Trainer, Manufacturing

Job Description:

As a privately-owned, biopharmaceutical company, Ferring pioneers and delivers life-changing therapies that help people build families and live better lives. Our independence helps us cultivate an entrepreneurial spirit and long-term perspective that enables us to achieve growth and scale, while remaining agile and true to our ‘people first’ philosophy. Built on a 70-year plus commitment to science and research, Ferring is relentless in its pursuit of science that drives powerful discoveries and therapies to help people build families, stay healthy, and stand up to the world’s oldest enemy: disease.  

As the Trainer, Manufacturing you will be responsible for developing, delivering, coordinating, and maintaining training programs for pharmaceutical manufacturing personnel to ensure compliance with cGMPs, FDA regulations, company procedures, and operational excellence standards. This role supports onboarding, qualification, requalification, and continuous improvement of manufacturing staff while reinforcing a strong culture of quality, safety, and compliance

With Ferring, you will be joining a recognized leader, identified as one of “The World’s Most Innovative Companies” by Fast Company, and honored by Fortune with inclusion on its “Change the World List,” for addressing society’s unmet needs. Ferring US is also Great Places to Work® Certified, distinguishing it as one of the best companies to work for in the country. 

Responsibilities:  

• Develop, update, and deliver manufacturing training programs, including onboarding, job qualification, and refresher training within a GMP and Controlled Environment setting.
• Create and maintain training materials such as SOPs, work instructions, presentations, job aids, videos, and assessments.
• Deliver instructor-led, hands-on, and/or virtual training for manufacturing operations.
• Train floor trainers to ensure standard competency to effectively deliver training. Monitor and evaluate trainer performance and effectiveness of training programs and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Ensure all training activities comply with cGMP, FDA, EMA, and internal quality system requirements.
• Support training documentation, qualification records, and learning management system (LMS) data integrity.
• Prepare training records and evidence to support internal audits and regulatory inspections.
• Train personnel on manufacturing processes, equipment operation, aseptic techniques (if applicable), safety practices, and contamination control.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, and EHS to ensure training aligns with current processes and regulatory expectations.
• Observe operations on the floor to assess training effectiveness and identify skill gaps.
• Evaluate training effectiveness using assessments, observations, and performance metrics.
• Support CAPAs, deviations, change controls, and investigations by identifying training-related root causes and implementing corrective actions.
• Participate in lean, operational excellence, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Serve as a subject matter resource for manufacturing training and qualification requirements.
• Promote a learning culture that emphasizes quality, safety, compliance, and employee development.

Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Education, or related field or equivalent pharmaceutical manufacturing experience.
• 3+ years of experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing, training, or a related GMP-regulated environment.
• 3+ years of experience in clean room behavior, aseptic techniques within a sterile fill manufacturing setting is required.
• Experience delivering classroom and hands-on training in a manufacturing setting.
• Train-the-Trainer certification or adult learning methodology experience preferred.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently while delivering creative, accurate, high-quality training materials and outcomes in a fast-paced GMP manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with Learning Management Systems (LMS).
• Experience supporting FDA or regulatory inspections.
• Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement exposure.
• Experience with MS Office (Excel and PowerPoint).