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Job Title: Lead Production Technician

Location: Swiftwater, PA

*This will be a 3rd shift position with a 40hr work schedule.

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.

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.

Sanofi is the vaccines division of Sanofi Inc. We believe in a world in which no one suffers or dies from a vaccine-preventable disease. The Swiftwater site is located in northeast Pennsylvania and is home to the production of over 120 million doses of vaccine each year.

At the Sanofi Swiftwater site, we manufacture and market vaccines to help prevent diseases —some of which have seasonal demand.  Given this seasonality, peak manufacturing periods require greater levels of labor, and it is important that we have the optimal number of employees to meet the demand.

You are a detail-oriented person who thrives in a fast-paced team environment.

The production technician is the “heartbeat” of vaccine manufacturing and is primarily responsible for the high quality and efficient production of our vaccines in accordance with current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) for all relevant regulatory agencies (e.g. FDA).

Like all production positions at the Company, this position may be required to be moved or temporarily flexed to another department or location within the Biologics platform due to business needs. This is a 40-hour work week.

Additionally, candidates should expect to work in multiple buildings including Building 79, Building 59, and Building 37.  We will attempt to provide as much advance notice as possible if any such change is needed. Some off-shift work may be required based on business needs.  The Technician is responsible for production in accordance with volume fluctuation, business needs, and effective procedures.

We are an innovative global healthcare company that helps the world stay ahead of infectious diseases by delivering more than 500 million vaccine doses a year. Across different countries, our talented teams are exploring new technologies to protect people and promote healthy communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing Progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.

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 in accordance with volume fluctuation, business needs, and effective procedures. 
• Ensures all materials required for production are available prior to need. 
• Ensures the completion of sampling and corresponding documentation as required.
• Ensures the completion of move tickets and picklists in an accurate and timely manner to ensure accurate inventory. 
• Participates or leads in all aspects of production process (SAP, cycle counting, Lims, iShift, ordering, Caps, Lab watch, Documentum, Metasys, DeltaV,5S etc.). Works to resolve all production issues.
• Understands next steps and works to guide others through the process to complete them. 
• Understands science behind process steps and technology.
• Ensures all areas within the facility are adequately covered at all times. 
• May serve as processing room leads and strive to become experts in their assigned areas. 
• Completes tasks and corresponding documentation as required by cGMP.

Continues Development:

• Continues development by completing at least one developmental class annually. 
• Completes at least one developmental class outside of the core competencies annually.  
• Works to become trained in all assigned training modules.
• Training coordinator / Trainer –Train and guide Personnel in proper work procedures, use of equipment, cGMP’s, safe work techniques and SAP to assure timely signoffs and consistency in training.
• Maintains qualified trainer status.

Safety:

• Follows all procedures put into effect to ensure your safety as well as the safety of others. 
• Participates in monthly safety meetings. 
• Reports all safety issues, concerns, incidents and near misses to the team leadership. 
• Actively 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.
• Works with the safety team to ensure that the team is completing regular walkthroughs and is taking the necessary steps to address issues. 
• Works with the safety team to ensure that the resources required to address safety issues are secured in a timely manner and that the effective resolutions are put into place and trained upon. 
• Works with the safety and leadership team to implement all safety initiatives by actively and effectively communicating the initiatives and by helping others to understand the initiatives.
• Ensures training is completed on all safety implementations.

Follows all procedures:

• Follows effective procedures to ensure the production of a safe and efficacious product. 
• Has a thorough working knowledge of the cGMP’s and works to help others understand. 
• Identifies areas of deficiency and offers suggestions for improvements. 
• Identifies deviations and aids in   investigations and root cause analysis. 
• Works to complete quality documentation (BPR’s, logbooks, QA Observations etc.) accurately in a timely manner. 
• Reviews quality documentation for completeness. 
• Understands the function of the quality group and works with them to maintain a positive rapport. 
• Participates in team meetings. 
• Participates in cross functional teams where necessary to complete projects in an effective and timely manner.

*All other duties as assigned.

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• Associates with 3 + yrs in cGMP or pharmaceutical or any manufacturing experience
• Bachelor's with 1 + yrs in cGMP or pharmaceutical or any manufacturing experience
• Prior or related cGMP or pharmaceutical experience recommended.
• Proficiency in at least two areas of operations or product line. Must be a qualified trainer in one or more areas.
• Must be proficient in at least one of the following areas: BPR review, Environmental monitoring, Documentation Coordinator, logbook review, technical writing (SWI revisions).
• Must have knowledge and access to systems (SAP, iShift, Master, Moda, Labware).
• Must have knowledge and access to systems in applicable buildings and processes which have these systems (SFD, PI).
• Requires good mechanical skills, computer skills and is detail oriented.
• Must have basic mechanical aptitude, good comprehension skills, retention skills, troubleshooting and manual dexterity.

*BSA Experience Preferred.

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.

The salary range for this position is:

$27.08 - $40.62

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.

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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.

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