Process Technician

Process Technician

Position Summary

• Work Schedule: 1st shift

• 100% based on-site in Manassas, VA

Our Manassas, Virginia site is a part of the Consumer Health division and provides expanded capabilities in soft chews and lozenges. With extensive development and manufacturing expertise and a wide range of flavors, ingredients, and colors available, we can work with complex formulations to help create engaging new products consumers will love.

The Process Technician is responsible for operating the production line, equipment setup, change part control, mechanical adjustments, troubleshooting technical issues, and verification of manufacturers’ specifications.

The Role

• Operate production line to maximize production with high quality output

• Follow standardized work to perform equipment setups and manage equipment change parts

• Understand and follow all cGMP and SOP regulations

• Perform detailed cleaning of encapsulation change parts using various cleaning solutions

• Accurately complete all applicable documentation pertaining to daily tasks

• Monitor key change part parameters in accordance with manufacturer specifications

• Provide technical troubleshooting to investigate alignment, production and setup issues

• Provides data and possible solutions for PR’s related setup

• Manage setup schedule to minimize production downtime

• Other duties as assigned

The Candidate

• High School Degree or GED required.

• Preferred 3+ years of prior experience in a technical manufacturing role focusing on mechanical alignment and change over skills.

• Prior experience working in a pharmaceutical, biotech, or food manufacturing environment (regulated by GMP standards and requirements) is preferred; with specific experience in food or nutraceutical manufacturing.

• Ability to troubleshoot mechanical problems

• Ability to communicate effectively with engineers, manufacturing operators, customers, staff, and other personnel

• Ability to use calibrated measurement tools

• Required to read and interpret mechanical drawings

• The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 40 pounds, infrequently move up to 1000 pounds.

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms, climb or balance.

• The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Spearhead exciting and innovative projects

• Fast-paced, dynamic environment

• High visibility to members at all levels of the organization

• 152 hours of PTO + 8 paid holidays

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!  Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

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