Associate Maintenance Manager

Macclesfield, United Kingdom

Competitive Salary and Benefits

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In all, 50 different medicines are produced here. Our people are extremely proud and motivated to contribute to life-changing medicines that impact people’s health across the world! Be encouraged and supported to think creatively in our dynamic environment. Here we are free from fear of failure, free to ask the right questions and make bold decisions.

Pharmaceutical Sciences is a department within AstraZeneca’s Biopharmaceutical R&D unit. The vision for Pharmaceutical Sciences is to deliver the therapies of the future through scientific leadership in drug delivery, design of synthetic routes and manufacturing of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) and drug product. Our portfolio of projects includes traditional small molecules, nucleotide-based therapies, and nanomedicines across AstraZeneca’s therapy areas.

We currently have an exciting opportunity in Pharmaceutical Sciences for highly motivated individuals in the area of early drug substance manufacturing. We are looking for enthusiastic and highly capable Engineer to join our Early Chemical Development (ECD) team in Macclesfield, UK to work within our GMP kilo lab (Large Scale Lab). You will work closely with manufacturing chemists, engineering technicians and engineers to drive compliance, delivery and innovation within one of our manufacturing assets, including collaboration with other manufacturing assets across the Macclesfield Campus.

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Role specifics
The role of the Associate Maintenance Manager is to provide key aspects of technical & improvement support to the Large Scale Lab (LSL), a GMP Kilo Lab Manufacturing Facility, in a number of areas including: providing technical expertise, customer service, people and asset development and support, managing change and continuous improvement of maintenance operations, facility and equipment performance to deliver increased processing availability, flexibility and capability. This will be achieved through the application of technical aptitude, engineering tools, systematic processes and best practices.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Improving asset availability, equipment performance, reliability and robustness using a variety of processes, tools and techniques.
• Working with LSL chemists, technicians and support staff to integrate maintenance, improvement and production activities through effective planning and communication.
• Delivering improvements from the area improvement plans ensuring risks for assets/processes are prioritised and handled effectively.
• Supporting the engineering team in sustaining fully compliant assets (SHE/GMP regulatory and statutory compliance).
• Reviewing the overall performance of both the asset and the engineering team using data (e.g. Monitoring processes, SAP, critical metrics etc) to identify and resolve systematic weaknesses & respond to signals.
• Providing technical and strategic support to technicians and chemists with asset issues, breakdowns and deviations from defined standards including investigating, planning and implementing corrective and preventative measures after the event.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, representing your own department and area of expertise.
• Present information for discussion at project teams and across other functions.
• Assess, review and report data from own work with a clear understanding of its reliability and interpret findings and draw authoritative conclusions and recommendations so that the significance can be appreciated
• Lead own work to achieve project targets in a timely fashion and to agreed quality standards by applying technical knowledge and expertise

Essential criteria

• Relevant technical/engineering degree or HNC level and/or qualified by experience.
• Knowledge of procedures and compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) & Safety, Health and Environment requirements (SHE).
• Good understanding of engineering principles.
• Relevant experience of assets & process improvement practices within a highly regulated environment.
• Strong review and analysis of data skills and technical report writing.
• Understanding of relevant Engineering and Maintenance Standards.
• Ensure that work is in accordance with appropriate Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) guidelines, quality, and compliance standards, e.g., GMP

Desirable criteria

• Professional Engineer or working to professional status.
• Experience with data analysis and delivery of improvement initiatives
• Understanding of Maintenance Excellence/ Change Management principles.
• Project and business process management experience.
• Experience in equipment qualification.
• Awareness of working in potentially explosive atmospheres (DSEAR regs /ATEX directive).

At AstraZeneca, we 're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash 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. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth, and development.

So, what’s next?

Complete your application before the below closing date.

This role is open from 16/10/2023, we encourage your application no later than 30/10/2023

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