Production Technician - Vaccine

Job Title: Production Technician - Vaccine

Location: Swiftwater, PA

*This is a 2nd shift 2:00 PM - 10:30 PM position

About the Job

We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families. Your job, as a Production Technician - Vaccine within our Filling Team, will have the potential to transform the practice of medicine, turning the impossible into possible for millions of people.

We are an innovative global healthcare company that helps the world stay ahead of infectious diseases by delivering more than 500 million vaccine doses a year. Across different countries, our talented teams are exploring new technologies to protect people and promote healthy communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.

About the Role:

• Performs production in accordance with volume fluctuation, business need, and effective procedures. 

• Responsible for Manufacturing actives in assigned area. 

• Follows all procedures put into effect to ensure your safety as well as the safety of others. 

• Follows effective procedures to ensure the production of a safe and efficacious product. 

• Ensures completion of quality documentation (BPR’s, logbooks, etc) accurately in a timely manner.

• Completes tasks and corresponding documentation as required by cGMP to ensure document completion.

• Performs production in accordance with volume fluctuation, business need, and effective procedures. 

• Responsible for Manufacturing activities in assigned area.

• Ensures all materials required for production are available prior to need. 

• Completes sampling and corresponding documentation as required.

• Completes SAP transactions in an accurate and timely manner to ensure accurate inventory. 

• Participates in all aspects of inventory management (SAP, cycle counting, ordering, etc.).

• Identifies all production issues and relays them to the leadership team. Works to prepare assigned areas for the oncoming shifts.

• Completes tasks and corresponding documentation as required by cGMP. 

• Works with Senior/Lead Technicians and Managers to ensure a smooth operation.

• Works to become trained in all assigned training modules.  Trains new team members (at any level) as assigned.

• Follows all procedures put into effect to ensure your safety as well as the safety of others. 

• Participates in monthly safety meetings. 

• Report 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. 

• Works to understand cGMP’s. 

• Identifies areas of deficiency to the leadership team and offers potential suggestions for improvements. 

• Participates in both deviation investigations when appropriate and implementation plans to ensure a quality product.  

• Works to complete quality documentation (BPR’s, logbooks, etc) accurately in a timely manner. 

• CFR (code of federal regulations) / PAI inspection readiness. 

• FDA audit understanding and awareness.

• Participates in team meetings. 

• Actively communicates improvement ideas, issues, concerns, etc to team members. 

• Participates in cross functional teams where necessary to complete projects in an effective and timely manner.

• Inputting data into SAP, along with entering work orders and reagent orders. 

• Ensures proper process area operation by pre and post run set up and maintenance of lab and equipment. 

• Recommends changes to BPRs, SOPS and SWIs when warranted. 

• Write and edit documents under supervision. 

• Seeks out cross-training in other areas whenever possible.

• All other duties assigned.

May also include working in an aseptic processing area. If assigned to an aseptic processing area please refer to the Aseptic Operator addendum

• Is a trained designee to supervise shop floor activities included but not limited to Upstream, Downstream, and