Packaging Technician

About This Role

The Packaging Technician performs crucial packaging and labeling tasks for clinical trial projects, ensuring quality and compliance with cGMPs and SOPs. This role involves inspecting products, operating machinery, and maintaining a clean work environment in a pharmaceutical manufacturing setting.

Responsibilities

• Inspect blister cavities, bottles, pouches, vials, ampoules, syringes, and sealed clinical cards for defects.
• Perform hand counts of product using trays and fill tablet, bottle, desiccant, and closure hoppers.
• Support manufacturing tasks including de-inking product, tablet breaking, oversized capsule filling, and capsule inspection.
• Place blister units into assigned card locations for multi-fill operations.
• Inspect and verify clinical labels, ensuring 100% accountability for both manual and automated applications.
• Operate barcode scanners and computers for packaging and assembly work.
• Perform cleaning of product contact parts, machine equipment, and production rooms according to SOPs.
• Execute sanitation tasks using the three-bucket mop system for ceilings, walls, and floors.
• Work in cold storage environments as required, handling products both inside and outside refrigerated conditions.
• Adhere to all SOPs, safety, and quality requirements while ensuring accuracy and compliance in all packaging operations.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Ability to read and interpret customer specifications, cGMPs, SOPs, and follow written/oral instructions
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Demonstrates attentiveness, professionalism, good personal hygiene, and strong teamwork skills
• Ability to troubleshoot problems, report issues, and follow all plant safety guidelines
• Physically capable of standing, walking, sitting, and occasionally lifting up to 25 lbs
• Ability to meet vision requirements for reading documents and computer use

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 2+ years previous production or warehouse experience preferred.

Nice to Have

• 2+ years previous production or warehouse experience

Benefits