Job Title: Production Officer – Sterilization (4 Jobs)
Organisation: Abacus Parenteral Drugs Limited (APDL)
Duty Station: Mukono, Uganda
Reporting to: Team Leader-Manufacturing
About Organisation:
Abacus Parenteral Drugs Limited (APDL) is a state of the art manufacturing facility that seamlessly integrates hi-tech engineering services into the building design. From the exterior view, the 36-acre APDL campus exudes careful planning, the interiors of the facility reveal thoughtful and spot on detailing. The facility is designed with materials and finishes that allow ample natural light thus conserving energy and still maintain high cleanliness standards and minimize maintenance. The entire facility is designed to meet the CGMP requirements.
Job Summary: To supervise staff, monitor and co-ordinate process control measures specifically in the sterilization section so as to ensure efficient output
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- To ensure continuous quality production by proper supervision of manpower, activities, and status of working machines in the department.
- To ensure proper batch wise production & separation in the pre- & post sterilization areas by ensuring proper line clearance and status labeling.
- To follow up on the regular maintenance, validation, & calibration of production machinery.
- To ensure proper implementation of cGMP guidelines to all staff and support staff.
- To ensure adherence to good housekeeping practices and also monitor cleanliness of equipment.
- To regularly plan and avail all materials required for daily operations of the section.
- To participate in the process of preparing and reviewing SOPs and ensuring its implementation all the time.
- To ensure proper filling of information in the corresponding documents like BMR, sterilization logbooks, leak test logbooks, cleaning logbooks, and positive pressure records.
- Ensure that any other duty assigned by the supervisor is executed to management expectations.
- Reviewing the headcount of contract labourers shift wise and authorizing manpower in coordination with the team leader.
- Executing and documenting all sterilization activities online.
- Training of casual workers before they are involved in production activities.
- Stoppage of filling machine if any out of specification results observed and confirmed in coordination with the section head of filling.
- Instructing the BFS operators to rectify if any quality defect bottles are produced.
- Co-ordination with different sections in production for smooth running of activities.
- To ensure sterilization of clean room and dispensing garments within the clean room area.
- To conduct trainings for all new recruits in the department.
- To efficiently plan for sterilization of products appropriately in case more than one product is in the process cycle.
- To ensure minimum wastage of utilities like steam, cooling water, compressed air, electricity, etc
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in industrial chemistry, pharmacy, chemical engineering, biological sciences, or any other related field.
- 2 years’ experience working in relevant/similar company
- Ability to work with senior people.
- Excellent report writing skills
How to Apply:
Please submit your CV and academic credentials to [email protected]
Deadline: 30th May 2025, at 5:00 PM.
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