Formulation Development Technician

Salary: £15.96 per hour

We are recruiting for a Development Technician to join our expanding Technical Services Team.

You will be supporting Formulation Scientists who develop new oral solid dose formulations to support clinical studies, followed by process development and scale up to successfully launch these new medicines to the market.

We would like to hear from you if you have previous experience of working in a GMP production environment within pharmaceuticals or a similar regulated industry such as food or cosmetics and would like to develop your technical skills. Or you may be a graduate scientist who would like to apply your scientific knowledge in a practical setting.

We offer a comprehensive and ongoing training programme, a friendly and supportive team environment, and an attractive Monday to Friday rotating shift pattern.

As a Development Technician, you will be:

• Working in the pilot plant to carry out trials on new and existing products.
• Manufacturing small scale clinical trial batches and assisting with the development of solid dose formulations.
• Supervision and/or production of technical batches in the factory and assisting in transferring and training out the processes from the Pilot Plant to Manufacturing.
• Providing prompt and effective technical support to Manufacturing.

We would like to hear from you if your background, experience, and skills include:

• Experience of working in the Pharmaceutical Industry or similar regulated environment i.e., Food or Cosmetics OR a degree in related subject i.e., chemistry with interest in applying this knowledge in a practical industry setting
• Good working knowledge of GMP
• Proven track record in pharmaceutical manufacturing techniques is desirable but not essential
• Knowledge of characterization of physical attributes of formulated dosage forms desirable but not essential
• Ability to interpret data from bench scale trials and provide recommendations for improvements desirable but not essential
• Self-motivated and able to be trusted to work unsupervised when necessary
• Patience and perseverance when tackling problems
• Attention to detail
• Effective communicator with colleagues at all levels within the business
• Good written English skills as you will need to follow detailed written instructions and record and process complete technical documents (e.g., Trial BMRs, SOPs, summaries of trial results)
• Good numeracy skills as you will need to complete simple mathematical calculations
• Good team player

Our benefits package includes:

• 23 days holiday (increasing to 25) plus 8 UK bank holidays
• Group personal pension scheme
• Annual profit related company and individual bonus payment based on successful performance
• Life assurance at twice annual salary
• Health Plan with Simply Health including access to a GP or Counselling Services 24/7, discounted prescriptions, money back on optical, dental and physiotherapy
• Ride to work scheme
• Subsidised Gym Membership
• Employee Referral Scheme bonus of £1,000
• Free parking on site, Ideally located for transport links via A27, main Brighton & Hove bus routes or main line railway station
• Staff canteen on site with free tea and coffee

About Custom Pharma Services (CPS)

Custom Pharma Services is an established contract development and manufacturing organisation with a broad portfolio of commercial and development products and has a proven track record of designing and developing new oral solid dose formulations to support clinical studies, followed by process development and scale up to successfully launch these new products. Our ‘Clinical to Commercial’ offering is achieved through an integrated new product development and introduction system that ensures we have a Flexible, Agile and Streamlined approach to deliver on Time and meet our customers’ expectations.

Custom is a great place to work where teamwork and support is encouraged, where every individual is valued and supported to achieve their full potential because if you can, then Custom Can!

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

Successful candidates will be required to complete a basic disclosure check.

Salary: Hourly rate starting from £15.96 (Annual salary £27,671.90) including 14% shift allowance
Location: Hove, BN3 3LW
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Rotating Monday to Friday shift pattern (40 hours per week)

Early shift 6.00am to 2.00pm Mon to Thurs. 6.00am to 1.00pm Friday and
Late shift 2.00pm to 10.15pm Monday to Thursday and 12.45pm to 7.45pm Friday

You may have experience of the following: Manufacturing Engineer, Production Engineer, Operations Engineer, Production Operative, Manufacturing Technician, Oral Solid Dose, Pharmaceutical Production Technician, Service Technician, Multi-Skilled Technician, Multi-Skilled Engineer, OSD, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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