Packaging Technician- 1st Shift
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Job Location:
Philadelphia, PA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
21 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Packaging Technician
(1st shift)
Position Summary:
- Work Schedule:Monday Friday 8:00am to 4:10pm.
- 100% on-site
- This is a Union role
- Please Note: Occasional weekend work is required.
Position Summary:
Catalent is a global leader in development manufacturing and clinical supply services for pharmaceuticals biologics and cell and gene therapies. Our 206878 sq. ft. Philadelphia-area facility serves as the global Center of Excellence for Clinical Supply Packaging offering GMP secondary packaging and clinical labeling services. We provide manual semi-automated and automated packaging solutions for studies of all sizes including temperature-controlled and frozen packaging capabilities for sensitive products. Come and be part of a team that delivers industry-leading quality and innovation.
The Operations Department is responsible for providing customized innovative manufacturing and packaging solutions. The department oversees all manufacturing and production aspects of quality packaging and labeling of our customers clinical trial projects.
This position must be able to work in a team environment to offer quality packaging and labeling of customers clinical trials. Employees will be involved with handling look-alike products and labeling. Clinical operations can be run as a blister fill bottle fill pouch carding vial/syringe inspection or hand assembly. Employees will also be involved with de-inking of product and capsule manufacturing. These individuals must be detail oriented in order to work with multiple look-alike products at the same time
The Role:
- Inspect blister cavities bottles pouches vials ampoules syringes and sealed clinical cards for defects such as missing product poor seals misaligned closures print errors or contamination.
- Perform hand counts of product using trays and fill tablet bottle desiccant and closure hoppers.
- Support manufacturing tasks including de-inking product tablet breaking oversized capsule filling and capsule inspection.
- Place blister units into assigned card locations for multi-fill operations following product assignment requirements on look-alike or multi-fill projects.
- Inspect and verify clinical labels ensuring 100% accountability for both manual and automated applications.
- Operate barcode scanners and computers for packaging and assembly work.
- Perform cleaning of product contact parts machine equipment and production rooms according to SOPs and logbook requirements.
- Execute sanitation tasks using the three-bucket mop system for ceilings walls and floors.
- Work in cold storage environments as required handling products both inside and outside refrigerated conditions.
- Adhere to all SOPs safety and quality requirements while ensuring accuracy and compliance in all packaging operations.
- Other duties as assigned.
The Candidate:
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- 2 years previous production or warehouse experience preferred.
- Ability to read and interpret customer specifications cGMPs SOPs and follow written/oral instructions accurately while communicating effectively.
- Demonstrates attentiveness professionalism good personal hygiene and strong teamwork skills in a fast-paced environment.
- Able to troubleshoot problems report issues and follow all plant safety guidelines.
- Physically capable of standing walking sitting and occasionally lifting up to 25 lbs; must meet vision requirements for reading documents and computer use.
- Willingness to work overtime frequently in cold environments and perform sanitation/cleaning tasks (e.g. mopping walls floors ceilings equipment).
- Accessible to both manufacturing floor and office staff with ability to operate required office equipment.
Position Benefits:
- Diverse inclusive culture
- Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on D&I
- Dynamic fast-paced work environment
- 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
- Competitive salary
- Community engagement and green initiatives
- Medical dental and vision benefits effective after 90-day probationary period
Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7000 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.
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 . 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.
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Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Quality Analysis
- Facility
- ISO
- Inventory Levels
- Root cause Analysis
- Shift operations
- General Maintenance
- Daily Operations
- Supervision
- Analysis
- PLC
- Safety Standards
- Quality Standards
- Time management skills
- Troubleshooting
About Company
Providing CDMO services, delivery technologies and manufacturing solutions to develop pharmaceuticals, biologics and consumer health products.
