Sr. Specialist - Downstream Operations Technician

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Your Role: Sr. Specialist - Downstream Operations Technician

The Downstream OpTech is technical process leader on the Downstream operations team responsible for manufacturing execution, changeover, and production control. The role is dedicated to the execution and oversight of the Clarification, Chromatography, and Tangential Flow Filtration operations. 

Your Responsibilities: 

• Executes the operation with team serving as process leader, coach, trainer, and responsible party
• Performs and verifies Maintenance, process setup, troubleshooting, change over, process intervention.
• Operations representative for cross-functional process support team, engaging in process
• Real-time problem solving, process intervention, and technical experiment delivery
• Ensures process documentation is prepared and completed with accuracy and concurrence 

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):

• Education :  High School Diploma / GED 
• Experience : A minimum of 3 years of experience in Liquid Protein A Chromatography at manufacturing scale

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):

• Production scale filtration
• Formal Root Cause Investigation training
• Proficiency with SAP
• GMP manufacturing
• Tangential Flow Filtration

Additional Information:

• Travel: Minimal
• Location: Elanco Animal Health Elwood, KS

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrecognized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!  

Elanco Benefits and Perks:

We offer a comprehensive benefits package focusing on financial, physical, and mental well-being while encouraging our employees to pursue our purpose! Some highlights include: 

• Multiple relocation packages 

• Two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and year-end) in the US (in addition to PTO) 

• 8-week parental leave 

• 9 Employee Resource Groups 

• Annual bonus offering 

• Flexible work arrangements 

• Up to 6% 401K matching 

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Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status