Manufacturing Apprentice

Job Title: Manufacturing Apprentice

Location: Portsmouth, NH - 03801

Duration: 12 Months

Job Type: Contract

Work Type: Onsite

Pay Rate: $20-$23 per hour

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is a leading biotechnology company that combines technological insight with world-class manufacturing, scientific expertise, and process excellence and helps their customers to deliver new and innovative medicines that help treat a wide range of diseases. Our client specializes in pharmaceutical ingredients, Bioscience, Biopharmaceuticals, Custom manufacturing, Biotechnology, Life science ingredients, Nutrition, Microbial Control, Agriculture, Materials Science, Personal Care, and cell and gene therapy.

Summary

The Manufacturing Apprentice is responsible for supporting all cGMP preparation and manufacturing production suites. They support the production groups by ensuring the suites are appropriately stocked with raw materials and consumables, assemble and autoclave assemblies for use, clean soiled parts, perform daily/weekly maintenance on analytical equipment, and complete scheduled cleaning requirements that are not fulfilled by contracted cleaning staff. They are expected to attain a basic understanding of cGMP compliance while training under close supervision, demonstrating aseptic technique and cross contamination awareness in handling of products and materials.

Responsibilities

• Perform 6S and stock each suite daily, clean soiled parts daily.
• Determine production needs for autoclaved assembles and deliver to suites.
• Report all activities in written and electronic documents in accordance with good manufacturing practice (GMPs) and good documentation procedures (GDPs), review documentation as appropriate.
• Prepare materials for transport and delivery to manufacturing suites. Perform material movements into, out of, and across the production areas.
• Maintain facility and equipment through routine cleaning and sanitization.
• Administrative tasks – attending suite shift exchange, meetings, sending/receiving emails, participating in projects, perform other duties as assigned.
• Set up of manufacturing procedures & collaboration with QA to support CT quality systems aligned with existing operations.
• Support building & establishing the manufacturing team by participating in the training of new colleagues.
• Complete the appropriate Safety, Gowning, Material Movement, Visual Inspection, APS, Cleaning, Scheduling, and EM Trainings.
• Support the definition and execution of all activity in compliance with EHS requirements.
• Manufacturing readiness to include staying up to date with training, compliance wire, icomply, and other relevant assignments
• Perform other duties as assigned.

TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.