Packaging Technician Level II

Location: On site / Paignton, UK
job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: FMCG | Marketing
Annual Salary range: from £27,505.00 to £31,303.00

As a Packaging Technician (Level II), you will be part of a team responsible for the processing, inspecting, labelling and packing of pharmaceutical products whilst ensuring compliance with manufacturing SOPs and batch records whilst ensuring cGMP standards are always upheld.

At TP we have our own special kind of chemistry. Our heritage spans over 50 years with a track record of manufacturing essential medicines across the UK and beyond. With backing from an investment partner we are forging a new path in the private sector.

We are a growing and ambitious business and with this comes opportunities for our people. A career with us means a career helping save lives. We bring skills of all levels and experiences together; not all of our people begin their working lives in pharma. Together we can make lives better.

Reporting into the Manufacturing Leader, you will play a key role in the Manufacturing Team ensuring adherence to cGMP and working standards.

Every role within our business carries responsibility for:

• Putting Health & Safety first in how you work, making sure your own actions and decisions support a safe working environment
• Identifying and promptly reporting Health & Safety hazards and incidents
• Following all Health & Safety procedures and challenging or escalating anything that could present a risk to people, product or site operations.

• Continually maintain a safe working environment for colleagues and self. Proactively challenge unsafe working practices and behaviours where observed and promote the identification of hazards.
• Inspection, labelling and packing of pharmaceutical products according to SOPs including manual inspection.
• Ensuring line activities are performed according to cGMP to meet regulatory, customer and commercial expectations.
• Setup and operation of equipment as set out in SOPs ensuring a first time right approach meeting standard times.
• Perform start and end of batch line clearance, critical for ensuring GMP compliance and preventing cross-contamination.
• Performing reconciliation / accountability reviews of batches according to cGMP.
• Movement of packaging components and products from designated storage locations to the line with the use of pallet trucks
• Read and understand all applicable SOPs and batch records written in English, to understand the importance of all activities and processes.
• Interact with electronic packaging monitoring equipment.
• Complete all documentation in a clear, precise, contemporaneous and legible manner meeting cGMP standards.
• Ensure high standards of cleanliness in all areas at all times.
• Undertake other reasonable duties that may be required to support the business.
• Documenting product quality incidents and supporting investigations.
• Providing effective training and mentoring of packaging colleagues.

• Able to follow the principles of team working
• Able to undertake physical work which will involve lifting, pushing and pulling as defined by the Health and Safety Executive.
• Able to walk/stand for the majority of the shift
• Minimum GCSE grade C (or equivalent) in English Language, Maths and Science
• Previous experience in manufacturing including the operating of HMI interfaces (GMP Pharmaceutical preferable)
• Willing to demonstrate consistently the company core values
• Able to stay focused on repetitive tasks
• Flexible and able to work overtime when necessary

At the heart of Torbay, we offer roles and career opportunities on your doorstep that you won’t find elsewhere. With defined career pathways, and the chance to move between roles and different departments, we support your career journey at every stage. TP is going places. International expansion means growth and new opportunities.

Our benefits set us apart. With 27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays as standard, group life assurance, pension and more – we reward our people for getting the job done.

This role is based on-site.