What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Production Technician position at QuVa Pharma?
Job Title: Lead Inspection, Labeling and Packaging (ILP) Technician
About the Role:
The Lead ILP Technician plays a vital role in ensuring the highest quality and safety standards of our pharmaceutical products. This individual oversees planning, scheduling, staffing, and daily execution for the inspection, labeling, and packaging of compounded sterile products (CSPs), bulk bags, and non-sterile solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
Requirements:
Preferred Qualifications:
About Us:
QuVa is a national, industry-leading provider of pharmacy services, including ready-to-administer sterile outsourcing and advanced AI-generated insights providing clarity for revenue capture and inventory management. QuVa Pharma delivers essential medications in injectable formats critical for effective patient care.
About the Role:
The Lead ILP Technician plays a vital role in ensuring the highest quality and safety standards of our pharmaceutical products. This individual oversees planning, scheduling, staffing, and daily execution for the inspection, labeling, and packaging of compounded sterile products (CSPs), bulk bags, and non-sterile solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversees inspection, labeling, and packaging operations, including scheduling, processing, and completion of finishing activities in support of CSPs, bulk bags, and non-sterile solutions.
- Serves as a knowledgeable resource for any team member who needs assistance with products or procedures, as well as SME for cross-functional project teams.
- Works with label printing teams to ensure appropriate inventory of labels is maintained to support production, including escalation as needed to meet production targets.
- Supports development of weekly ILP plans and schedules.
- Ensures timely communication and coordination of activities to ensure materials are transported and processed in accordance with internal procedures to meet established timelines for delivery and internal processing.
- Resolves and escalates non-routine incidents immediately.
- Ensures proper cleaning of the processing rooms in accordance with procedures.
- Conducts initial and on-going training of new operators, demonstrates proper techniques, provides coaching, tracks development, completes required documentation, and advises management of progress; regularly attends training meetings.
- Ensures the proper operation of process equipment in accordance with internal policy and procedure.
- Escalates to supervision information related to individuals who call in or arrive late to line.
Requirements:
- High school Diploma or GED from a recognized institution or organization.
- Able to successfully complete a background check.
- Able and willing to walk, stoop, stand, bend, and lift up to 40 lbs. throughout each shift, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- At least 1-year pharmaceutical manufacturing experience or labeling and/or packaging experience.
- Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; QuVa will not sponsor applicants for work visas.
Preferred Qualifications:
- BA degree.
- Proficient with MS Office, inclusive of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Familiarity with basic operation of ERP systems.
About Us:
QuVa is a national, industry-leading provider of pharmacy services, including ready-to-administer sterile outsourcing and advanced AI-generated insights providing clarity for revenue capture and inventory management. QuVa Pharma delivers essential medications in injectable formats critical for effective patient care.
