Packing Specialist

Summary

Referred to internally as "Value Stream S
pecialist - Packing"
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Salary:
£36,600

Shift Details:
Late shift 2.00 pm pm Monday - Thursday pm Friday (nine-day fortnight). Yes, we work a nine-day fortnight with every other Friday off.

Based at our Skipton, North Yorkshire manufacturing site.
Please only apply if you live within commuting distance of Skipton.
We are Dechra, a growing, global specialist within the world of veterinary pharmaceuticals. Our expertise is in the development, manufacture, marketing and sales of high-quality products exclusively for veterinarians worldwide.

The role
To provide technical, operational, and compliance support to ensure that all pharmaceutical manufacturing/packing processes run efficiently, safely, and in line with GMP, quality, and business objectives.

Other responsibilities include:

• Act as the subject matter expert (SME) for day-to-day manufacturing and packing operations within the department.
• Support batch manufacture across formulation, filling, and packaging, ensuring adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards
• Train operators and technicians on procedures, best practices, and GMP expectations.
• Maintain training records and verify operator competency within the area of responsibility.
• Deliver shift briefings and ensure effective communication both ways with the shopfloor.
• Advocate on the shopfloor for employee engagement and people plan initiatives to create a positive working culture.
• Support the onboarding of new team members.
• Promote and uphold site safety culture - actively participate in safety walks, risk assessments, and incident reviews.
• Ensure all manufacturing activities are performed in accordance with EHS policies and permit conditions.
• Drive strong housekeeping standards to maintain a safe working environment.
• Ensure team's adherence to risk assessments and input to updates where required.
• Promote active participation in hazard identification and resolution of open hazards.
• Prepare and review batch documentation, logbooks, and electronic records to ensure data integrity.
• Assisting in updating and completing GMP documentation such as SOP's and BMR'S.
• Troubleshoot process deviations to maintain compliance and ensure non-conformances are managed and documented appropriately.
• Escalate any non-conformances, contributing to the investigation and closure of deviations and corrective & preventative (CAPA) actions.
• Drive right first time (RFT) execution through operator coaching and real-time support on the shop floor.
• Support preparation and execution of internal and external audits from document control through to housekeeping standards.
• Troubleshoot equipment issues to minimise downtime and maintain schedule adherence.
• Support plan delivery through effective resource and process management,
• Ensure completion of short interval control (SIC) sheets to ensure details available for data analysis for overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency, maximise output and drive schedule adherence.
• Completion of Oracle transactions to ensure recovery plan adherence.
• Drive live yield optimisation to reduce waste during production.
• Reduce batch rejects through CAPA closure and improvement of RFT.
• Provide production support and process oversight by acting as the subject matter expert (SME) for day-to-day operations within the department.
• Support batch manufacture across formulation, filling, and packaging, ensuring adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards
• Support Tier meetings and work cross-functionally to drive shift performance.
• Champion safety, quality and productivity improvements, encouraging all team members to come forward with ideas and supporting them to implement them, where this is possible.
• Contribute to improvement projects, CAPEX and NPD workstreams as required.

Measurement of success

• Right first time and deviation closure rates
• Compliance with GMP and EHS standards
• OEE and yield performance
• Training completion and competency verification
• Engagement in improvement initiatives

What makes you awesome
A self-motivated, enthusiastic individual who can support the shopfloor and work well within a team environment. Ability to deliver day-to-day production activities whilst remaining compliant under a regulated environment and supporting improvements.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Experience of low to medium volume production, manual/semi-automated processes
• Good knowledge and understanding of Health & Safety compliance
• Proven industry experience from a highly regulated GMP production facility,
• A working knowledge and practical experience of pharmaceutical manufacture, and the ability to manage time and workload effectively
• Ability to communicate effectively, both within the production team and cross-functionally.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Knowledge of computerised systems such as Oracle.
• Ability to conduct some data analysis to determine improvement projects.
• A working knowledge and practical experience of continuous improvement methodologies.
• Proven ability to lead projects and teams.

Reasons to Join

• £36,600 salary - £19.55 per hour equivalent
• Average 36-hour working week (with a day off every other Friday)
• Plenty of training and development opportunities
• 22.5 days annual leave + Bank holidays
• Option to buy a week's holiday each year
• 8% Employer Pension Contribution
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Free access to the Headspace App
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Healthcare cash plan
• Free on-site parking and electric charging

We look forward to receiving your application.