Production Operators – Night shift

Vacancy Notice N° e131/2015

Production Operators – Night shift (Grade C1/C2)
Directorate General of Democracy (DG II)
European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM)

Reference Standards and Samples Division

Job mission

FIXED-TERM CONTRACT Turnover Profile

Turnover profile

Turnover profiles are specific roles where it is considered to be in the best interests of the Organisation to have a consistent rotation of staff. Turnover profiles offer once-only opportunities under this scheme and the total duration of employment cannot exceed five years.

 Staff members or former staff members who are or have previously been employed in the framework of the Junior Professional Programme or Turnover Profiles will not be eligible again for any of the profiles under these schemes. The Council of Europe reserves the right to assess the admissibility of candidates who are or have previously been employed with the Organisation according to their contractual situation at the closing date of this competition.

Job mission

Under the authority of the Director of the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & Health Care and of the Head of the Reference Standards and Samples Division, and in compliance with the regulations and Council of Europe values, the incumbent will assist in carrying out production operations regarding samples and standards using a variety of production processes, following specified planning and procedures and in compliance with safety and quality standards.

The incumbent will be required to work the night shift. Working hours are from 6.30 pm to 3.00 am Monday to Friday.  In order to compensate for night work, only 4 shifts per week will be worked (Monday to Thursday) with every Friday shift constituting remunerated additional leave (Friday off).

Key activities

The incumbent performs the following key duties:

–          operates filling, sealing, labeling, packing and production equipment as part of the manufacturing process;

–          prepares required components (powder or liquid), containers and stoppers;

–          launches batches following specified planning, procedures, protocols, batch records respecting safety standards and applicable quality assurance criteria;

–          weighs, fills, seals or stoppers, labels reference standards in single containers with meticulous accuracy;

–          completes batch records;

–          ensures order, tidiness and security in work environment;

–          works in close contact with others to ensure co-ordination of all these activities;

–          reports to supervisor on production results, equipment requirements or needs, safety issues, all irregularities and how to improve work process;

–          wears protective clothing and works for several hours a day using a filling/packaging glove box or a fume hood or in a clean room and/or wearing a protective mask (possibly a self-contained breathing apparatus). 

Please note that the incumbent may be required to perform other duties not listed in the vacancy notice.

Location : Strasbourg, France

Closing date: 16 December 2015

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