Process Technologist

Site Name: UK - County Durham - Barnard Castle
Posted Date: Mar 1 2024
GSK Barnard Castle is a key secondary manufacturing site and has invested heavily in industry 4.0 state of the art, bespoke equipment to support sustained new product introductions and volume increases, and as a key supplier of some of GSK’s blockbuster products, the site contributes revenues of :$2Bn annually.
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As a Process Technologist, you will work as part of a team supporting the production area providing a technical service. This will involve provision of a New Production Introduction, troubleshooting, working on technical projects & supply of technical data. Your role will span work undertaken in the laboratory, Pilot Plant & production environments. All work must be conducted in compliance with specified GMP and EHS standards.
In this role you will…

• Support project activity relevant to the dosage form and spearhead cross functional teams either for a small project or sub-projects while providing regular updates to your Team Lead on all matters regarding the project(s) you are responsible for.
• Understand GPS / Lean principles and with support be able to use the tools and techniques as required.
• Demonstrate agile thinking and manage and deliver multiple technical priorities.
• Act as a point contact and provide an effective troubleshooting service for the specific production areas of the Product Stream. Provide support for root cause analysis of material/ product/ processing/ cleaning issues and rapid resolution. Where required using multiple sources of data and data interpretation methods.
• Undertake self-audits on a regular basis and participate in internal Safety and Quality audits to ensure implementation of the required technical and GMP standards is uniform throughout.
  

Why you? 
Basic Qualifications & Skills:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Relevant degree or equivalent.
• An enthusiastic approach to pharmaceutical process development and the ability to effectively communicate, both written and verbal, in a clear and accurate manner.
  

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply:

• Pharmaceutical experience in a technical, manufacturing or quality function.
  

Closing Date for Applications: 15th March 2024
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GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.
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