12 Month University Industrial Placement Student (UIPS): Process Engineering

12 Month University Industrial Placement Student (UIPS): Process Engineering 

Macclesfield, UK 

£26,000 Base Salary, Bonus & Flexible Benefit 

Do you want to be part of a team of supportive, collaborative and likeminded peers to develop your expertise? Then Astra Zeneca might be the one for you! 

About AstraZeneca:

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-centred biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than a global leading pharmaceutical company. At AstraZeneca, we‘re dedicated to being a great place to work where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and fuel your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. 

About the University Industrial Placement Student (UIPS) Programme:

Join a Truly Inclusive and Supportive International Team.  

As an AstraZeneca placement student, there is a huge network of support available to you. You’ll have a dedicated supervisor, an encouraging early talent peer network, and a variety of Employee Resource Groups you can join. 

We help and empower each other, and our supervisors are committed to providing you with all the mentorship and support you need to build your skills, confidence and capabilities. 

Whatever your background and experience, you'll be welcomed and encouraged to speak up, ask questions and share knowledge. You will be a valued part of an international team of truly supportive, collaborative and inclusive individuals.  

Macclesfield

The Macclesfield Campus is an essential part of AstraZeneca’s UK Operation and the 2nd largest operational site within the company’s global network. It is approx. 100 acres with around 4500 people working on site. The site is unique in the AstraZeneca network having Operations, R&D, G&A, IT and others on its site. 

Are you ready to explore this exciting next step in your career? Apply today! 

About the Opportunity:

The successful role holder will either work in Chemical, Oral Product or New Modalities and Parenterals Development, working in multidisciplinary teams, or as part of Process Engineering groups, responsible for the application of new technologies, process development and safe manufacturing scale up, leading to right first-time campaigns. 

·Chemical Development are responsible for the design and delivery of the chemical manufacturing processes -of the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API)

·Oral Product Development and New Modalities and Parenteral Development are responsible for the design and delivery of the drug product for the patient. This includes optimisation of the drug product manufacturing process.

·Oral Product Development are responsible for the development of small molecule drug products, including tablet and capsule based products.

·New Modalities and Parenteral Development are responsible for the development of large molecule drug products, including injectables.

The yearlong industrial student placement will offer a mixture of drug development project work and new technology projects with support from an experienced engineer. In drug substance development (Chemical Development) this can include laboratory work or modelling and simulation (or a combination of both) of unit operations such as, reactions, distillations, filtration and drying or liquid liquid extractions in batch or continuous fashion. In drug product development (Oral Product and New Modalities and Parenteral) this can include laboratory work or modelling and simulation of unit operations such as feeding, blending, filling, compounding, or lyophilisation in a batch or continuous fashion.

Qualification, Skills & Experience

Required:

·Currently undertaking an undergraduate or integrated master’s degree with the opportunity to spend 1 year in industry starting in September 2025. 

·Degree subject within a Chemical, Biochemical, or Process Engineering discipline.  

·Competent in the use of coding and modelling packages such as Python, MATLAB, Aspen, gProms, Ansys CFD.  

·Strong planning and organisation skills. 

·Ability to see opportunities, learn, and apply that learning to drive innovation with good collaboration and teamworking skills. 

·Confident communicating with a wide range of stakeholders. 

Please include a cover letter in your application

Why AstraZeneca?  

At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial - finding those moments and recognising their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organisation to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we’re opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting-edge methods and bringing unexpected teams together. Interested? Come and join our journey! 

Applications Open: 2nd September 2024

Applications Close: 29th September 2024

Assessment Day: 12th & 13thNovember 2024

Start Date: 1st September 2025

This position is a 12-month fixed term contract. 

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