Technical Support Team Leader (Packaging Operations)
Location: Based at our state-of-the-art custom designed facilities in Craigavon
Working Hours: flexitime Monday to Friday (37.5 hours per week)
Salary: Highly Competitive plus excellent benefits package
Business Unit: Almac Pharma Services
Ref No.: HRJOB11616
The Role
Almac Pharma Services manufacture medicines in tablet, capsule and powder form, pack commercial drug products into bottles, blisters and sachets, and provide leading packaging solutions for medical kits, vials and syringes. A career at Almac provides an opportunity to play a key role in delivering life-changing medicines to patients worldwide. You will join a collaborative, high-performing environment where leadership, innovation and quality are at the heart of everything we do.
We are now hiring a Technical Support Team Leader to oversee a team of Production Technicians within the Packaging Operations department.
The Technical Support Team Leader will ensure delivery of business objectives whilst driving cGMP compliance, efficiency, effectiveness, and continuous improvement. The role will support new product process validation, technical transfer activities, new equipment, and tooling validations. The postholder will be responsible for the quality, material consumption, labour cost, and process output in accordance with associated protocols and batch documentation whilst maintaining schedule adherence.
This is a key role within our Packaging Team, working closely with the multidisciplinary team including Technical Support, Technical Quality, Quality, Business Development, and Client Project Management teams. Its an excellent opportunity to progress your career within our Operations Department.
Key Requirements:
- Degree level qualification in a science, engineering, or technical discipline OR significant relevant experience within a supervisory or technical management role
- Previous experience in an Operations environment
- Previous experience with routine client interaction and exposure to the end customer
- Project Management experience
- Previous experience in a client facing role
Additional Requirements:
- Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK
- Previous management/supervisory experience would be a strong advantage.
Refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information on the role and responsibilities and for a full list of essential and desirable criteria. Please ensure your CV demonstrates how you meet the required criteria prior to submitting your application.
Why Build Your Career at Almac?
At Almac, our people are at the heart of everything we do. Your future matters and our approach is simple: we support, develop and reward our people, build fulfilling careers and together we advance human health. Find out more about our Support, Develop, and Reward initiatives here:
https://www.almacgroup.com/careers/life-at-almac/
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For further information relating to the essential and desirable criteria, please review the person specification attached to the online job posting.
Apply online - please ensure your CV clearly outlines how you meet the criteria for this role. Please upload your CV in PDF format where possible.
Closing Date
Closing date for receipt of applications is 24th June 2026 at 5pm.
RECRUITMENT AGENCIES PLEASE NOTE: Almac will only accept applications from agencies/business partners that have been invited to work on this role by our Talent Acquisition team. Speculative candidate CVs received or submitted directly to Hiring Managers will be considered unsolicited and no fee will be payable. Thank you for your cooperation.
