This position reports to Nights, 6:30 pm – 6:00 am, 2-2-3, 12.5 hours shift, off every alternate weekend. Due to business need, on select occasions, employees may be required to work overtime.
Primary Duties:
- With minimal supervision this individual will deliver leadership and excellence in manufacturing processing as well as scheduling to meet site demands. Oversees and executes floor operations to ensure safety, aseptic operations and compliance with cGMPs are maintained at all times.
- Ensures efficient use of material and equipment and assigns personnel as appropriate in the execution of day to day operations.
- Provide technical support through interactions with support groups to ensure accurate and well managed transfer of process changes/improvements to floor operations.
- Provide support to integrate best practices, where appropriate, into manufacturing.
Responsibilities:
70% Processing:
- Primary contact for troubleshooting and issue resolution or escalation
- Create and follow-up on work orders
- Communicate/ coordinate days scheduling and staffing plan
- Re-allocate staff as needed during the day (breaks, lunch, training, etc)
- Oversight and execution of all routine and critical operations as well as commissioning and changeover validation activities
- Ensure documentation is complete, reviewed and meets good documentation practices (forms, logbooks, form preps, batch records, etc.)
- Responsible for floor inventory and communicating schedule changes as needed
- Monitor material consumption and coordinate all materials deliveries
- Recommend/Implement process changes/improvements or safety/ergonomic improvements.
- Ensure work is carried out in a safe manner, notifying management of safety issues and risks
- Tiered visual management and continuous improvement
- Support tech transfer activities as required
20% People:
- Responsible for interviewing candidates
- Provide timely feedback on staff’s performance
- Address minor personnel issues timely
- Escalate major personnel issue to the supervisor
- Ensure staff compliance with all relevant documentation and safety guidelines
- Act as a role model (Lead by Example)
- Act as a resource/SME for staff
- Ensure the use of safe work practices and behaviors
Training:
- Conduct training and assess effectiveness
- Help identify training needs
- Assess staff skill sets and provide feedback to Supervisor.
- Develop training material
- Provide training
10% Quality:
- Initiate deviations or investigations of various complexities and work with cross-functional departments to identify root cause
- Implement appropriate corrective actions
- Complete action items for GMP investigations and CAPA’s
- Assist supervisor/engineer/facilities with investigations
- Revise and author GMP documentation
- Communicate any quality issues/concerns to Supervisor and QA
Education and Experience Requirements:
Essential:
- Normally requires a high school diploma and 6+ years related industry experience or an Associate’s Degree in Life Sciences/Engineering field with 5 years of GMP Manufacturing experience
Desired:
- Biotech Certificate and prior leadership experience preferred. Experience with systems such as SAP, LIMS and TrackWise is a plus
Key Skills, Abilities, and Competencies:
- Proficient in aseptic technique
- Operational knowledge of Systems and general equipment
- Knowledge of cGMP’s and applicable agency regulations (such as the FDA, EMA) to ensure inspection readiness of department.
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment
- Effectively communicate to all levels throughout the organization
- Demonstrates appropriate level of adaptability, maintains positive outlook, and demonstrates composure under pressure.
- Self-motivated individual with the ability to complete and manage multiple floor activities in an effective and compliant manner.
- In the absence of the supervisor they are the person of authority.
- Expected to act on behalf of the supervisor while on the floor
- Flexibility to work according to the production schedule. This position will require weekend, holiday and overtime work at times.
- Ability to wear personal protective equipment such as safety glasses/goggles, gloves and safety shoes.
- Ability to gown and gain entry to biotechnology/pharmaceutical manufacturing areas.
- Ability to lift, pull or push equipment requiring up to 25-50 lbs. of force.
- Ability to stand for up to 6 hours in a production suite.
- Ability to climb ladders and work platforms.
- Stooping or bending to check or trouble-shoot equipment operations.
- Ability to work around chemicals (alcohols, acids & bases).
Complexity and Problem Solving:
- The incumbent will be responsible for technical problem solving and recommending efficiency and/or operational improvements.
- Required to make process decisions, with the help of supervision and support roles, including the trouble shooting of equipment, corrective action to process deviations.
- Individual will be required to understand operations and contact appropriate support to ensure issues are appropriately resolved.
Internal and External Contacts:
- All Internal Manufacturing, Materials Management Facilities Management and Health, Safety & Environment with limited exposure to support groups (Validation, Quality Control, etc.)
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