Production Technician

Job Title: Production Technician  

Location: Swiftwater, PA  

Shift: 2nd shift

About the Job

The Production Technician – Vaccine is responsible for supporting all aspects of the visual inspection production process in compliance with cGMP standards. This role requires strong mechanical aptitude, attention to detail, and a commitment to quality, safety, and continuous improvement.

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:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Safety

• Participates in monthly safety meetings.
• Reports all safety issues, concerns, incidents, and near misses to team leadership.
• Understands how to work the SRR system.
• Works with the safety and leadership team to provide input on potential safety issues, contribute ideas, and implement all safety initiatives by actively communicating them and helping others understand.
• Works with the safety team to ensure resources required to address safety issues are secured in a timely manner and that effective resolutions are put in place and trained upon.

Quality

• Maintains FDA audit understanding and awareness; ensures processes in assigned areas follow proper procedures at all times.
• Responsible for verifying qualification status prior to performing any task; immediately notifies management if assigned a task for which they are not qualified.
• Identifies and reports any variation from standard operating procedures.
• Participates in variance from SOP and incident investigations as required.
• Ensures completion and review of quality documentation (BRs, logbooks, etc.) accurately and in real-time.
• Ensures strict adherence to ALCOA documentation requirements.
• Follows proper documentation practices as required by cGMP.
• Understands the function of the quality group.
• Writes, edits, and reviews process documentation for completeness.
• Identifies areas of deficiency and offers suggestions for improvements.

Delivery

• Responsible for execution of all required tasks including: zone 1, zone 2, bench inspection, cap check, stopper check, and relief.
• Gains and maintains manual bench inspection qualification; notifies management of failure to qualify or loss of qualification.
• Gains and maintains qualification on all automated inspection processes.
• Gains and maintains qualification in all zone 1 activities.
• Participates in delivery and reconciliation with QC.
• Ensures the completion of sampling and corresponding documentation as required.
• Performs sample delivery on site.
• Ensures all data generation via EBR and iSHIFT is performed in real-time.
• Gains initial access and maintains proficiency in EBR and iSHIFT.

Cost

• Participates in all aspects of the production process and maintains access to required systems. Examples include:
  • EBR Data Entry
  • iSHIFT (S4HANA) Transactions
  • LIMs Labware (Citrix/WARP)
  • OpsTrakker (MIRA2 & MIRA4)
  • HMI/Network Access
  • Qualipso
• Actively communicates improvement ideas, issues, and concerns to management along with proposing solutions.
• Performs continuous monitoring of reject rates.
• Works to resolve common production issues related to the area of work.

Involvement

• Maintains qualification in all assigned training modules.
• Maintains a target of 95–100% completion rate on all assigned e-learnings.
• Trains and orients new team members (at any level) as assigned; maintains qualified trainer status if applicable.
• Participates in team meetings; demonstrates respect, professionalism, and confidentiality.
• Maintains required materials throughout production processes.
• Has a thorough working knowledge of cGMPs and works to help others understand.
• Involved in at least one cross-functional team to complete projects effectively and on time.
• Seeks cross-training in other areas within the department; completes at least one process training in a new area whenever possible.
• Continues professional development by completing at least one developmental item annually; ensures it is documented in their IDP.
• Strives to become an expert in their assigned processing area.
• Maintains proficiency in the execution of the following tasks:
  • Pre and post run set up
  • Seidenader SI-30 operator
  • Seidenader VI-60 operator
  • Bosch operator
  • Bench operator
  • Weight check operator
  • Stopper check operator
  • Cap check operator
  • Lidding / hand-packing
• All other duties as assigned.

About You

Basic Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or GED with 6+ months of prior manufacturing/warehouse work experience.
• Associate degree or Bachelor's degree with no experience.
• Veterans who served in the US military on active duty and/or National Guard members who have received an honorable or general discharge and/or medical discharge.

Soft skills:

• Cooperates willingly with colleagues, establishes rapport in a friendly and courteous manner.
• Maintains positive working relationships and is willing to help others.  

Technical skills:

• Basic computer skills and previous production experience preferred. 

Languages:

• Reading, writing, comprehension, and communication in English are preferred, but all multilingual languages are welcome. 

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 US Services and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers committed to a culturally inclusive 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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Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

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US and Puerto Rico Residents Only

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers committed to a culturally inclusive 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.

North America Applicants Only

The salary range for this position is:

$20.32 - $27.09

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.