
• Preventative maintenance of equipment such as vacuum pumps.
• Weigh out raw materials and ensure plant safety.
• Review logbooks and relevant documentation promptly and accurately.

Skills

Good communication

Good planning and organisational skills

Good time management

Able to manage multiple tasks

IT literate with Microsoft Office skills

Job description

We are currently recruiting for a Pilot Plant Technician to join our team based at our Abingdon site in Oxfordshire, UK. This is an exciting opportunity within our Pilot Plant, the successful applicant will work a 40-hour week, Monday to Friday.

Role Pilot Plant Technician

Job Type Permanent, (Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week)

Salary £25,400 plus company benefits

Location Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Aptuit is a member company of Evotec, a global Pharmaceutical business. Evotec covers all activities from target-to-clinic to meet the industry’s need for innovation and efficiency in drug discovery and development. The Company has established a unique position by assembling top-class scientific experts and integrating state-of-the-art technologies as well as substantial experience and expertise in key therapeutic areas including neuronal diseases, diabetes and complications of diabetes, pain and inflammation, oncology, infectious diseases, respiratory diseases and fibrosis.

Aptuit is a leader in the discovery and development of novel small molecule drugs. The Company has built substantial drug discovery and development expertise and an industrialised platform that can drive new innovative small molecule compounds into the clinic.

Role overview

Working within the Pilot Plant we are looking to a Technician to help support the Plant. The successful candidate will be responsible for performing daily checks/calibrations, housekeeping, equipment maintenance and maintaining a stock of consumables.

Responsibilities will include

• Daily tasks around the plant, including equipment calibrations, housekeeping, maintaining stocks of consumable items, blowing down boilers.
• Preventative maintenance of equipment such as vacuum pumps, thermal control units, gas detectors.
• Checking/sampling/adjusting systems such as purified water generator, wet scrubbers, dosing tanks, carbon adsorption units.
• Weighing out raw materials.
• Complete and review logbooks and relevant documentation promptly and accurately.
• Ensure that plant safety is maintained and safety procedures are adhered to.
• Ensure operational procedures are followed.
• Identify and suggest areas where improvements can be made. Participate fully and diligently in project schemes to support continuous improvement.

Your ideal qualifications and experience

• Good communicator, able to liaise between different departments.
• Good planning and organisational skills.
• Good time management and prioritisation capabilities.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Able to work effectively and efficiently on your own and as part of a team.
• IT literate with good Microsoft Office skills.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package

• Pension on completion of your 3-month probationary period. Contributions start at 6% employee and employer, Evotec will match up to 7.5%.
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and additional length of service days awarded on the anniversary, up to a maximum of 30 days
• Private health insurance with BUPA for the employees and their partner/family under the company scheme
• Private dental cover, after 3 months service
• Life assurance at four times your annual base salary
• Well being support 24/7 and counselling services
• Permanent health insurance providing 75% of base salary after the qualifying period
• Subsidised on premise restaurant.
• Eligibility to participate in the Company Bonus Scheme. This is a discretionary benefit
• Excellent career progression opportunities within the company; we have an excellent training and support and continuing professional development opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme
• Refer a friend scheme, team and annual events, recognition awards and many more!

Onsite Facilities

• Onsite parking
• Subsidised canteen
• Good public transport links with the shuttle bus service

Interested?

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