General Assistant: Port Elizabeth - Aspen Pharma Group

Full job description

• Prepare, clean, and inspect work areas and equipment.
• Handle and stage raw materials.
• Sample work area(s) and equipment for contamination.
• Sanitize drains and pipes to avoid contamination.
• Related administrative tasks

Operational Support

• Execute production activities within established policies, practices, and guidelines, as well as established quality and safety standards.
• Optimize own work processes.
• Identify gaps in current policies and procedures.
• Facilitate implementation of processes in own area of work.

Inspections & Verifications

• Perform visual inspections of production area(s) and equipment.
• Perform pre-production checks such as environmental checks, scale checks, and equipment pre-checks as per BMR, SOP and product specifications.
• Verify scale and measuring equipment performance.

Material Handling

• Dispense, transfer, weigh and collect raw materials for processing.
• Ensure raw materials are staged for processing, in line with requirements.

Production Preparation

• Set up the room and IBCs for production activities.
• Prepare solutions for production activities as per SOP.

Routine Support Tasks

• Clean work area(s) and equipment before and after processing of materials as per SOP and cleaning checklist
• Perform routine equipment checks and transfer of equipment.
• Collect samples of production area and equipment for testing
• Control contamination in the area by flushing drains and pipes.
• Assist with sorting of defective products and discard/ minimize waste.
• Provide information to assist with campaign preparation.
• Identify and report on operational problems out of specification.

Reporting & Record Keeping

• Complete batch record labels
• Complete Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) sheets
• Perform half-hourly inspections of production area(s)
• Attend shift meetings.
• Provide information for completion of reports.
• Complete and consolidate standard documents.
• Maintain and update records and systems as required.

Skills Required

Background/experience

• National Certification (N4) / Matric with 0-2 years related experience
• Manufacturing experience would be an advantage.

Specific job skills

• Basic technical knowledge of pharmaceutical production processes, procedures, systems, and equipment.
• Basic understanding of pharmaceutical standards and compliance requirements

Competencies

• Finalizing outputs
• Following procedures
• Taking action
• Information gathering