Senior Manufacturing Associate
AstraZeneca

Our Frederick Manufacturing Center (FMC) creates life-changing medicines for people around the world and has been recognized by our local community as being a Top 50' Business in Frederick and awarded Frederick County's 'Best Place to Work'. This distinctive biologic manufacturing facility, with over 800 employees, makes a direct contribution to treating people with cancer, respiratory and autoimmune conditions across the globe. We work hard to deliver life-changing medicines to patients, and we take time to have fun and celebrate our accomplishments. From catered site festivities to competitive events, community outreach activities, environmental and wellness showcases and team-building functions, we take time to recognize our achievements and celebrate our diversity. We are dedicated to creating a culture of inclusion and collaboration and are committed to continuous learning by offering ongoing skill building and training for our staff. Fueled by our aspiration to deliver accelerated growth for our company and to make people's lives better, there's never been a more exciting time to join the team and shape the future of AstraZeneca Operations.

Join us as a Senior Manufacturing Associate in our Operations department, where you will be responsible for supporting batch production records generation or revision and related non-conformances, campaign readiness, and implementation of technical or efficiency projects within the function. This is an exciting opportunity to pioneer a Lean mindset to drive greater quality and safety, ensuring a common understanding of the value it brings to each person in the team, the business and our patients.

Accountabilities:
As a Senior Manufacturing Associate, you will be involved in MPR generation and revision (paper and electronic), documentation authoring and revision, coordinating document review and approval workflows, on the floor support for execution of process changes, training on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), documentation, and business processes. You will also support specialists/management as needed, support investigations, support projects as needed, be the point of contact for cross department request, attend Tier meetings, standing meetings, and project meetings. You will be reviewing source documents (QCTP, FFR, PD, etc) to ensure alignment with manufacturing capabilities and troubleshooting process and equipment failures. Your contribution to the development of new concepts, techniques, and standards will be highly valued.

Essential Skills/Experience:
- BA/BS degree with ≥ 4 years work experience
- AA degree with ≥ 6 years work experience
- High school diploma with ≥ 8 years work experience
- Considerable knowledge of cGMP standards, and the current code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
- Knowledge of manufacturing process and equipment to perform trouble shooting and root cause analysis

Desirable Skills/Experience:
- B.S./B.A./M.S. engineering, biological sciences, physical sciences, or equivalent field of study.

At AstraZeneca, we are leading our Operations function at an exciting time of growth and evolution. We pioneer new approaches and processes across our sites, empowering our teams to foster a Lean mindset and sustainable practices. Every change we make is to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We are inspiring and credible leaders, ensuring everyone on our site has a platform and opportunity to speak up and share their ideas. We are the champions of Lean, ensuring our teams understand and embody the benefits it can bring. Our manufacturing sites are environments of constant and rapid change. It's a place to expect the unexpected. There's rarely an obvious answer to the varied challenges we face, so it takes adaptability, flexibility and patience to thrive here.

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.