What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pilot Plant Technician (Operator) position at Curia?
Job Description
Pilot Plant Technician, Springfield, MO
Curia provides global contract research and manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Join our talented workforce, where a commitment to excellence and a customer focused attitude is everything. We pursue excellence because our work has the power to improve patients’ lives with the pharmaceuticals we develop and manufacture.
We proudly offer
In This Role, You Will
Set up and operate equipment to prescribed instructions to perform various unit operations such as reactions, filtrations, distillations, drying, milling, etc on raw materials and various stages of chemical processing.
Follow and document per batch sheet instructions to produce products according to all current Good Manufacturing Procedure guidelines as required.
Support all facets of the Pilot Plant to include assisting the Shift Supervisors with special project needs, production support activities, SAP entries, etc.
Support the Chemical Research and Development group for kilo lab operations as needed.
Operate with good housekeeping practices and maintain the Pilot Plant in accordance with cGMP regulations (cleaning validation, equipment logs, etc.)
Benefits
Qualifications and background to be successful in this role:
High school diploma/GED
Shift work required which will include weekends and/or holidays
Ability to work 12 hour shift assignments, day or night shift
Must be able to work overtime
Strong attention to details
Ability to record data accurately and legibly.
Preferred
Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry with previous experience in Pilot Plant or chemical operations or combination of education and experience
Mechanical aptitude/experience helpful
Strong math skills
Oral and written communication skills
Team player and able to work with changing priorities with excellent time management skills
Strong attention to detail
Essential Functional Duties Of The Position
The physical demands 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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms above shoulder height, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 55 pounds. Specific vision abilities required in this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to enter the production area of a typical manufacturing facility which has moving mechanical parts, and may have fumes or airborne particles, extreme heat, wet and /or humid conditions, low levels of toxic or caustic chemicals, and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the environment is usually moderate.
We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. All resumes or profiles submitted by search firms to any employee at Curia, in any form without a valid, signed search agreement by an authorized signatory in place for the specific position, approved by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Curia. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Curia because of the unsolicited referral.
All interested applicants must apply online. Please be aware of scammers. Curia will only send offer letters and requests for sensitive personal information from a curiaglobal.com email address. Curia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Curia is an E-Verify employer.
Pilot Plant Technician, Springfield, MO
Curia provides global contract research and manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Join our talented workforce, where a commitment to excellence and a customer focused attitude is everything. We pursue excellence because our work has the power to improve patients’ lives with the pharmaceuticals we develop and manufacture.
We proudly offer
- Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment)
- Paid training, vacation and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment)
- Career advancement opportunities
- Education reimbursement
- 401k program
- Learning platform
- And more!
In This Role, You Will
Set up and operate equipment to prescribed instructions to perform various unit operations such as reactions, filtrations, distillations, drying, milling, etc on raw materials and various stages of chemical processing.
Follow and document per batch sheet instructions to produce products according to all current Good Manufacturing Procedure guidelines as required.
Support all facets of the Pilot Plant to include assisting the Shift Supervisors with special project needs, production support activities, SAP entries, etc.
Support the Chemical Research and Development group for kilo lab operations as needed.
Operate with good housekeeping practices and maintain the Pilot Plant in accordance with cGMP regulations (cleaning validation, equipment logs, etc.)
Benefits
- Health & Welfare Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx Coverage, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance
- 401K with Company matching
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Vacation
Qualifications and background to be successful in this role:
High school diploma/GED
Shift work required which will include weekends and/or holidays
Ability to work 12 hour shift assignments, day or night shift
Must be able to work overtime
Strong attention to details
Ability to record data accurately and legibly.
Preferred
Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry with previous experience in Pilot Plant or chemical operations or combination of education and experience
Mechanical aptitude/experience helpful
Strong math skills
Oral and written communication skills
Team player and able to work with changing priorities with excellent time management skills
Strong attention to detail
Essential Functional Duties Of The Position
- Continual walking, standing, reaching, and upper extremity use,
- Frequent bending, twisting, climbing (stairs and ladders), squatting and kneeling,
- Occasional pushing, pulling, carrying, and lifting of items weighing up to 50 pounds and over 50 pounds with assistance,
- Work schedule is 12 hours, days or nights, including weekends and holidays.
- Ability to work outside in inclement weather and inside in extreme temperature variations,
- Ability to set-up equipment for proper processing,
- Clean and verify equipment and vessels,
- Perform various unit operations including, but not limited to those described above,
- Monitor, Maintain and Record observations of operating conditions, within manufacturing procedures,
- Train new employees within the work environment,
- Respond as appropriate to a plant upset and/or emergency situation,
- Ability to wear various forms of respiratory protection. Being medically fit/qualified and clean shaven are ongoing requirements.
- Ability to safely drive and operate a fork truck,
- and other various duties as assigned.
The physical demands 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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms above shoulder height, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 55 pounds. Specific vision abilities required in this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to enter the production area of a typical manufacturing facility which has moving mechanical parts, and may have fumes or airborne particles, extreme heat, wet and /or humid conditions, low levels of toxic or caustic chemicals, and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the environment is usually moderate.
We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. All resumes or profiles submitted by search firms to any employee at Curia, in any form without a valid, signed search agreement by an authorized signatory in place for the specific position, approved by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Curia. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Curia because of the unsolicited referral.
All interested applicants must apply online. Please be aware of scammers. Curia will only send offer letters and requests for sensitive personal information from a curiaglobal.com email address. Curia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Curia is an E-Verify employer.
