Production Technician – Vaccine

Production Technician – Vaccine

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED with 1+ years prior manufacturing work experience
• Associates degree with less than 1-year prior manufacturing work experience

Responsibilities

• Follows all procedures put into effect to ensure your safety as well as the safety of others. Participates in monthly safety meetings.
• Reports all safety issues, concerns, incidents and near misses to the team leadership.
• Actively participates in safety walkthroughs coordinated by the department’s safety team.
• Provides input for potential safety issues as well as contributing ideas for corrective and preventative actions.
• Follows effective procedures to ensure the production of a safe and efficacious product.
• Utilizes +QDCI boards for Safety issues
• Attends Safety Meetings.
• Ensures areas are following proper procedures at all times
• Identifies possible deviation occurrences and prevents or aids in investigations and root cause analysis.
• Ensures completion of quality documentation (BFR’s, logbooks, etc) accurately in a timely manner.
• Understands the function of the quality group and works with them to maintain a positive rapport.
• Maintains acceptable execution with no emerging negative trends in procedural deviations.
• Performs production in accordance with volume fluctuation, business need, and effective procedures. Must be flexible to ensure staffing for changing business volume and needs.
• Completes tasks and corresponding documentation as required by cGMP to ensure document completion.
• Works to prepare assigned areas for the oncoming shifts to ensure continuous operation.
• Must ensure maintenance of gowning and Physical dexterity to complete proper set up of machines so not to impact the safety, quality, and integrity of the product.
• Ensures all Final Container materials required for production are available prior to need. These materials must be ready for aseptic filling operations to ensure the safety, quality, purity, and integrity of the product is maintained.
• Ensures the completion of Real Time SAP transactions in an accurate and timely manner to ensure accurate inventory.
• Executes procedure as documented to avoid deviations.
• Responsibly uses material in an efficient manner to reduce waste.
• Utilizes Filling Standards to capture and record real time filling data and Change Over Activities.
• Actively communicates improvement ideas, issues, concerns, etc. to team members along with providing solutions.
• Follows proper documentation as required by cGMP.
• Has a thorough working knowledge of cGMP’s and works to help others understand.
• Is on time and attends and participates in Shift Change.
• Maintains acceptable training as described in key requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• BS degree and any prior manufacturing work experience
• Prior experience in the Swiftwater Biologics and/or FFIP departments or other good manufacturing practices (GMP) facilities
• Experiences with Lyophilization and Isolators is preferred.
• Knowledge and access to SAP, Trackwise, Master, EMS, PMS, SCADA, RT Reports, and Labware is preferred