Principal Production Technician Nights

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 Countys 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 peoples lives better theres never been a more exciting time to join the team and shape the future of AstraZeneca Operations.

The Principal Production Technician acts as the SME for complex production issues drives crossarea continuous improvement leads advanced troubleshooting and investigations authors technical documentation and supports capability development across the manufacturing organization.

Accountabilities

Technical Skills Production Knowledge Process Execution Quality and Safety Health & Environment

• CrossFunctional Technical Leadership: Demonstrates advanced planning and process knowledge to coordinate equipment and material logistics across functions; qualified across multiple production areas.

• Advanced Troubleshooting & SME Support: Lead complex root cause investigations and advanced firstline troubleshooting; provide subject matter guidance during incidents and deviations.

• Documentation & Governance: Author review and approve SOPs MPRs and technical documents; provide input to CAPAs and ensure consistency across functions.

• Operational Agility & DAO: Execute critical crossfunctional activities and drive standardized work; lead DAO practices sitewide and promote see something do something mindset.

• Quality & SHE Leadership: Identify systemic trends and safety risks; lead investigations and recommend sustainable corrective actions to maintain compliance.

Business Skills Data Base Thinking Digital Fluency and Work Planning Execution

• Data Insight & Value Creation: Analyse complex datasets to identify nonobvious trends and drive impactful improvements.

• Digital & Process Optimization: Advocate for and support digital solutions coach teams in adoption and identify opportunities to automate or streamline processes.

• Planning & Execution: Plan complex activities with awareness of dependencies and resource needs and ensure timely quality delivery.

People Skills Communication Adaptability and Leading Self

• Influencing & Stakeholder Engagement: Build relationships with Process Leads Engineering Quality and other stakeholders to enable crossfunctional solutions.

• Coaching & Capability Building: Mentor technicians and leads design and deliver technical training and support leadership development.

• Resilience & Ownership: Lead by example under pressure maintain focus and clarity and foster a collaborative inclusive environment.

Additional Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• No formal direct reports but significant cross functional leadership mentoring and coaching responsibilities.

• Lead crossfunctional CI projects and contribute to strategic improvement initiatives.

• Support inspection readiness and provide technical responses during audits.

• Other duties as assigned.

Essential Skills/Experience

-HS Diploma or GED

-5-7yrs of relevant hands on experience in GMP Manufacturing Environment.

-Substantial end to end bioprocessing experience required.

Desired Skills/Experience

-BS/BA

The annual base pay for this position ranges from $67139 to $ positions offer eligibility for various incentivesan opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses equity-based awards for salaried roles and commissions for sales roles. Benefits offered include qualified retirement programs paid time off (i.e. vacation holiday and leaves) as well as health dental and vision coverage in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.

Date Posted

Closing Date

Our mission is to build an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and furtherance of that mission we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their protected characteristics. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please complete the corresponding section in the application form.