Job title: Technical Support Engineer

Location: Queenborough, Kent, ME11 5EL

Aesica, leading pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organisation, have a thrilling position for a sharp and ambitious Technical Support Engineer to join our established Engineering department in Queenborough, Kent.

About the role

You will be providing Engineering improvements and solutions for continues improvement, supporting site Automated Process Control (APC) systems by ensuring that they remain current and compliant with company policy and procedures.

Accountabilities

• Generate Design, Installation and Operational Qualification protocols and reports in accordance with company policies for new and
modified APC systems
• Identify validation requirements for new and modifications to existing validated APC systems in conjunction with the Validation
Specialist/Site Validation Manager.
• Ensure technical support projects and associated validation activities are completed within agreed timescales and to budget.
• Motivate and guide the engineering team on technical and issues.
• Ensure that the technical support team complies with regulatory, cGMP and safety policies highlighting any unsafe or non-compliant
practice.
• Ensure that the site is kept abreast of new control technologies
• Support development projects to explore new ideas and evaluate new technologies and systems in line with Continuous Improvement
Strategy.


Requirements:

Essential
• Apprentice trained in an Engineering discipline
• Wide ranging engineering and production experience preferably in both Chemical and Pharmaceutical production areas
• Automated Process Control

Desirable

• Educated to H.N.C or Degree level
• Validation of pharmaceutical Automated Process Control systems, project management

What we offer

Above all, you can expect a safe, modern, friendly and collaborative working environment. We regularly benchmark ourselves against our industry and we are confident that we offer a competitive salary and benefits packages to all our colleagues.

• Competitive base salary
• 27 days plus statutory holidays
• A defined contribution company pension scheme
• Life assurance (equivalent to four times your salary)
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Childcare vouchers
• All-employee share incentive scheme

We want to provide an environment where our colleagues play an active part in the growth of our business. A challenging but supportive environment where talented people can really grow and take advantage of a wide range of diverse opportunities that we offer.

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Our Values

The culture at Aesica is driven by five core values.
Integrity drives mutual Respect. Integrity and Respect are the basis for Team Work. Integrity, Respect and Team Work promote a Results Driven and Customer Focused culture.

Integrity > Respect > Team Work > Results Driven > Customer Focus

About Aesica

We are a leading pharmaceutical CDMO that delivers the high-quality active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and finished dose formulation development and manufacturing services the industry demands.

Our state-of-the-art facilities are home to around 1,300 colleagues across six development, manufacturing and operational sites in the UK, Germany and Italy. We are particularly proud of the diverse workforce that we have built. It is this healthy mix of experienced pharmaceutical professionals and ambitious talent that helps us deliver on our business promises of expertise and innovation.