Advanced Manufacturing Technician (API) APICOM

AstraZeneca; Dublin; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca is building a next-generation API manufacturing facility near Dublin. This Advanced Manufacturing Technician role focuses on multi-stage API production processes within a GMP and SHE framework, operating in a shift-based environment.

Ideal candidates will have API manufacturing experience, strong documentation skills, and a proactive safety mindset to ensure high-quality outputs in a fast-paced plant setting.

Qualifications

• Excellent team player with problem solving skills in a collaborative environment.
• GMP and regulatory knowledge/awareness.
• Excellent Documentation Practices and computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Carry out multi-stage API manufacturing processes in compliance with GMP & SHE standards.
• Provide operational input at accommodation meetings and risk assessments.
• Maintain and document production routings, changeovers and cleans for smooth plant operation.
• Receive, store, dispatch and document materials to GMP/SHE standards.
• Collaborate to feed production with required materials/components.
• Perform and document equipment cleaning spot inspections and TPM-related tasks.

Skills

Team player

GMP knowledge

Regulatory knowledge

Documentation practices

Lean awareness

Safety mindset

Education

Leaving Certificate/Trade

Tools

DeltaV

Job description

Advanced Manufacturing Technician (API)

College Park, Dublin

Full Time, Permanent (shift based)

AstraZeneca are taking bold actions to create new ways to make life-saving medicines. We will do this through a digital smart and paperless factory. With great innovation, we are changing the ways API’s are being manufactured so we can produce them continuously. By doing this we can deliver medicines to patients faster, cheaper, and more sustainably. This will help us reach our ambitious goals.

We are building a next-generation active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility for small molecules near Dublin, Ireland. This new plant will help us optimize our work and improve our efficiency. It will use cutting-edge process technology and digital innovations. All to be able to meet the needs of AstraZeneca's exciting new pipeline!

This will be a shift position and the type of shift is subject to change to meet business requirements. Emergency Response Team (ERT) membership will be included as a core responsibility.

This is what you will do:

As a member of the operations team, you’ll carry out multi-stage Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) manufacturing processes in compliance with AstraZeneca, GMP & SHE standards.

In addition, you will also:

• Provide operational expertise at accommodation meetings such as processing risk assessments.
• Reinforce standards required in terms of GMP, SHE and specific product requirements
• Receive, accept, locate, store, dispatch and deliver products and materials and complete all relevant documentation to meet GMP and SHE standards
• Collaborate with the relevant function to receive and return the materials/components that feed into the production process.
• Set-up routings for production, change over and cleans and maintain relevant equipment to enable the smooth running of the plant unit.
• Perform and document the results of equipment cleaning hot spot inspections
• Carry out ‘free from gross contamination’ cleaning inspections

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Excellent team player with problem solving skills who thrives in a collaborative team environment.
• Team player and good collaborator
• GMP and regulatory knowledge/awareness
• Applicants should be educated to a minimum of leaving certificate /relevant trade.
• Experience from API production or other pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Excellent Documentation Practices and Computer skills
• Lean awareness.
• Strong safety attitude and approach to training/workload timely completion

Desirable Experience:

• Previous start up experience
• Documentation generation (drafting initial SOPs, MBR, LIMS sampling plans etc)
• Familiar with manufacturing process systems e.g. Delta V
• Lean qualification.
• Familiar with Electronic batch records.
• Experience of investigations and CAPAs and change controls.
• Experience of Tank farm operations.
• Excellent IT skills (excel, word, powerpoint etc)
• Awareness and understanding of process equipment and TPM.

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca, we 're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and fuel your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Date Posted

25-Sept-2026

Closing Date

24-Mar-2027

Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form.