Drug Product Technician

About the role

Eurofins CDMO Alphora develops and manufactures therapeutics for global pharmaceutical and biotech clients, producing bulk drug substances and finished dosage forms such as tablets, capsules and suspensions. The Drug Product Technician in Drug Product Operations handles GMP clinical manufacturing of oral drug products, including Phase I and II clinical trial batches, and may also support API plant operations.

Key responsibilities

• Operate automated drug product equipment such as rotary tableting, wet and dry granulation, blending, milling, spray drying, encapsulation and coating.
• Carry out GMP oral drug product manufacturing, including sampling, compounding, process technologies and packaging.
• Support warehouse operations: material sampling, production preparation, secondary packaging and cycle counts.
• Draft or revise SOPs, protocols and batch records for Drug Product Operations.
• Maintain GMP status of the facility through cleaning, environmental monitoring and daily system verifications.
• Help engineers with onboarding, calibration, maintenance and operation of equipment such as tablet presses, fluid bed dryers/coaters, blenders, spray dryers and granulators.
• Provide API plant operations support as needed and comply with cGMP in all duties.

Required profile

• Degree or diploma in a related discipline.
• 2-5 years of laboratory experience.
• Essential experience in Drug Product Testing.
• Direct experience in cleanroom and laboratory environments.
• Able to perform physically demanding, repetitive tasks for long periods.

What we offer

• Starting annual base compensation of $60,000 CAD, with total compensation depending on experience, knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Health and dental coverage, life and disability insurance, RRSP with 3% company match, paid holidays and paid time off.