Senior Metrology Technician
AstraZeneca

Key Accountabilities:

• Ethical conduct and compliance.
  
• Escalates quality issues or potential non-compliance to Metrology Management
  
• Performs and documents calibration testing in compliance with cGMP and current safety regulations.
  
• Records, reviews and reports calibration results and documentation from vendor-performed (off-site) calibrations.
  
• Upholds, mentors, and is a role model to other Astra Zeneca Associates and values through honesty, integrity, self motivation and teamwork.
  
• Write, review and revise SOPs (Standard Operating Procedudres) and/or work instructions for calibration activities.
  
• Guide others on SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures), control documents, and/or other work instructions.
  
• Report process deviations when they occur.
  
• Recommend and initiate activities to ensure area and equipment is maintained in a state of compliance.
  
• Provide "off shift" support (for example: night shift support if you normally work day shift).
  
• Assign work tasks and activities to others.
  
• Prepares documentation in compliance with regulatory requirements.
  
• Provides guidance, direction and effective solutions to clients and department technical resources.
  
• Documents and investigates calibration deviations and out of tolerance events as a Technical SME
  
• Evaluates systems and instrumentation that measure characteristics of objects, substances, or phenomena (such as length, mass, time, temperature, pressure, electric current, luminous intensity) using the derived units of physical or chemical measurement.
  
• Identifies magnitude of error sources contributing to uncertainty of results to determine reliability of measurement process in quantitative terms.
  
• Perform preventative (scheduled) and corrective/emergency (unscheduled) maintenance of equipment, systems, and/or facilities without supervision.
  
• Serve as SME (subject matter expert) for calibration activities.
  
• Adjusts measurement capability to minimize errors.
  
• Performs equipment troubleshooting and repair
  
• Develops client quotes and proposals.
  
• Provides oversight and project planning , schedules, test equipment, documentation, and ensures client requirements are met. Also responsible for ensuring accurate and timely scheduling, resource allocation, proposal and quotation development, Labor Utilization Reports (LURs), fixed cost and T&E project management for profitability.
  
• Basic understanding and familiarity with incubators, centrifuges, balances, refrigerators and freezers, stability chambers, chromatography (HPLC or GC), spectrophotometers, other general laboratory equipment as needed per clients.
  

Essential:

• Associate Degree in Electronics or Metrology, three years' professional experience in metrology accepted in lieu of Associate Degree.
  
• Must be able to demonstrate proficiency in verbal and written communication in English.
  
• Must be familiar with and competent in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
  
• Knowledge in GMP regulations applicable to where the product is market.
  

Desirable:

• Calibration Technician Certification

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

AstraZeneca requires all US employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 but will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required by applicable law.

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