Production Technical Specialist

About us

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join an award winning, market leading and family owned business that serves customers, patients and medical professionals. The Pharmaxo group operates within the pharmaceutical aseptic compounding, clinical homecare and pharmacy services sectors. Through our scientific research and technology capabilities, the team continues to develop innovative methods to improve our products and services. We are located in a modern manufacturing and office facility in Corsham Science Park in Wiltshire, just 5 miles from Chippenham and 8 miles from Bath. The Pharmaxo Group comprises of:

Bath ASU which produces thousands of aseptically compounded injectable pharmaceutical products each day for hospitals and patients across the UK who are fighting cancer, living with chronic disease or in need of pain relief.

Pharmaxo Healthcare which is a growing clinical homecare provider in an expanding market offering greater convenience to patients whilst delivering efficiencies to the NHS.

Pharmaxo Scientific holds and develops intellectual property, which is currently licensed to the group s other operating subsidiaries.

Your role

Reporting to the Head of Operational Excellence & Technical at Bath ASU, this role will be responsible for ensuring the production processes run smoothly and efficiently.

The job holder will be working with all other support functions to deliver significant performance improvements in People, Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost. They will balance their workload with day-to-day problem solving and long-term, larger-scale process improvements, flow, and equipment improvements.

Your duties & responsibilities

Own problem solving to ensure our processes are capable, repeatable, and reliableAnalyse and collect data to make problems visibleUtilise formal problem-solving techniques appropriate for the type of problem to solveRun multiple practical problem solving and six sigma projects concurrentlyDetermine root cause and robust countermeasuresOwn the implementation of countermeasuresRevise SOPs with the latest best practicesAssist with the updates of training material for the same best practicesPlay an active part in improvement activities within the Quality Management SystemDrive improvements through the Change Control process to ensure compliance throughoutConduct Value Stream Design events to improve material and information flowImplement the lean guidelines to eliminate wasteBalance flow and workload through implementation of level-loading techniquesReduce errors in the manufacturing process, eliminating the need for remakesReduce scrap costs in line with budgetUse statistical analysis to improve process capabilityWorking across functions, play an integral role in the adoption of new equipment and Capex proposalsAssist with the documentation of planned maintenance activities, the planning of deep clean schedules and the timely upkeep of all validationsIdentify and drive changes in the bespoke production / IT systems for improved business processesInitiate and revise production documentation to standards that are clear and executableCreate flow through implementation of lean manufacturing techniquesTarget improvements in Right First TimeWork with our production, IT, and maintenance systems to ensure compliance and look for new opportunitiesManage projects across functions to ensure the delivery of improvements on time, in budget and maintaining complianceProvide an exemplary technical service to the production teamAct as a champion for change, and a role model for lean manufacturing and the adoption of six sigmaEnsure principles of GMP are always appliedBe a member of the on call team on a rota basis This job description is not intended to be exhaustive. The post holder will be required to be flexible and take on projects and responsibilities as the company grows.

Benefits

Salary of GBP45,000 per annum Annual leave of 25 days + bank holidays (increasing to 27 days after 3 years service) Annual company bonus scheme (subject to scheme eligibility) Pension - you will be auto-enrolled after 3 months of employment at 5% (with an employer contribution of 4%). You can also opt to increase your contribution to 6% to which the employer will contribute 8%. Life assurance 10 x salary with a max of GBP300,000 Access to Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and virtual GP service By clicking apply you will be taken to our careers page to complete your application.