GMP Operations Supervisor

CPI helps make great ideas and inventions a reality. We’re a team of intelligent people using advances in science and technology to solve the biggest global challenges in healthcare and sustainability.

Through our incredible people and innovation infrastructure, we collaborate with our partners in industry, academia, government, and the investment community to accelerate the development and commercialisation of innovative products.

From health technologies and pharmaceuticals to sustainable food and materials innovations, we turn the entrepreneurial spirit and radical thinking of our people and partners into incredible impact that makes our world a better place.

Key tasks in the role will include (but are not limited to the below), please download the job description for full details available on the CPI careers page:

• Supervising the team, ensuring delivery of departmental goals, through appropriate delegation and providing feedback and motivation to team members. This includes providing first line-management support, allocation of resource to ensure project delivery and short-term planning of deliverables. 

• Undertaking line manager activities to ensure the smooth running of the group. This will include:

• Short term (daily / weekly / monthly) planning of activities and objectives 

• Assisting the area manager in setting team and individual objectives to meet departmental, technology team / business area, and company objectives

• Supporting the area manager with performance management activities, and leading on these where appropriate 

• Providing training and coaching to team members to enable delivery of objectives 

• Acting as a point of contact for team members’ queries and escalations 

• Conducting regular meetings and one to one sessions with team members to ensure good communication across the team

• To utilise own expert knowledge to assist in translating business area strategy into practice through the delivery of plans to achieve team and business area objectives.

• To agree weekly workplans with team members, project manager(s) and other relevant stakeholders, and ensuring delivery to agreed schedule.

• To actively contribute to a culture of continuous capability development through coaching, mentoring and/​or developing colleagues across the business area / technology team and organisation, providing insights into areas of specialism.

• To continuously improve all elements of the MMIC operational facilities such as safety, housekeeping, documentation, process operations and equipment, resource issues, plant availability, right first-time performance, and running costs.

• To ensure effective and efficient operational delivery of projects, ensuring availability of standard materials and consumables, an operations team who understand and can operate to procedures and protocols.

It is essential that you are educated to GCSE level C (or equivalent) in the core subjects (Maths, English, Science) and Engineering / NVQ level III (or equivalent) in Process Plant Operation and;

• Possess significant, technical expertise of plant operations, as well as leadership of teams in an GMP environment

• Can demonstrate evidence of building knowledge sharing and network building practice across teams and organisations to achieve desired results

• Are able to take responsibility for diverse or complex technical activities where it is necessary to use own initiative and judgement, implementing innovative solutions in complex
  situations

• Have experience in a process plant based environment

• Can demonstrate significant evidence based experience of chemical or bio-chemical operational safety and excellence

• Can demonstrate evidence of troubleshooting and problem solving practical and technical issues

It would be great if you also held a supervisory or management qualification, had completed formalised management training or a managerial development programme and;

• Are an active member of a professional body, engaging with peers beyond CPI

At CPI, we offer a wide range of benefits to our employees, this includes:

• Up to 36 days holiday, including bank holidays – Plus a holiday purchasing scheme
• Generous pension scheme
• Life assurance and accident insurance schemes
• Flexible working
• Learning and Development Opportunities
• Free parking

Find out more about our culture and benefits.

CPI is an organisation based in the UK. Commencement of employment is conditional to demonstrating right to work in the UK, sponsorship may be available.