Why Patients Need You
Our breakthroughs would not make it to the hands of patients without our pharmaceutical manufacturing team. We rely on a team of dedicated and agile members, who understand the importance and impact of their role in Pfizer’s mission. Patients need colleagues like you who take pride in their work and always look to improve outcomes. You will help to ensure that patients and physicians have the medicines they need, when they need them.
What You Will Achieve
Your expertise in the manufacturing domain will help you in communicating and directing the activities of employees in the production areas in an effective manner. You will be entrusted with addressing deviations to process problems in the production areas and manage timely equipment maintenance. You will ensure current Good Manufacturing Practices compliance, meet area performance measures, and promote employee training.
As an associate, your focus on the job will contribute in achieving project tasks and goals. Through your domain knowledge and commitment, you will create a collaborative teaming environment for your colleagues.
It is your hard work and focus that will help in making Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.
How You Will Achieve It
- Contribute to completion of project milestones and organize own work to meet project task deadlines.
- Respond to safety related items and assures corrective actions are taken when necessary.
- Responsible for identifying and implementing efficiency, safety, quality and cost improvements on equipment and processes.
- Promote cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices) compliance within the workplace by following site cGMP procedures.
- Assures standard operating procedures are updated and adhered.
- Develop appropriate metrics and action plans to ensure customer/business needs are met.
- Manage supervision of inspection, reconciliation or dispensing and receivals of components.
- Apply project management skills to lead and participate in cross-functional teams to deliver objectives on time.
We are seeking a highly motivated person as Manufacturing Engineer in our Drug Product Manufacturing (DPM) facility in Sandwich, UK. The successful candidate will learn and actively support a wide range of process development and manufacturing activities for clinical drug product supplies. Primary accountability is in performing daily manufacturing activities for oral solid dosage forms. Additionally, the colleague will contribute to the development of DPM technology capabilities by supporting novel process development and process understanding studies. The focus in the SDM will be on batch-process manufacturing for tablet and capsule formulations. The successful candidate must demonstrate strong teamwork dynamics when interfacing with various groups (e.g., Operations, Quality, Tech Support) and a continuous improvement mindset.
Manufacturing Tasks
- Accountable for assisting technicians with manufacture of clinical and development batches of solid dosage forms using conventional or novel processes. (primary activity)
- Includes equipment setup, manufacturing, equipment tear-down and cleaning.
- Perform in-process operational checks associated with clinical manufacturing (examples include Solid Fraction Determination and Disintegration testing).
- Troubleshooting / manufacturing assistance during manufacture
- Provide “hands-on” training for Manufacturing Technicians and contribute to department technical/GMP/safety training
- Assist with Equipment Lifecycle Management activities:
- Site Acceptance testing, Qualification, Validation
- Coordinate PM/Cal activities for the process rooms and equipment with associated groups
- Ordering of associated tooling and change parts
- Assist continuous improvement initiatives throughout the manufacturing workstream and act as a change agent to incorporate improvements.
- Ensure all operations are executed according to Pfizer and OSHA safety standards.
- Capture and disseminate detailed post-manufacturing feedback.
Project Tasks
- Make recommendations for continuous improvement opportunities with regards to safety, quality, and efficiency.
- Present to partner lines during pre and post manufacturing reviews, highlighting critical manufacturing information.
- Use Pivision, Spotfire, and other software tools to create relevant dashboards and knowledge management tools
- Assist the creation and control of GMP batch documentation:
- Prepare the development of batch records, working these, and reviewing executed batch records
- Provide batch record feedback to Drug Product Manufacturing Leads.
- Development of operational processes/systems and associated standard operation procedures (SOPs)
- Identify and aid the resolution of quality concerns; may assist with investigation reports in the quality system.
Role requires a Sandwich site presence. The job requires the operation of manufacturing equipment in the SDM area. Standing, bending, climbing, reaching and lifting upward of 55 pounds may be required. Personal Protective Equipment such as gloves, a full Tyvek suit and breathable air and/or filtering face piece is often required.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Bachelor's Degree
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office programs, including MS Project or equivalent
- BS degree in chemical/bio-medical /mechanical engineering or equivalent.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong stakeholder management skills and accountability in day-to-day interactions with an operational focus on business goals, customers and process required
- Suitable comprehension of engineering and manufacturing operations including; processing, instruments, controls and mechanical aspects of pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment and associated services is preferred.
- Demonstrated competency using Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, and additional software
- Experience with data visualization software (i.e. Spotfire, Pivision, or Tableau) is preferred.
Nice-to-Have
- Pharmaceutical experience in Operations, Engineering
Work Location: On Premise, Sandwich (Kent)
All UK applicants must have the relevant authorisation to live and work in the UK.
Purpose
Breakthroughs that change patients' lives... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.
Digital Transformation Strategy
One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.
Flexibility
We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Let’s start the conversation!
Equal Employment Opportunity
We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms – allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.
DisAbility Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and we encourage you to put your best self forward with the knowledge and trust that we will make any reasonable adjustments necessary to support your application and future career. Our mission is unleashing the power of our people, especially those with unique superpowers. Your journey with Pfizer starts here!
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