Process Technologist

Job title: Process Technologist
Job type: Initial 6 month contract + extensions
Location: County Durham, North East England
Salary: 15 to 18/hour contract rate

Our client is a global pharmaceutical company with a manufacturing site in County Durham. This particular site focusses on the manufacture of topical products such as creams, gels and ointment

We have an exciting opportunity to join the company on a long term contract basis starting in Dec 2012

Duties will involve the completion of activities concerned with supporting current business or supporting the introduction of new products, processes and equipment into production, primarily focused on development, scale up and tech transfer activities

Key Responsibilities:

-Organisation of manufacturing, filling and packaging development trials and validation

activities
- Operation and cleaning of pilot scale manufacturing equipment
-Development of robust manufacturing, filling and cleaning processes
-Physical testing of laboratory samples and interpretation of generated data
-Preparation of documents and reports
-Use of problem solving techniques to resolve issues and develop suitable processes
-Interaction with a variety of business functions such as QA, Regulatory and Production
-Collation, recording and analysis of experimental data

Candidate Requirements:

-Knowledge of manufacturing, tech transfer and production processes
-Graduate calibre preferably in a Science degree or related scientific subject
-Extensive experience in a solid dose, liquid inhalations or topical manufacturing environment
-Experience in a similar FMCG role will also be considered
-Experience in a technical, manufacturing or quality function
-A team player with a flexible approach who is able to make informed decisions when faced with

aggressive timescales
-Ability to present information, both written and verbally, in a clear and accurate manner
-Appreciation of Safety and Quality requirements and good working knowledge of GMP

For more information on this position please contact James Harvey at Gold Group on , or send your CV

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