Manufacturing Lead Technician in Paignton

Location: On site / Paignton, UK

Job type: Permanent / Full-time

Sector and subsector: Manufacturing | Manufacturing Technician

Annual Salary range: from £33,000.00 to £45,225.00

As a Manufacturing Lead Technician, you will support the Manufacturing Team Leader in the day-to-day coordination and delivery of Manufacturing operations. You will act as a technical and operational expert on the line providing first-line guidance to team members, ensuring adherence to schedule and supporting performance across safety, quality and productivity.

About Torbay Pharmaceuticals:

At TP we have our own special kind of chemistry. Our heritage spans over 50 years with a track record of manufacturing essential medicines across the UK and beyond. We are a growing and ambitious business and with this comes opportunities for our people. Together we can make lives better.

About the Role:

Reporting into the Manufacturing Team Leader, you will play a key role in ensuring efficient execution of Manufacturing operations while maintaining the highest standards of safety and quality while meeting delivery and cost.

First things first – Health & Safety:

• Putting Health & Safety first in how you work, making sure your own actions and decisions support a safe working environment.
• Identifying and promptly reporting Health & Safety hazards and incidents.
• Following all Health & Safety procedures and challenging or escalating anything that could present a risk to people, product or site operations.

What you can expect in the Manufacturing Lead Technician role at TP:

• Continually maintain a safe working environment for colleagues and self.
• Proactively challenge unsafe working practices and behaviours where observed and promote the identification, and expedient resolution of hazards.
• Support the Manufacturing Team Leader in coordinating daily line activities to meet schedules, ensuring lines under their responsibility hit the daily / weekly targets.
• Perform and oversee manufacturing activities and processes of pharmaceutical products according to SOP’s, batch records and cGMP.
• Setup and operation of equipment as set out in SOP’s ensuring first time right execution and meeting standard times.
• Performing reconciliation / accountability and documentation reviews of batches according to cGMP.
• Ensure the accurate capture of data for value stream analysis.
• Ensuring line activities are performed according to cGMP to meet regulatory, customer and commercial expectations.
• First point of contact for escalation and resolution of issues. Troubleshooting to minimise stoppages.
• Documenting product quality incidents and supporting investigations.
• Work collegiately with peers and stakeholders alike ensuring essential cross functional relationships are maintained and leveraged when necessary.
• Proactively support and promote continuous improvement initiatives within own team and across wider business.
• Work with Process Engineering function to implement and maintain 5S workplace management and controls.
• Undertake other reasonable duties that may be required to support the business.

This role is based on-site.

What are we looking for:

• Experience working in a GMP-regulated manufacturing environment.
• Previous experience in manufacturing operations in a regulated environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead or guide colleagues in an operational environment.
• Ability to troubleshoot equipment and process issues effectively.
• Strong attention to detail with a focus on quality and compliance.
• Good communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally.
• Understanding of lean manufacturing principles.
• Able to undertake physical work including lifting, pushing and pulling in line with Health & Safety guidelines.
• Able to stand/walk for the majority of the shift.
• Flexible and willing to work overtime where required.
• Willing to demonstrate consistently the company core values.

What we offer in return:

At the heart of Torbay, we offer roles and career opportunities on your doorstep that you won’t find elsewhere. With defined career pathways, and the chance to move between roles and different departments, we support your career journey at every stage. Our benefits set us apart. With 27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays as standard, group life assurance, pension and more - we reward our people for getting the job done.