Associate Pharmaceutical Technician

Associate Pharmaceutical Technician

Position Summary

Catalent is a global, high-growth, public company and a leading partner for the pharmaceutical industry in the development and manufacturing of new treatments for patients worldwide. Your talents, ideas, and passion are essential to our mission: to help people live better, healthier lives.  

Catalent’s Kansas City facility is home to our Oral & Specialty Drug Delivery, Biologics Analytical Services and Clinical Supply Services businesses. The site provides a range of integrated services for oral solid dosage forms, from formulation development and analytical testing to clinical and commercial-scale manufacture.  The Kansas City facility is a Center-of-Excellence for our Biologics Analytical Services business. Our talented team has over 25 years of experience providing analytical services for stand-alone and integrated biologics projects.

Catalent Pharma Solutions in Kansas City, MO is hiring an Associate Pharmaceutical Technician.  At the direction of  the  Zone  Operations  Manager  or  Pharmaceutical  Manufacturing  Lead,  the  Associate  Pharmaceutical Technician is responsible for training and performing efficient set up / tear down, manufacture and cleaning of all equipment and  processes  associated  with  manufacturing  operations  with  direct  supervision  or  partnership  with  a  Pharmaceutical Technician,  Senior  Pharmaceutical  Technician  or  Pharmaceutical  Manufacturing  Lead.  The Associate Pharmaceutical Technician  is  responsible  for  adhering  to  policies  and  procedures  with  an  emphasis  on  regulatory  related processes such as SOPs, cGMP and safety in compliance with the CFRs and meets the business needs of the organization.

This is a full-time role position: Monday-Thursday -2nd shift 12:30pm-11:00pm. Hourly, Onsite

Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer, and Catalent employee. 

The Role

• Responsible for informing Senior Pharmaceutical Technician or Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Lead of work orders to be placed for processing rooms and equipment within core group

• Focuses on learning all equipment within core group while maintaining high quality standards

• Strives to drive reductions in unplanned deviations and focuses on troubleshooting identified equipment malfunctions under the supervision of a Senior Pharmaceutical Technician or Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Lead

• Associate Pharmaceutical Technician should have high ability to learn batch records to ensure clarity and drive accuracy for processing

• Ensures product is visually inspected to ensure quality requirements are thoroughly met.  

• Ensure that the facility is kept “tour ready” at all times and people/material/flow/cleaning and zone concepts are maintained at all times

• Ensures that all Catalent safety procedures are followed and identifies/communicates the necessary adjustments to address potential safety concerns.  Will also ensure the proper use of PPE (Personal Protection Equipment)

• Ensures that training is up to date and progressing for core group with direction from Senior Pharmaceutical Technician or Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Lead.

• Ensures that areas of control are processing under GMP conditions and applicable SOP’s are being strictly followed

• All other duties as assigned

The Candidate

• Requires High School Diploma or GED

• Demonstrated outstanding troubleshooting skills highly preferred

• Solid dosage manufacturing experience preferred

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills with internal and external customers, peers and managers is a must

• Well organized with ability to multitask and to work effectively under pressure to meet deadlines highly desired

• Individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift up to 40 pounds

Why you should join Catalent:

• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process 

• Diverse, inclusive culture 

• Positive working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative

• Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives 

• 152 Hours 8 paid holidays

• Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on D&I

• Dynamic, fast-paced work environment

• Community engagement and green initiatives 

• Generous 401K match 

• Company match on donations to organizations

• Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment 

• Tuition Reimbursement – Let us help you finish your degree or start a new degree!

• WellHub program to promote overall physical wellness 

• Perkspot - offers exclusive or private discounts from approximately 900 merchants in a wide array of categories

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!  Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

Catalent is committed to the health and safety of its employees, visitors and the customers and patients we serve. As a result of the global pandemic, we have modified many of our recruitment and on-boarding processes to maintain everyone’s safety. The Human Resources teams will communicate all necessary safety processes and procedures throughout each stage.

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to DisabilityAccommodations@catalent.com. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Catalent Pharma Solutions (Catalent) is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Catalent employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Catalent. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.

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