COMPOUNDING TECHNICIAN

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION
Mixes chemicals/ingredients and operates all mixing related equipment in a way that meets all applicable procedures, safety regulations and quality compliance. Completes documentation, cleans and sanitizes equipment and rooms per SOP’s, and ensures equipment is clean and operating properly by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Monitors processes and batch record documentation for compliance with MBR, SOPs and cGMPs during compounding operations.
2. Follows and enforces safety rules, regulations, and procedures. Understands and complies with department MBRs and SOPs in accordance with cGMPs. Completes Department paperwork accurately and completely.
3. Checks all raw materials delivered against the MBR ingredients list for conformance to specifications, recognizes errors and notifies lead or supervisor as required.
4. Compound/blend all routine formulations and follow MBR as written.
5. Cleans and operates equipment and rooms per SOPs. Performs limited preventive maintenance of department equipment.
6. Assist in product failure and customer complaint investigations.

Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

COMPENTENCIES

Core Competencies
Innovative Thinking - Looks for CREATIVE and innovative approaches/ideas that will improve efficiencies and/or provide solutions to workplace issues or concerns. EMBRACES CHANGE, champions new ideas and encourages others to do the same.
Customer Focused - Demonstrates FIERCE DETERMINATION in ensuring that services and/or solutions for internal and external customer expectations and needs are always met; incorporate flexibility as needed.
Effective Communication - COMMUNICATES appropriately and knowledgeably in order to effect a desired outcome. Able to clearly present information through spoken or written word. Listens to others.
Reliable Team Player - Adds complementary skills and consistently contributes valuable ideas, opinions, and feedback. COLLABORATES well amongst internal and external teams.
Results Driven - The ability to attain goals and objectives. Takes PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY and ACCOUNTABILITY for their own decision making and thinking.

Functional Competencies
Technical Skills – Assesses own strengths and weaknesses; Pursues training and development opportunities; Strives to continuously build knowledge and skills; Shares expertise with others.

Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; Exhibits objectivity and openness to others’ views; Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Puts success of team above own interests; Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; Supports everyone’s efforts to succeed.
Professionalism - Approaches others in a tactful manner; Reacts well under pressure; Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; Accepts responsibility for own actions; Follows through on commitments.
Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality.
Quantity - Meets productivity standards; Completes work in timely manner; Strives to increase productivity; Work quickly.
Safety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures such as PPE; Determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; Reports potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and materials properly.

Attendance/Punctuality – Is consistently at work and on time; Arrives at meetings and appointments on time.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and one-year related experience and/or training.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Ability to read and understand documents such as policy manuals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to effectively communicate information and respond to questions in person-to-person and small group situations with customers, clients, general public and other employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage.

CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of known variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram formats.

USE OF MACHINES, EQUIPMENT AND/OR COMPUTERS
Regular use of complex machines and equipment (desktop/laptop computer and software, road and production machines and equipment, etc.). Ability to operate power lift, pallet jack, production equipment such as mixers, scales and blenders.

PREFERRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
Certification as a lift operator preferred.

SOFTWARE SKILLS REQUIRED
Knowledge of Excel, Word, Outlook. Good email etiquette required. Experience using Master Control and/or Manager Plus Asset Management a plus. Intermediate data entry skills are desired.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Mechanical aptitude., Ability to identify and eliminate delays to ensure continuous product flow. Ability to work well with others, follow instructions. Ability to perform and document preventive maintenance.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk or hear; frequently required to walk; and occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee must occasionally lift up to 50 pounds, able to push or pull up to 1500 pounds with a manual pallet jack, regularly lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.