Managing the operation of an assigned shift in terms of production, quality, cost, delivery, technical, safety, and human resources, whilst respecting the defined goals. Manage all aspects of the shift through collaborative working with the other Shift Managers for delivering, and where possible, exceeding, the key performance indicators within the operation. Act independently at the organisational level, making appropriate decisions to keep to delivery timelines, safety, and progress of the shift/department.

Responsible for:

5-10 Direct reports – Production Team Leaders/Supervisors
Indirect reports – Up to 40
Managing production shift
Managing and controlling production shop floor activities
Maintaining a safe production work environment
Partake in creating production plans.
Executing production plans
Developing employee skills and capabilities
Maintaining Production KPIs

Principle Responsibilities:

Production Planning and Scheduling
Shop floor supervision
Functional Leadership Team Management
Budgetary Management
Continuous Product and Process Improvement
Customer Relations and Communications –
Quality – Responsible for ensuring the strict adherence to established quality standard and the manufacture of products to required quality specification.
Health and Safety – Have an in depth understanding of the health and safety requirements directly relevant to the production process and physical plant.
Reporting – Develop and manage appropriate KPIs for upward reporting.

Qualifications, Knowledge Experience:

BSc. in any science field (preferably chemistry) is desirable.

Manufacturing experience in the pharmaceutical, fine chemical, or biotech industries with process development exposure.

Significant people management experience in a manufacturing environment.

Demonstrable experience in developing employees' skills

Significant experience of pilot scale API, fine chemicals synthesis, including scale up and improvement of the chemical processes.

Demonstrable experience in process improvement methodologies and their implementation.

Other requirements:

Ability to think strategically whilst attentive to detail. Nimble minded.

Commercial focussed

Able to multi-task, managing multiple different projects at a time.

Infrequent travel to other Astrea locations.

What we can offer

Enhanced parental leave
Contributory pension Private Medical Cover
Dr@Hand
Dental Insurance
Cycle to work scheme
Life Assurance
Income Protection
Health and Wellbeing Support through Mental health First Aiders and Employee Assistance programme

About Astrea Bioseparations
Astrea Bioseparations Ltd is a global bioseparations company specializing in the research, development, and manufacture of advanced bioseparation products including chromatography adsorbents and columns. Astrea Bioseparations has RD laboratories in Cambridge, UK and manufacturing facilities on the Isle of Man, British Isles and Canton, Massachusetts, making the company one of the largest volume affinity adsorbent manufacturers in the world.
Astrea Bioseparations is honored to support the biopharmaceutical industry with products and services that help bring lifesaving and improving medicines to market. Regardless of process scale, we are ready to build Purity by Design into each process to ensure quality and speed to market. The company is now entering an exciting period of growth as we work towards enabling our customers to bring advanced therapies to market using state-of-the-art-purification nanofiber-based technology.

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