What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Packaging Technician position at Planet Pharma?
SUMMARY OF ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
This position reports directly to the Production Manager. 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.
SPECIFIC DUTIES, ACTIVITIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDED BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
- Inspect blister cavities for missing product, burnt product, holes in foil, print registration, missing print, crushed blisters and seal integrity.
- Fill tablet, bottle, desiccant and closure hoppers. Hand count product using counting trays.
- Manufacturing responsibilities include de-inking product, tablet breaking, product placement into oversized capsules and capsule inspection.
- Inspect bottles for misalign closures, print registration and missing print copy.
- Inspect seal integrity of pouch, print registration and missing print copy.
- Inspect blister units and place them into properly assigned card locations for multi-fill operations.
- Responsible for cleaning machine equipment and production rooms as stated in cleaning SOPs. Fill in all appropriate information in the cleaning logbooks.
- Responsible for cleaning product contact parts.
- When working on look-alike products you are only allowed to work with your assigned product. Multi-fill projects require that employees do not touch or help out other employees that are assigned different products.
- Responsible for cleaning production rooms with three bucket sponge mop cleaning system which includes ceilings, walls and floors.
- All clinical labels must be inspected and require a 100% accountability. Clinical CSD-JD-Packaging Technician v2.0 labels can be either manually or automatically applied.
- Sealed clinical cards must be inspected for missing copy, poor seal, smudges and dirt, misalign blister units and burnt product.
- Inspection required for vials, ampoules and syringes utilizing black and white light boxes.
- Cold storage packaging will also be required working with cold product both outside and inside refrigeration conditions.
- Assembly work required which may include utilizing barcode scanning equipment and computers.
- Other duties as assigned.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability to read and understand customer specifications, cGMPs and SOPs.
- Must be able to follow written and oral instructions in an accurate manner, and effectively communicate.
- Must be attentive, have a neat appearance and good personal hygiene.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Must work well in a team environment.
- Must be able to work overtime as required.
- Must be able to troubleshoot problems and report issues.
- Physically able to perform duties which include cleaning and sanitation of rooms (mopping of walls, floors and ceilings, sanitation of machinery and equipment) and any other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.
- Must understand and follow all plant safety guidelines.
EDUCATION OR EQUIVALENT:
- High School Diploma or equivalent required; 2-3 years previous production or warehouse experience preferred.
Salary : $20 - $24
