Drug Product Delivery Operator

Are you passionate about science and have experience from a GMP regulated environment together with knowledge within drug product delivery? Do you want to use your logistic understanding to ensure that we deliver high value to our early phase clinical trials? Then join our Drug Product Delivery team at AstraZeneca!

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. We truly understand science and use our unique scientific capabilities to deliver what we believe to be one of the most productive pipelines in the industry. If your passion is science and you want to be part of a team that makes a bigger impact on patients' lives, then there's no better place to be.

We are now offering an exciting opportunity for a talented individual to join us in the role as a Drug Product Delivery Operator. The role is based at AstraZeneca's dynamic R&D site in Gothenburg, Sweden and you will be part of the Pack & Label team within Drug Product Delivery.

Drug Product Delivery (DPD) within Pharmaceutical Technology & Development (PT&D) is the sole internal AstraZeneca department that packs, labels and distributes investigational medicinal products to clinical trial patients. We support launched, pre-launched and products under development within all our therapeutic areas. We work in a faced paced environment where flexibility and agility enable us to deliver high value to early phase clinical trials.


What you'll do

The Drug Product Delivery Operator role will be an operational flexible role within DPD's three operational skill areas: Material Management, Pack & Label and Distribution, mainly focusing on Pack & Label including equipment responsibility and validation.

The daily operational work is manual or automated primary packaging, printing of labels, labelling of bottles/vials, secondary packaging and equipment responsibility including qualification/documentation tasks.

As a Drug Product Delivery Operator, you will:

* Perform and document all the operational work according to written procedures with manual and/or automated systems/equipment.
* Be engaged in the development and improvement of internal processes and manage deviations.
* Contribute to the DPD organization applying your expertise in a complex and regulated environment.
* Be responsible for writing procedures within own skill areas and will be responsible for related training and compliance activities.
* As required, you will maintain defined facilities or equipment according to standards and be proactive to contribute to projects/activities through applying specialist knowledge within appropriate areas.

Essential requirements

* BSc/MSc in chemistry/pharmacy/engineering or equivalent experience and proven experience within pharmaceutical development
* Demonstrated ability to work with teams in a culturally diverse, complex and changing environment most internally but to some extent externally
* Knowledge / expertise in working with automated/semi-automated equipment in an operational environment
* Curious and innovative mindset with problem solving ability - resolve issues with minimal guidance
* Good written and verbal English communication and understanding

Desirable requirements

* Understanding of principles, applications and management of Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) in an R&D environment
* Technical validation expertise from a GMP regulated environment.
* Understanding the disciplines in Drug Product Delivery, Supply Chain and Pharmaceutical development in order to contribute to an effective Supply Chain organization



About AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca is a global biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases. At AstraZeneca, we're proud to have a workplace culture that inspires innovation and collaboration. Here, you would express diverse perspectives, contribute to an energized environment and provide creative ideas - and be rewarded for this.

Our stunning campus in Gothenburg is one of AstraZeneca's three strategic science centers. The site is home to over 2,500 employees, from 50 different nationalities. Gothenburg includes the complete range of functions, and as such offers plenty of development opportunities for a wide range of professionals. Our science teams in Gothenburg collaborate with academic and industry partners in Sweden and globally. And the site itself has been designed with collaboration in mind. From the Coffee Lab to exercise areas, we've built a series of environments where innovation can happen.

What's next!
Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table and be part of our excellent team - apply today and we'll make it happen together! We welcome your application no later than April 4th, 2022.