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AstraZeneca in Dublin

Find out more about our new next-generation active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility for small molecules near Dublin, Ireland. Over the next two years we are looking at hiring 100 highly skilled employees into roles such as engineers and operators to scientists and project managers. Join us!

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We are building a next-generation active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility for small molecules near Dublin, Ireland. This new plant will help us optimize our work and improve our efficiency. It will use cutting-edge process technology and digital innovations. All to be able to meet the needs of AstraZeneca's exciting new pipeline! 
“Our presence here in Dublin really does put us at the forefront of Ireland’s pharmaceutical manufacturing ecosystem.”

Jon-Paul Sherlock, API Commercialisation Site Lead

Here is an opportunity to be part of it from start and putting everything into place!

In the next two years, we will hire 100 skilled employees. Here are some of the roles we will be recruiting for in the near future:

  • API Technicians
  • Warehouse Operatives
  • Automation Engineers
  • Process Engineers
  • Quality Assurance Officers
  • Quality Control Technicians

And many more!

We are taking bold actions to create new ways to make life-saving medicines. We will do this through a digital smart and paperless factory. With great innovation, we are changing the ways API’s are being manufactured so we can produce them continuously. By doing this we can deliver medicines to patients faster, cheaper, and more sustainably. This will help us reach our ambitious goals.

We aim to have the facility up and running by early 2026. Construction is underway at the site next to our Alexion offices in College Park, Dublin. Having both companies at one campus, we can offer our employees a chance to grow a career that makes an impact, in a team where it matters.  

AstraZeneca in Ireland

At AstraZeneca in Ireland, we want to boost creativity. We do this through a culture where our people feel valued and energized. We want to reward our employees for their ideas and contributions to our success. Their work can improve our business and healthcare in Ireland. 

AstraZeneca currently employs over 100 people in Ireland. They have expertise in sales, marketing, medical, and other areas, including:

  • regulatory affairs
  • market access
  • corporate affairs
  • patient safety
  • medical information
  • IT
  • digital
  • finance
  • administration
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It’s a brilliant time to be joining us. API manufacturing has changed beyond all recognition, with the adoption of new manufacturing and digital technologies. We’re looking to push those boundaries in terms of the science and the technology but also with the team of people that we’re building to deliver it.

Jon-Paul Sherlock, API Commercialisation Site Lead

  • AstraZeneca API Facility

    College Business and Technology Park, Blanchardstown Road North,Dublin 15, D15 R925

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