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Join our dynamic Westport team as a Technical Shift Leader and play a key role in shaping our future! If you’re passionate about solving complex technical challenges and guiding talented professionals, this is your chance to make an impact. As a leader here, you’ll mentor and inspire team members, drive technical excellence, and foster growth and innovation every day—while enjoying the rewards of teamwork within a thriving environment.

This is a shift based role, you will be required to work 12-hour shifts between days and nights on a monthly rotation.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Act as your team's key point of contact and technical expert.
• Lead and support your team to deliver compounding, filling, lyophilization, equipment preparation, formulation, buffer preparation and processing activities in the biologics fill-finish facility to meet clearly stated operating objectives
• Coach & mentor your manufacturing team to maximize its effectiveness through clear and effective communication
• Promote and develop a culture of contamination control and compliance with aseptic best practices
• Communicate departmental goals to provide cost-effective quality compliant products in a safe, effective manner
• Collaborate with program management, supply chain, technical operations, quality, and engineering groups to ensure effective planning, scheduling and execution of commercial and NPI clinical manufacturing
• Resolve operations/project issues with team members, project customers, and others as appropriate.
• Drive operations excellence and key operations targets, including OEE where applicable
• Provide direct interface as a subject matter expert with the QA department to interact with HPRA, FDA and applicable health authorities and internal audits.

• Minimum of 5 years experience in batch processing, automation, commissioning, and/or validation in an FDA/HHPRA-regulated industry. 
• A minimum of 1 year of direct supervisory experience in a team environment is preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, pharmacy, engineering or a related scientific field is required; an advanced degree is preferred.
• Detailed knowledge of cGMP and regulatory requirements relating to the pharmaceutical industry is essential.
• Comprehensive understanding of contamination control principles and regulatory expectations for aseptic processing.
• Technical background in pharmaceutical, biologics, or similar industries.

Eager to lead, innovate, and grow? Apply today and harness your technical expertise and leadership skills while inspiring a talented group of professionals to deliver exceptional results. Let's innovate together!

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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