OUR PLACEMENTS

Placement summary

Symbiosis is a contract pharmaceutical manufacturing business, based in Stirling. We are now looking to recruit three graduates with a background in life sciences. Each graduate will work on a discrete project, all of which are part of a wider business efficiency strategy. These roles will cover areas such as technical data capture, microbiological monitoring and inventory management. These placements are for 12 months initially.

Job description

Project Description

We are looking for three graduates to work on projects covering the following areas of our manufacturing processes, all of which are connected to a wider business efficiency project. You must have a firm interest in life sciences and be appropriately qualified. These roles provide an outstanding opportunity to put your recently acquired skills/knowledge to good use in an environment which will be challenging but will also be career defining.

• Technical data capture, analysis and trending, specifically with regard to manufacturing process refinement, such as final visual inspection. This facilitates product QA release.
• Microbiological monitoring and environmental controls, data handling and analysis, specifically with regard to manufacturing cleanroom process operations.
• Inventory management and product documentation handling with regard to receipt of pharmacopeial grade, manufacturing starting materials and at the front end of manufacturing processes.

The roles will report to the Manufacturing Team Leader.

Placement Objectives

The Manufacturing Technician placements will participate in the entire process of the manufacture of aseptic products, from ordering of raw materials to the dispatch of the finished pharmaceutical product for clinical trial use.

Role Description

Main Tasks:

• Undertake receipt and booking in of raw materials, components and the materials for use in manufacturing
• Prepare for sterilisation components and consumables for use in manufacturing
• Set up the clean room and equipment in preparation for manufacturing
• Undertake routine in-use monitoring of clean room
• Preparation and filter bulk drug solutions, including undertaking filter integrity testing as part of the manufacturing process
• Prepare the finished product for shipment and co-ordinate its dispatch with courier
• General house-keeping and maintenance of the facility in an audit-ready’ state at all times
• Participate in training sessions
• Maintain a clean and safe work place in accordance with GMP and Health & Safety guidance
• Participate in the continued improvement of systems within the facility to ensure efficient and timely manufacturing process
• Detect problems as they develop and communicate effectively to Manufacturing Team Lead
• Assist in the undertaking of reviews associated with Corrective Action/Preventative Action (CAPA), deviations (including investigations and out of specifications)
• Participate in internal, external and client audits
• Get involved in any other reasonable duties as required by the business/people manager

Qualifications

Life Sciences related degree would be ideal for these placements

Skills / Experience

Essential Skills

• Ability to follow and complete manufacturing documentation accurately
• Effective communication skills
• Flexible and adaptable team player
• Established personal management skills
• Can work effectively as part of a team as well as on an individual basis

Desirable Skills

• Previous experience of a GMP controlled cleanroom
• Understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing environment

Benefits

Placement benefits

As part of ScotGrad Graduate Placement Programme, the successful candidate will have access to a free three day business and employability skills residential course and also benefit from ongoing support from the ScotGrad team throughout the duration of the placement.

Additional information

Location: Stirling

Planned interview date: TBC

This placement may result in a permanent employment afterwards

Preferred start date: 6th June 2016

Company information

We were established in 2011 to meet specific client expectations of offering flexible, responsive, transparent and timely sterile contract manufacturing, whilst maintaining the high levels of technical and quality excellence required by regulatory bodies.

The decision to create Symbiosis was driven by the need to address specific gaps highlighted in the sterile drug product manufacturing marketplace. In essence, our aim was to create a business model that delivered the value of saving clients’ drug development time by offering shorter lead times to manufacturing slots and product release.

With the above in mind, the shareholders and board of directors assembled a team of experts that understood what a modern, flexible, small-scale manufacturing filling facility needed to encompass. Since then, our company’s reputation has grown based on our manufacturing expertise and operational flexibility, which allows us to tailor process solutions to meet the individual requirements of our clients’ project.

As the demand for biological products and more agile clinical manufacturing grows, we are well-placed to assist clients developing new drug products.

As a business, we are always striving to deliver service excellence and build mutually beneficial, long- term relationships with our clients based on agreed goals and shared objectives. Our goal to ensure the success of those relationships is to exceed your expectation first time, every time.

By definition, symbiotic relationships go beyond the individual agenda. That philosophy led us to call the company ’Symbiosis’

Company sector: Life Sciences

Company website: www.symbiosis-pharma.com