Description
Manufacturing Engineer
About Astellas
At Astellas, experience is coupled energised with a relentless challenger spirit.
Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn't a buzzword - it's a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.
We are unusual in our ability to combine the experience, expertise and resources of an established company with the agility, flexibility and tenacity of a start-up. Relentless curiosity and a hunger for discovery flows throughout our entire organisation.
We harness the latest technology and insights from big data with our research expertise to create powerful solutions that could transform the way doctors and nurses treat and care for their patients. We are accelerating product development, driving operational efficiencies and gaining a better understanding of the needs of patients and their healthcare providers.
We partner and collaborate with academic research institutes and biotechnology companies who share our passion for bringing breakthrough discoveries to patients.
The Opportunity
As a Manufacturing Engineer, you will support production operations by providing technical support, troubleshooting, quality assurance input, and continuous improvement leadership.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Support:
* Provide daily technical support to operating lines.
* Ensure equipment, material standards, procedures, and specifications are available and effective.
* Support development of procedures for equipment operation and troubleshooting.
* Drive technical problem‑solving practices.
Operations Performance
* Support Continuous Improvement through Kaizen, Lean/Six Sigma and problem‑solving.
* Provide technical support for performance improvement initiatives.
* Diagnose performance issues and support personnel training.
Downtime & Line Reliability
* Develop systems to minimise technical downtime.
* Monitor equipment performance to maximise reliability.
Quality Systems
* Ensure effective product, equipment and material standards.
* Develop and maintain SOPs.
* Liaise with QA and support closure of TrackWise actions.
* Support audit preparation.
Projects
* Support performance improvement projects.
* Generate and approve change controls and protocols.
* Support capital and non‑capital projects.
Product Investigations
* Provide technical support for investigations.
* Generate and approve associated reports.
Preferred Knowledge & Experience
* Significant Experience with Lean Manufacturing techniques and implementation.
* Understanding of Aseptic Production Processing (advantage).
* Strong problem‑solving skills and initiative.
* Six Sigma Green or Black Belt & project experience is an advantage.
* Training in cGMP, Safety, LMS, GDP, Veeva Vault, TrackWise, and HMI systems.
Education
* Third level qualification in Engineering or Technical Discipline or equivalent.
Additional Information
* This position is based in AICL Kerry Plant and will require on-site work.
* This is a permanent position.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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