Pharmaceutical Packaging Technician

Job Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

We’re proud to be an armed forces-friendly place to work and welcome applications from reservists, armed forces veterans (including the wounded, injured and sick), as well as cadet instructors, and military spouses and partners.

If you want to continue to help make our world a safer and healthier place, then apply for the role below and become a part of the extraordinary Eurofins network.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

This is a fulltime, permanent position working 35 hours per week with the following shift patterns:

Shift Pattern 1: Monday – Thursday 07:00 – 15:00 and Friday 07:00 – 12:00.

Shift Pattern 2: Monday – Thursday 08:30 – 16:45 and Friday 08:30 – 12:30.

This scope of work involves supporting the Clinical Supplies Operation (CSO) Packaging team. The individual executing this scope of work will work in close collaboration with Quality and EHS as required.

Job Responsibilities

• Competent experience of start-up, operate and close down primary, secondary and clinical kits production operations in accordance with appropriate SOPs.
• Collaborating with client contacts and working with support to ensure room and equipment cleanliness, material receipt and control, label and product accountability confirmation, automation set-up and correct functioning, conduct in-process tests and post-operation equipment strip down and clean.
• Competent experience constructing clinical trial kits in accordance with strict protocols to maintain blinding integrity.
• Able to independently control and monitor production processes and equipment; resolve problems or correct abnormal conditions, conduct basic troubleshooting and escalate problems appropriately.
• Participate in equipment validation and system user acceptance testing as required.
• Complete electronic batch documentation, equipment log books and other documentation relevant to the production process for all stages of production for both product and labels.
• Fluent working knowledge of relevant electronic system operations, including SAP, temperature monitoring and product stability information systems.
• Competent understanding in following the clients GMP related quality standards of relevant packaging, label authoring, printing, inspecting and logistics environments.
• Fluent understanding in the internal and external regulatory environment pertinent to clinical trials and pharmaceutical development and support internal audits and regulatory inspections.
• Competent understanding in blinding principles and conduct in-process controls to maintain blinding integrity.
• Liaise with Quality groups to ensure appropriate approvals and chain of custody.
• Document data as dictated by current Client policies and procedures.
• Ensure that the client gets the best possible service by continually reviewing best practice in relation to both commercial and quality issues and ensuring 100% ethical work standards.
• Be aware of the client’s requirements and strive to meet or exceed those requirements keeping in mind the client process end points.
• Deal with client queries and contact designated personnel, with appropriate support from onsite leadership with minimal support.
• To ensure that the client’s requirements are fully met or exceeded and in so doing will be flexible to work in any area of the business as is required.
• Document data as dictated by current Client policies and procedures.
• Fluent with and keep up to date with any client based processes and regulatory changes, ensuring their training is complete and adjusting their work as required with approval from the Lead Scientist or client.
• To revise SOPs as required by the Lead Scientist or Client contact.

Qualifications

• Previous experience of working in a Packaging Technician role within a regulated pharmaceutical environment.
• Relevant experience in a packaging pharmaceutical environment.
• Competent experience of constructing clinical trial kits and maintaining blinding integrity.
• Fluent understanding of regulatory processes associated with conducting clinical trials.
• Experienced working in line with GMP with a competent understanding of the processes and documentation that maintain the license to operate.
• Competently navigate and work using fully electronic media, including MS Office and SAP.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal, clearly presenting information to build understanding and strong working relationships.
• Good team player, organized, accurate, with strong documentation skills.
• Good communication skills internally and externally and ability to avoid mistakes that hinder understanding.
• Passionate about quality and customer service.

Additional Information

At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues’ special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.

As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:

• Reward and Recognition
• Health Cash Plan
• Life Assurance (4 times annual salary).
• Company Pension Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential support.
• Free car parking
• Worldwide career opportunities
• Perkbox access for savings on everyday needs and activities.

What Happens Next

Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it\’s important we find the right individuals to join us. You may be invited to an assessment centre or staged interview process depending on the role, to give you insight into working for Eurofins and to showcase your skills and strengths.

Your data: As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.

We embrace diversity. Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity, and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and other characteristics.

Sustainability matters to us. We are working toward carbon neutrality by 2025, through emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage sustainable changes at the local level and rely on our carbon reduction team to support this goal.

Find out more on our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/