Production Technician

Job title: Production Technician

Location: Swiftwater, PA

**THIS IS A ROTATING 3RD SHIFT POSITION**

About the job

Join a global network that powers how Sanofi delivers — seamlessly, purposefully, and at scale. In Manufacturing & Supply, you’ll help reimagine how life-changing treatments reach people everywhere, faster. 

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, provides more than 1 billion doses of vaccine each year, making it possible to immunize more than 500 million people across the globe. A world leader in the vaccine industry, Sanofi Pasteur offers a broad range of vaccines protecting against 20 infectious diseases. The company's heritage, to create vaccines that protect life, dates back more than a century. Sanofi Pasteur is the largest company entirely dedicated to vaccines. Every day, the company invests more than EUR 1 million in research and development. For more information, please visit: www.sanofipasteur.com or www.sanofipasteur.us

About Sanofi

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. 

Main Responsibilities:

• Performs production activities in accordance with volume fluctuation, business need, and effective procedures. 

• Works to support production units by consistently providing required materials in a timely manner. 

• Ensures all materials required for production are available prior to need. 

• Identifies production issues and relays them to the leadership team. 

• Ensures all required paperwork is complete, accurate and done in a timely manner to ensure accurate inventory. 

• Completes tasks and corresponding documentation as required by cGMP.

• Works to prepare assigned areas for the oncoming shifts. 

• Completes at least one developmental class annually focused on one of the four core competencies. 

• Works to become trained in all assigned training modules. 

• Trains and orients new team members (at any level) as assigned. 

• Follows all procedures put into effect to ensure your safety as well as the safety of others. 

• Participates in monthly safety meetings. 

• Report all safety issues, concerns, incidents and near misses to the team leadership. 

• Participates in safety walkthroughs coordinated by the department’s safety team. 

• Provides input for potential safety issues as well as contributing ideas for corrective and preventative actions. 

• Follows effective procedures to ensure the production of a safe and efficacious product.  Works to understand cGMP’s. 

• Identifies areas of deficiency to the leadership team and offers potential suggestions for improvements. 

• Participates in both deviation investigations when appropriate and implementation plans to ensure a quality product.

• May participate in completion of quality documentation (BPR's, logbooks, etc.).FDA audit understanding and awareness. 

• Participates in team meetings.  Actively communicates improvement ideas, issues, concerns, etc to team. 

• Participates in cross functional teams where necessary to complete projects in an effective and timely manner. 

• Lead Operator, Completes picklists and move tickets for all tasks completed on any given day. 

• This may require inputting data into SAP, along with entering work orders and reagent orders. 

• Ensures proper process area operation by pre and post run set up and maintenance of lab and equipment. 

• Recommends changes to BPRs, SOPS and SWIs were warranted.  Write and edit documents under supervision. 

• Seeks out cross training in other areas whenever possible. 

• Responsible for assisting in writing and assisting incident investigations, CAPA's, change controls, along with assisting the higher-tech levels and Principal Investigators with projects. All other duties as assigned.

About You

Basic Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED and 1+ years prior manufacturing work experience

• Associates degree, Two year technical degree or Associated technical certificates/licenses from an accredited school with prior manufacturing work experience

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree

• Ability to use Human Machine Interfaces (HMI’s) to control industrial processes

• Evidence of basic mechanical aptitude, computer skills, good comprehension skills, retention skills, manual dexterity, and ability to troubleshoot.

Why Choose Us?  

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team. 

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally. 

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact. 

• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave. 

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.