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Opportunity:
An exciting opportunity has been created due to company growth. My client a global pharmaceutical manufacturing company is looking to recruit a Production Manufacturing Technician based in Oxford where you will be working in a Grade B and Grade C GMP clean room manufacturing environment making TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition) as allocated on the production planning system to cGMP and ISO standards.
The working hours will be Monday to Friday on a weekly rotating shifts of 7.00 am - 3.00 pm 1 week and then 10.00 am – 6.00 pm the following week.
Duties and responsibilities include:

  • To assemble raw materials and ingredients for compounding sterile products.
  • To manufacture live saving products in accordance to approved Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) manually and using a compounder.
  • To assist in the preparation of sterile products, their labelling, packaging and dispatch.
  • To replenish stock and rotate stock.
  • To perform visual inspection of finished products.
  • Ensure a high quality of service to the customer and adhere to Health and Safety requirements and company procedures.
  • To perform and record all cleaning for the equipment, areas of work and supplies as and when required as defined in the relevant SOP’s and in accordance with the principles of Good Manufacturing Practice.
  • Ensure adequate and appropriate stocks of equipment and supplies.
  • Perform pre-compounding, compounding and post-compounding checks.
    This is a full time permanent job opportunity paying a salary between £25,000 - £26,744.52 per annum with excellent benefits including bonus, Life insurance, Pension, share options, and 25 days holiday plus bank holidays on top.
    Skills:
    To apply for the role of GMP Production Manufacturing Technician you will have the following:
  • GCSE English and Maths – Grade C or above.
  • Ideally pharmaceutical / medical device GMP production / manufacturing / operator experience, in a clean room environment.
  • PC literate and numerate.
    How to Apply:
    To apply for this one off opportunity, please send a word copy of your CV to me now by clicking on the Apply button or call me for a confidential chat. Please ensure you have read and agree to our Privacy Policy which can be found on the Quality Start website.
    If this sounds like the role for you or a colleague then please don’t hesitate to contact us. If we manage to successfully fill a permanent placement from your recommendation then we will send you a cheque of £300. We also have many incentive schemes for referring contractors/temp staff so please contact us with the referral and we can provide you with more information.
    For a list of our current vacancies, please visit the Quality Start website.
    If you do not hear from Quality Start within 2 weeks your CV has not been short listed for this role.
    Quality Start are acting as a specialist recruitment consultancy for this role

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