Manufacturing Supervisor (2nd shift)
PfizerAbout the role
Use Your Power for Purpose
Our breakthroughs would not reach the hands of patients without our dedicated pharmaceutical manufacturing team. We rely on agile members who understand the critical impact of their role in Pfizer’s mission. Patients need colleagues like you who take pride in their work and continuously strive to improve outcomes. Your efforts ensure that patients and physicians have timely access to the medicines they need.
What You Will Achieve
In this role, you will:
Provide supervision to hourly direct reports. Motivate personnel by setting high standards, encourage teamwork. Clear, unambiguous communication is critical.
Ensure a safe work environment. Ability to identify, evaluate, and correct potential hazards in the workplace is essential.
Coordinate, schedule, and participate in daily activities of cGMP production in the manufacturing area to meet supply chain needs.
Must be flexible to work rotating shifts to support 24/7 operation. Ensure that product quality is maintained through all phases of commercial production including operational parameters of manufacturing equipment, personnel activities, batch record/processing dynamics, and integrated utilities to identify and resolve quality risk to commercial manufacturing. General knowledge of scientific principles, production equipment and related procedures.
Aid in investigations. Responsible for the adherence to established policies, procedures, and practices. Participate in inspections and cGMP and Quality decisions effecting short term production
Primary contact for all personnel issues occurring within the department. Responsible for development plans and personnel reviews. Make initial decisions encompassing personnel issues, disciplinary actions, career advancement, educational assistance, Emergency situations, including injured employees, facility issues, and inclement weather.
Review completed batch records. Develop training material, update curricula, close training gaps, support the training of new supervisors.
Advise management of non-conformance issues and opportunities for continuous improvement
Provide input on primary decisions on cGMP related documents developed or revised.
Articulate challenges and solutions to technical and non-technical peers and to department management.
Provide technical guidance and act as a departmental liaison with primary support groups.
Short range planning includes scheduling daily and weekly operations and staff. Longer range planning concerns facilities shutdowns and preventive maintenance.
Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business or Science with a minimum of 2+ years of experience and 1+ years of demonstrated leadership capability in a pharmaceutical and/or manufacturing environment, OR Master's degree with some experience and 1+ years of demonstrated leadership capability in a pharmaceutical and/or manufacturing environment, OR Associate's Degree with a minimum of 6+ years of experience and 3+ years demonstrated leadership capability in a pharmaceutical and/or manufacturing environment, OR High School Diploma with a minimum 8+ years of experience and 5+ years demonstrated leadership capability in a pharmaceutical and/or manufacturing environment
Working knowledge of vaccine or biotechnology product manufacturing in a cGMP environment. Including a working knowledge of fermentation, purification, centrifugation, homogenization, Ultrafiltration and Diafiltration (UF/DF), aseptic techniques and other filtration processes.
Physical / Mental requirements
Requires the moving of heavy equipment and the ability to lift ~40 pounds.
Strong problem-solving skills in a structured environment
Non-Standard work schedule, travel or environment requirements
Supports a 24/7 facility. 2nd Shift (fixed) 2:00PM-10:30PM.
Ability to work 1st shift until project start.
Ability to support operations and training in other shifts when needed.
Other job details
Last day to apply: August 1st, 2025
Employee Referral Bonus eligible
Work Location Assignment: On Premise
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