Senior Production Technician - Vaccine

Job Title: Senior Production Technician

Location: Swiftwater, PA

This is a 2nd shift position.

Position Overview

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 Senior Production Technician within our Packaging Team, will have the potential to transform the practice of medicine, turning the impossible into possible for millions of people.

The Senior Technician is responsible for performing production in accordance with volume fluctuation, business need, and effective procedures within the Packaging Department. Additionally, the Senior Technician is responsible for all the activities in addition to those of a Production Technician.

The GMP production environment requires attention to the details and accuracy within good documentation practices. The multi shift GMP production environment that exists generates the need to work overtime as required often with short notice and the working of various shifts depending on business needs and production cycles. The focus to create and maintain a safety culture that is proactive and striving for zero injuries is of the utmost importance and an expectation for all employees.

Job Responsibilities

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

• Assists in troubleshooting equipment.

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

• Works with Packaging Team Leads to set up packaging lines for production.

• Overseas assigned packaging line operations including rotating personnel and relieving other packaging lines when needed.

• Works to resolve all production issues.

• Understands next steps and works to guide others through the process to complete them, ensuring that the team is thinking and working ahead whenever possible.

• Ensures the Packaging line they are assigned to is adequately covered at all times.

• Completes tasks and corresponding documentation as required by cGMP.

About you

The Senior Technician is expected to have experience and knowledge including but not limited to the following:

• HS equivalent and 3+ in cGMP or Pharmaceutical experience

• Associates with 2+ in cGMP or Pharmaceutical experience

• Bachelor's with 1+ in cGMP or Pharmaceutical experience

• Experience in a cGMP area. Prior or related experience recommended.

• Must have knowledge and access to systems (SAP, Phenix, HSE Trackwise, key user access to SAP).

• Requires good mechanical skills, computer skills and is detail oriented.

• Must have basic mechanical aptitude, good comprehension skills, retention skills, troubleshooting, manual dexterity, and problem-solving skills.

THE FINE PRINT 

• For influenza production roles (excluding FFIP roles): candidate must be able to be receive influenza vaccine which is required for building access

• For aseptic area production roles (excluding Flu production tech roles): candidate must be able to obtain and maintain current aseptic gowning qualification

• This position may be required to be moved or temporarily flexed to another department or building within the FFIP operation due to business needs. Additionally, candidates should expect to work in multiple buildings. Some over-time/off-shift work hours may be required based on business needs. We will attempt to provide as much advance notice as possible, two weeks where applicable if any such change is needed.

• Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs., and bend/lift/move objects as part of the job.

• Able to stand for up to 8 hours a day (with occasional breaks)

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any