Production Technician

Production Technician

Location: Swiftwater, PA

Shift: 2nd shift

About the Job

The Production Technician – Vaccine is responsible for supporting all aspects of the visual inspection production process in compliance with cGMP standards. This role requires strong mechanical aptitude, attention to detail, and a commitment to quality, safety, and continuous improvement.

Main Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Safety

• Participates in monthly safety meetings.
• Reports all safety issues, concerns, incidents, and near misses to team leadership.
• Understands how to work the SRR system.
• Works with the safety and leadership team to provide input on potential safety issues, contribute ideas, and implement all safety initiatives by actively communicating them and helping others understand.
• Works with the safety team to ensure resources required to address safety issues are secured in a timely manner and that effective resolutions are put in place and trained upon.

Quality

• Maintains FDA audit understanding and awareness; ensures processes in assigned areas follow proper procedures at all times.
• Responsible for verifying qualification status prior to performing any task; immediately notifies management if assigned a task for which they are not qualified.
• Identifies and reports any variation from standard operating procedures.
• Participates in variance from SOP and incident investigations as required.
• Ensures completion and review of quality documentation (BRs, logbooks, etc.) accurately and in real-time.
• Ensures strict adherence to ALCOA documentation requirements.
• Follows proper documentation practices as required by cGMP.
• Understands the function of the quality group.
• Writes, edits, and reviews process documentation for completeness.
• Identifies areas of deficiency and offers suggestions for improvements.

Delivery

• Responsible for execution of all required tasks including: zone 1, zone 2, bench inspection, cap check, stopper check, and relief.
• Gains and maintains manual bench inspection qualification; notifies management of failure to qualify or loss of qualification.
• Gains and maintains qualification on all automated inspection processes.
• Gains and maintains qualification in all zone 1 activities.
• Participates in delivery and reconciliation with QC.
• Ensures the completion of sampling and corresponding documentation as required.
• Performs sample delivery on site.
• Ensures all data generation via EBR and iSHIFT is performed in real-time.
• Gains initial access and maintains proficiency in EBR and iSHIFT.

Cost

• Participates in all aspects of the production process and maintains access to required systems. Examples include:

• EBR Data Entry
• iSHIFT (S4HANA) Transactions
• LIMs Labware (Citrix/WARP)
• OpsTrakker (MIRA2 & MIRA4)
• HMI/Network Access
• Qualipso

• Actively communicates improvement ideas, issues, and concerns to management along with proposing solutions.
• Performs continuous monitoring of reject rates.
• Works to resolve common production issues related to the area of work.

Involvement

• Maintains qualification in all assigned training modules.
• Maintains a target of 95–100% completion rate on all assigned e-learnings.
• Trains and orients new team members (at any level) as assigned; maintains qualified trainer status if applicable.
• Participates in team meetings; demonstrates respect, professionalism, and confidentiality.
• Maintains required materials throughout production processes.
• Has a thorough working knowledge of cGMPs and works to help others understand.
• Involved in at least one cross-functional team to complete projects effectively and on time.
• Seeks cross-training in other areas within the department; completes at least one process training in a new area whenever possible.
• Continues professional development by completing at least one developmental item annually; ensures it is documented in their IDP.
• Strives to become an expert in their assigned processing area.
• Maintains proficiency in the execution of the following tasks:

• Pre and post run set up
• Seidenader SI-30 operator
• Seidenader VI-60 operator
• Bosch operator
• Bench operator
• Weight check operator
• Stopper check operator
• Cap check operator
• Lidding / hand-packing

• All other duties as assigned.

About You

Basic Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or GED with 6+ months of prior manufacturing/warehouse work experience.
• Associate degree or Bachelor's degree with no experience.
• Veterans who served in the US military on active duty and/or National Guard members who have received an honorable or general discharge and/or medical discharge.

Soft skills:

• Cooperates willingly with colleagues, establishes rapport in a friendly and courteous manner.
• Maintains positive working relationships and is willing to help others.

Technical skills:

• Basic computer skills and previous production experience preferred.

Languages:

• Reading, writing, comprehension, and communication in English are preferred, but all multilingual languages are welcome.

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it's through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks' gender-neutral parental leave.

Sanofi US Services and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers committed to a culturally inclusive 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 other characteristic protected by law.