The Manufacturing Operations Specialist will provide hands-on operational and documentation support for single-use systems within a GMP-regulated biopharmaceutical manufacturing environment. Acting as a shared resource across Single-Use Operations and New Product Introduction teams, the role will support routine manufacturing activities including shop-floor troubleshooting, system readiness, change-control coordination, and GMP documentation.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide day-to-day operational support for single-use systems, assemblies, and consumables used within the manufacturing area.
- Support the set-up, installation, and operational readiness of single-use equipment and process assemblies on the manufacturing floor.
- Respond to time-sensitive issues involving leaks, integrity failures, connection problems, damaged components, and other single-use defects.
- Support investigations by gathering evidence, assessing potential causes, and coordinating follow-up actions with relevant stakeholders.
- Participate in an on-call rotation and provide responsive support within a 24/7 manufacturing environment.
- Initiate and progress change controls for facility expansion, process improvements, equipment changes, and departmental activities from impact assessment through closure.
- Prepare, review, and update SOPs, work instructions, single-use process diagrams, process system diagrams, and supporting technical documentation.
- Support deviations, investigations, CAPAs, and other quality-system records relating to single-use operations.
- Review single-use diagrams and process information to confirm configurations are suitable for their intended manufacturing use.
- Coordinate operational-readiness, documentation, and handover activities across Operations, NPI, Quality, Engineering, Validation, Supply Chain, and vendors.
- Maintain complete, traceable, and inspection-ready records in accordance with GMP, Good Documentation Practices, and data-integrity requirements.
- Identify opportunities to improve the reliability, usability, and standardisation of single-use systems and associated operational processes.
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Biotechnology, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical Science, or a related discipline.
- Approximately five years of relevant experience within a GMP-regulated biotechnology, biopharmaceutical, or pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
- Practical experience supporting site-based manufacturing operations and responding to time-sensitive shop-floor issues.
- Proven experience managing change controls, including initiation, impact assessment, implementation, action coordination, and closure.
- Strong GMP documentation experience covering deviations, investigations, CAPAs, SOPs, and controlled-document revisions.
- Able to interpret process documentation, technical diagrams, and equipment or system information.
- Strong attention to detail, organisation, communication, and cross-functional stakeholder-management skills.
- Willing and able to participate in a 24/7 on-call support rotation.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
- Drug-substance manufacturing experience and knowledge of end-to-end biopharmaceutical processes.
- Hands-on exposure to single-use bags, tubing assemblies, connectors, filters, manifolds, transfer assemblies, or related consumables.
- Experience preparing or interpreting single-use process diagrams and process system diagrams.
- Previous involvement in NPI, technology transfer, facility expansion, manufacturing readiness, or single-use defect investigations.