Associate Scientist Drug Product Manufacture

6-month consulting assignment starting August 30th

Hays Specialist Recruitment is now looking to recruit one Associate Scientist for Drug Product Manufacture to AstraZeneca in Gothenburg for initially a 6-month consulting contract. This role is at entry level and require a completed high school degree (gymnasieexamen) preferably in natural science. If you have experience from the industry that is a strong merit. Send your application in English no later than June 16th. Starting date is set for August 30th.

Your new company
AstraZeneca (AZ) is a major international healthcare business engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of prescription pharmaceuticals and the supply of healthcare services. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. At AZ, we're proud to have a unique workplace culture that inspires innovation and collaboration. Here, employees are empowered to express diverse perspectives - and are made to feel valued, energized and rewarded for their ideas and creativity.

The Arena
Pharmaceutical Sciences is accountable for the design and development of synthetic routes, preclinical and phase I/II formulations, analytical methods and CMC project leadership needed to support early clinical trials, encompassing both small molecules and new modalities such as microRNA, messenger RNA and antisense oligonucleotides, across the whole range of AZ's therapeutic areas.

EPDM (Early Product development and manufacture) Manufacturing Teams are situated in Gothenburg and manufacture investigational products (oral solution/suspension, parenteral solutions, capsules, tablets and inhalers). We supply AZ clinical studies (mainly phase I/II) around the globe and is a vital part of the Pharmaceutical Sciences organisation.

The Role
At EPDM, in the Manufacturing Teams, you will make an important contribution in delivering clinical results in the development of new medicines. This role revolves around the manufacturing of drug product according to regulatory requirements in a full GxP setting where all activities below will have a significant impact on the speed, quality and cost of the AZ development portfolio.

We expect the successful candidate to:
* Ensure that SHE (Safety Health and Environment) and GMP standards are upheld and ensure AZ Policies and Standards are understood and followed.
* Collaboratively support ongoing manufacturing activities, working hands on with the product in appointed manufacturing steps according to internal standards and regulations.
* Flexibly shift between different tasks and projects in the manufacturing area supporting prioritized activities.
* Understand and act on the responsibility/accountability associated with working in a GxP setting under a regulatory framework. Recording manufacturing and validation data accurately according to GxP.
* Work with material management, supporting ongoing manufacturing activities, and upholding the right level of available consumables. This by performing transactions in Warehouse Management System through the associated IT-systems.
* Have the potential to work with documentative and administrative tasks. Updating documents and guidelines under supervision by coworkers.
* Identify improvement initiatives or work with appointed tasks to improve flexibility and efficiency.

Experience/requirements
We are looking for an Associate Scientist with excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to operate both independently and in teams to strongly contribute to the delivery of a vast portfolio of investigational medicinal products.Experience from pharmaceutical development or working in a manufacturing, supply chain or health care organisation or with GxP or similar framework is a strong merit. You display excellent verbal communication and documentative skills, both in English and Swedish. You thrive In a collaborative team setting, you are very thorough in your work and quality driven.