Associate Technician, Operations
Associate Technician, Operations
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Job Description
Our Manufacturing Operations teams are the people that make our products. We work in the manufacturing plants with a Safety First Quality Always mindset striving for continuous improvement. We work in the local plant connected to our global manufacturing network to ensure the highest quality of raw materials intermediates and finished products.
The Maurice R. Hilleman Center for Vaccine Manufacturing is located in Durham NC. This stateoftheart facility established in 2004 manufactures our Company lifesaving vaccines in bulk and finished forms. Due to the importance of this facility in our Company Vaccine Manufacturing network the facility has seen rapid growth in production volumes and new employees over the last several years; currently Durham employs 1000 people.
Durhams Associate Technician Operations will be responsible for supporting the manufacturing process through hands on production in fermentation and purification processes.
This position will support the vaccine drug substance manufacturing through licensure and ramp up to full production. This position will support all Operations areas. Offshift and weekend coverage will be required based on business unit needs and specific assignments.
Responsibilities may include but are not limited to;
Support operations production through licensure and ramp up to full production.
Working in conjunction with all appropriate personnel performs manual and automated operations general maintenance and support functions necessary for production.
Provides and/or authors all documentation and clerical functions necessary to allow proper accountability and traceability of product.
Maintains inventories and transports all required equipment materials supplies and products. Ensures shipment criteria and timely availability and delivery.
Performs general maintenance and assists or ability in troubleshooting of equipment independently.
Performs housekeeping in all work areas. Executes facility decontamination according to procedures. Maintains cleans and prepares equipment used in production.
Performs sampling/inprocess testing supporting the manufacturing and validation process for current process.
Provides timely delivery of sample and other materials as required to appropriate laboratories coordinating with Quality and Logistics as required.
Attends and actively participates in HAZOPS waste walkthroughs 5S kaizen events or any other operations lean sixsigma quality safety or environmental training/initiatives as required.
Education Minimum Requirement:
High School Diploma/GED or higher
Required Experience and Skills:
Demonstrated written and verbal communications skills
Must be willing and able to lift 50 lbs
Must be willing to work 12hour shifts including evenings (7pm 7am)
Must be willing to work a rotating 223 schedule (2 days on 2 days off 3 days on) which may include weekends
Preferred Experience and Skills:
Minimum Associates Degree in science or related field
Experience with onthefloor cGMP manufacturing and familiarity with regulatory requirements
Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as a part of a team
Travel: 0%
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Employee Status:
RegularRelocation:
No relocationVISA Sponsorship:
NoTravel Requirements:
10%Flexible Work Arrangements:
Not ApplicableShift:
1st Day 3rd NightValid Driving License:
NoHazardous Material(s):
N/ARequired Skills:
Chemical Plant Operations Cleanroom Gowning CNC Operations Computer Literacy Conventional Machining Drilling Machines Equipment Set Up Material Selection Process Improvements Production Scheduling Quality Monitoring Safety Procedures Shift Work TB Testing Tooling FabricationPreferred Skills:
Job Posting End Date:
05/27/2025*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFOREthe listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
