Current Openings at Aspen Pharma Group

Description

• Pharmaceutical Sales Representative Learnership - 2025
•  Are you looking for a career opportunity with an organisation whose values you can live by?
• INTEGRITY, INNOVATION, TEAMWORK, COMMITMENT and EXCELLENCE.
• Begin your 12-month Learnership with a leading global player in specialty and branded pharmaceuticals with an extensive basket of products that provide treatment for a broad spectrum of acute and chronic conditions experienced through all stages of life. Our 12-month Learnership is premeditated to develop young talent, striving for professional and personal growth.
• You will attain working knowledge of Aspen as a business and you will learn how to deliver on high business demands, enduring pro-active and results driven traits within a diverse workforce and high-performance culture.  
• This opportunity is intended to provide you with a compact foundation to further develop and succeed in your career, throughout the internship you will be offered guidance and mentorship.

Requirements

To be eligible for this opportunity:

• All applicants must have completed Grade12
• All applicants must have a completed Bachelor of Science Degree
• Must have a valid driver’s licence (Code 8)
• Energy and passion for working with people
• Must be interested in working in the pharmaceutical field as a sales representative
• An energetic, self-starter who will be able to deal with multifaceted situations, committed to excellence and has a keen willingness to learn
   

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Description
Overview

• Prepare, clean and inspect work areas and equipment
• Handle and stage raw materials
• Sample work area(s) and equipment for contamination
• Sanitise 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
• Optimise 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 area by flushing drains and pipes
• Assist with sorting of defected products and discard/ minimise 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

Requirements

• National Certification (N3 Engineering) with 0-2 years’ related experience
• Manufacturing experience

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Description
Overview

• Manage and supervise the manufacturing/packing of products
• Manage production frontline staff and drive shift production performance against key metrics
• Ensure production problems are identified and solved
• Deliver planned production output and achieve plan adherence goal
• Deliver operational efficiencies and reduce unplanned downtime
• Performance management of direct reports, monitoring of performance management within section

Responsibilities

• Planning and Section Management
• Provide input into operational planning of section, and prioritization of objectives
• Provide input into, interpret, and execute policies and procedures
• Provide input into and manage budgets and resource requirements for section
• Plan daily and weekly activities of section
• Provide daily coaching and supervision for section
• Manage staff performance to achieve right efficiency, good quality and SHE goals through company performance management
• Implement top loss and waste management programs, to achieve targets
• Production Preparation
• Monitor the execution of production plans and take corrective measures where necessary
• Obtain support from Functional Heads to meet Production targets, where required
• Develop and implement contingency plans to manage risk
• Prepare shift and overtime schedules.
• Conduct pre pre-shift and handover meetings
• Plan changeovers with Engineering and Maintenance to ensure operational efficiency
• Review equipment/ machines on shift to ensure optimal efficiency
• Ensure that production score boards are updated daily
• Compliance Checks
• Ensure GMP and GDP compliance of Production operations
• Monitor room performance to compliance requirements
• Perform checks to ensure correct setup and operation of equipment and cleanliness of Plant as per SOP
• Governance & Risk
• Ensure GMP and GDP compliance of Production operations
• Monitor room performance to compliance requirements
• Perform checks to ensure correct setup and operation of equipment and cleanliness of Plant as per SOP

Requirements
Background/experience  

• National Diploma in Engineering/Chemistry/Operations with 5 years’ related experience
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing experience
• Project Management experience
• Supervisory experience

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Description
Overview

• Set up, open, and change over the production line for processing. Monitor production performance to ensure optimal performance and conformance to standards and specifications, perform first line maintenance on production equipment, problem solving and troubleshooting. Provide on-the-floor system expertise and ensure data integrity compliance to BMR for on time batch release.

Responsibilities

• Planning and Operational Support 
• Oversee work or serves as a lead technical expert.
• Optimize and facilitate implementation of current processes.
• Identify gaps in current policies and procedures.
• Propose changes/improvements to processes, tools, and techniques.
• Production Preparation 
• Perform strip down, set up, adjustment, start-up of production line.
• Perform Type A and Type B changeovers according to SOPs.
• Assist Validation on new projects (run speeds, equipment, etc.)
• Order change parts, tools and spares to meet production plan.
   
• Production Processing 
• Attend to mechanical and electrical breakdowns/ repairs as needed.
• Monitor line performance and make electrical/ mechanical adjustments where needed.
• Perform planned preventive maintenance as per plan/ schedule.
• Verify measuring equipment according to SOP and standards.
   
• Routine Support Tasks
• Perform equipment pre-checks according to SOP.
• Assist with campaign preparation.
• Perform equipment transfers according to SOPs and sstandards.
• Train new Technical Manufacturers 
• Troubleshooting 
• Perform root cause analysis to identify root cause of failures.
• Perform equipment adjustments to limit downtime; escalate major breakdowns to Engineering.
• Raise downtime notification with Production Leader
• Isolate and lock out machines to be set/maintained per SOP.
• Assist Engineering in the correction of equipment problems.
• Process and System Improvements 
• Perform product and method improvement investigations.
• Identify and execute improvement opportunities to reduce overall downtime and increase operational performance.
•  Admin and Record keeping 
• Perform half-hourly inspections.
• Attend shift meetings.
• Complete OEE reports
• Consolidate and analyze information; compile detailed reports.
• Monitor and control access to and set-up of electronic databases 

Requirements
Background/experience

• National Diploma in Industrial, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering or related with 1 to 3 years related experience.
• Experience in production processes and operation or first line maintenance of production equipment

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Description
Overview

• Perform in-process testing, sampling and interpret results.

