Production Technician
Pearl River, NY On-site
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About the role
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. We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families. Primary responsibility of the incumbent will be operation of general manufacturing equipment under close supervision in accordance with current relevant quality standards or standardized procedures and within safety guidelines in the production of Flublok Drug Substance in the downstream processing (Clarification and Purification) and buffer preparation areas of the cGMP commercial manufacturing facility. Requires good documentation skills and attention to detail. Duties will include the operation, maintenance, cleaning and sanitization of all downstream processing equipment such as stainless-steel vessels including transfer lines, ancillary equipment (tube welders, tube sealers, peristaltic pumps), use of water-for-injection (WFI) point of use taps, etc. Activities will include executing techniques such as large-scale centrifugation, depth filtration, chromatography column purification and packing, tangential flow filtration, and clean-in-place and steam-in-place of process equipment. Other duties will include the cleaning and preparation of workspaces and biosafety cabinets. The incumbent should be proficient in aseptic technique, preventive maintenance, and changeovers for area equipment, including biosafety cabinets, magnetic mixers, in-process testing equipment (pH / conductivity meters and turbidity meters). Secondary responsibilities will be to aid in the troubleshooting of problems as they arise in downstream and buffer preparation areas. Business needs may also require database entry, cross training and operations in flex areas.
What you'll bring
- High School Diploma with at least 1 year of work experience
- Bachelor’s Degree with no prior experience
- General knowledge of cGMP, GDP, SOP’s
- English fluent, both written and spoken
- Good communication and social skills
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee to encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
- May involve work with hazardous materials.
- Ability to accommodate production requirements that may require 50+ hour workweeks, including 2nd shift or split shift hours, extended day hours and weekends.
- This role requires frequent work on weekends depending on production demands.
- Training within a cGMP manufacturing environment is preferred
- Basic understanding of the Baculovirus Expression Vector System (BEVS) manufacturing process is desired but not required