Manufacturing Pharmaceutical Technician

Job Summary

The Pharmaceutical Technician will efficiently, effectively, and safely clean, set-up, and operate machinery in the manufacturing area while adhering to applicable cGMPs, SOPs, FDA, and DEA guidelines.

Primary Responsibilities

Follow Master Batch Records for the manufacturing of controlled, oral solid dose (OSD) and other dosage forms when required.

• Prepare raw materials, blends, and bulk accountability throughout manufacturing processes.
• Performs weight checks for incoming and dispensed materials ensuring compliance with established procedures. Operates scales including set-up, verification, leveling and challenging.
• Identify, report, and resolve quality issues.
• Safely and in compliance with batch records and SOPs, set up, operate, and clean manufacturing equipment (oral solid dose manufacturing may include rotor sieves, granulators, blenders, coaters, encapsulators, compression machines, etc.).
• Perform in-process testing and inspections as required by Master Batch Record (weighing, tablet thickness, tablet hardness, friability, visual inspection, etc.).
• Clean and sanitize manufacturing rooms including walls, floors, and ceilings per SOPs.
• Report accidents and unsafe conditions or unusual circumstances to supervisor.
• Complete accurate and timely documentation. Follow good documentation practices in accordance with GMP.
• Actively participate in Production team and Site communication meetings.
• Maintain regular and punctual attendance; work overtime as required.
• Support GMP investigations and events.
• Identify and report potential GMP impacting situations.
• Contribute to Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) writing in your technical area.

Education and Experience Requirements

Necessary Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Supervisor Responsibilities (if applicable)

The Pharmaceutical Technician has no direct reports.

Additional Information / General / Organizational

Physical and Environmental Requirements

Role : Pharmaceutical Technician Mfg. Granulation, Blending and Bead Coating (we would like to see candidate with experience in bead coating and / or granulation and blending (in this order) .

Shift : 2 nd shift M-Th 4pm 2 : 30 am

Length of contract : 6 months- 12 months

Note from HM : highlighting the candidates with resumes indicating OSD experience, however their organizations do not have these capabilities. Please submit resumes if they have actual granulation experience. PLEASE DO NOT COPY AND PASTE IN RESUME FROM JOB DESCRIPTION. MUST HAVE ACTUAL GRANULATION EXPERIENCE.