Responsibilities

• In-Process Testing and Reporting
• Conduct in-process testing, compare samples, calculate, interpret, and record testing results.
• Record defect, out of specification results, reporting these as appropriate.
• Complete required documentation, update and maintain databases and appropriate reports.
• Ensure that all documentation adheres to signing protocols.
• Handle, operate, maintain, and calibrate equipment according to SOPs.
• Comply to GMP/ GLP requirements at all times.
• Reporting and Record Keeping
• Gather and record information, statistics and evidence required for reporting.
• Compile standardized reports and consolidate documents.
• Retrieve supporting documentation and records to facilitate and support query resolution.
• Stakeholder Relations
• Communicate with internal stakeholders to achieve work objectives, maintain relationships and to assist and convey information.

Requirements

Background/experience

• Grade 12
• 1 to 3 years’ pharmaceutical manufacturing experience

Specific job skills

• Broad working knowledge of concepts, terminology and specialized reporting requirements

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Description
Overview:

• Monitor, maintain and repair equipment and machinery adhering to GMP and safety requirements. 
• Plan and implement preventative and corrective maintenance.
• Ensure service equipment operates at optimal efficiency to meet planned levels of production. 
• Innovate and apply process engineering techniques to ensure optimal functionality of production equipment and processes.

Responsibilities:

• Planning and Operational Support
• Act as a technical/subject matter resource
• Facilitate implementation of current processes
• Identify gaps in current policies and procedures.
• Provide input into changes or improvements to processes, tools, and techniques.
• Train staff on SOPs and maintenance of equipment/ machinery
• Production Facility Maintenance
• Plan technical requirements and maintenance tasks according to production requirements to meet Production Plan
• Review and update maintenance schedules
• Perform planned preventative maintenance and inspections according to maintenance plan, job cards, and SOPs.
• Repair breakdowns according to best practice, job cards and SOPs
• Troubleshoot machine breakdowns to identify cause of breakdowns.
• Perform root cause analysis to identify cause of machine failures and quality deficiencies to minimise machine downtime.
• Implement corrective actions to minimise machine downtime.
• Isolate, remove and replace defective components.
• Complete and submit work requisitions; Create and close job cards.
• Maintain workshop, tools, and assets to standards.
• Determine and request required parts, materials, and special equipment to maintain machines/ equipment.
• Install, test, and validate machine operating efficiency.
• Engineering
• Maintain calibration of machines according to SOPs and manuals, ensure machine safegu ards are inplace.
• Identify and correct equipment deviations to avoid quality deficiencies; Reduce outsourced spending of repairs.
• Inspect service equipment and report status to Team Leader
• Rectify operational problems according to SOP.
• Communicate process and equipment deviations to management.
• Provide input into asset life cycle optimisation and replacement.
• Assist production staff with changeovers.
• Reporting and Record -Keeping 
• Provide standard record keeping and reporting functionality for area of work.
• Accountability and Decision Rights:
• Responsible for
• Apply advanced competencies and skills, comprehensive knowledge of technical, quality and regulatory standards
• Independently resolve issues and complex matters
• Escalate highly complex matters
• Decisions Relating To
• Prioritisation and execution of own responsibilities within established policies, practices and guidelines, as well as established quality and safety checks
• Correction and/ or containment of errors of significant impact
• Deliverables: 
• Availability, reliability and functioning of production systems maintained
• Production downtime minimised and maintained at target levels
• Planned preventative maintenance carried out according to schedule, job cards and SOP at 98%
• Machines/ equipment repaired and maintained according to job cards and SOP
• Cause of machine/ equipment failures identified and CAPA plans implemented to address defects and quality deficiencies
• Defective machines/ equipment removed to minimise downtime
• Work requisitions completed, updated and maintained to SOPs
• Machines/ equipment validated for operation
• Workshop tools and assets maintained to standard
• Change-overs and asset change-over capability is to standard
• Assets operate at design utility consumption
• Changes implemented to improve utility consumption
• Documentation updated, maintained and filed according to SOP, and retrievable to support query resolution
• Cost savings and continuous improvements achieved
• Innovation, Creativity and Problem- Solving:
• Demonstrate initiative, creativity, problem-solving skills and reliability
• Work requires some problem resolution to non-standard and unique technical, operational and business challenges
• Demonstrate original and resourceful approaches to work situations including the resolution of complex challenges
• Independently resolve most issues and complex matters, escalating highly complex matters

Requirements: 

Background / Experience

• Trade Tested Millwright, Electrician, Automation/Instrumentation Artisan with 3 to 5 years’ post apprenticeship experience as Artisan/Technician.
• Pharmaceutical Technician experience will be an advantage.
• Manufacturing/FMCG experience essential.
• Experience in operation and maintenance of pharmaceutical manufacturing/ packaging systems will be advantageous.
• Experience working on highly automated lines.

Specific job skills

• Comprehensive knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing, standards, and compliance requirements.
• Understanding of technical drawings / use of equipment manuals, P&ID, and Flow Charts
• Strong ability for fault-finding and root cause analysis.
• Ability to interpret and implement policies, processes, and objectives.
• Physically capable of lifting/ moving heavy equipment.
• Comprehensive knowledge of PLC and control systems.
• Able to do report writing.

Competencies

• Interrogating Information
• Pragmatic Action
• Maintaining Accuracy
• Be able to work in a controlled environment for long period of time.