Operations Specialist Operations - JR102270 - Posting Date: 08/29/2022

Company: Packaging Coordinators, Inc.
Location: Philadelphia
Posted on: May 28, 2023

Job Description:

Life changing therapies. Global impact. Bridge to thousands of biopharma companies and their patients.
We are PCI. -
Our investment is in People who make an impact, drive progress and create a better tomorrow. Our strategy includes building teams across our global network to pioneer and shape the future of PCI. Summary:This position is responsible for providing the direction, organization, alignment, monitoring and cGMP compliance to ensure the successful, cost effective, timely and safe processing of customer orders. The position audits production room documentation, checks equipment challenges and hourly in-process inspections have been performed, ensures samples have been taken, and reviews room for 5S Compliance. These associates are responsible for performing real time batch record and documentation review and or co-signs during batch processing in order to drive improvements into our Right First Time (RFT) metrics. They are also responsible for leading and realizing continuous quality and process improvements on the production floor by mentoring, coaching and training their operational counterparts.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform operational production room approvals after product and lot changes
• Verifies first piece inspection to ensure finished goods code, format, and expiration date are correct
• Ensure equipment is packaged within validated parameters and equipment calibration dates on all process equipment are within required specifications. If not, this individual will contact the appropriate personnel to recalibrate and/or remediate the issue.
• Review batch record (MP') to ensure equipment challenges and hourly inspections have been conducted and any non-conformances are addressed appropriately. Conduct periodic checks to confirm hourly inspections are being performed correctly and on track to meet AQL requirements
• Review sampling pages to ensure samples have been taken, labelled, and documented appropriately
• Audit production room to ensure Cleaning and Use logbooks, Mechanical Set-up logbooks, and Preventive Maintenance logbooks have been completed accurately and timely.
• Confirm package (unit) functionality (perfs, peel, push, seals, etc.)
• Check to ensure portable equipment has been cleaned and documented correctly on quality form.
• Audit production personnel to ensure the job is performed safely including wearing required personal protective equipment.
• Ensure recovery stations are segregated from product flow.
• Confirm bulk material and components for job are correct and kept covered.
• Review each equipment clean room logbooks for correct clean room, entries are complete, correct, and legible.
• Review temperature and humidity data to ensure within acceptable job parameters.
• Identify proactively gaps in batch records and PDR's to mitigate deviations and documentation errors. Participate on improvement teams (i.e. FMEA's, Kaizen, batch record etc.) as needed
• Support Root Cause Analysis as needed.
• Report quality event notifications for issues encountered on the production floor to OPS Mgmt..
• Support operations by creating JDE labels for production
• This position may require overtime and/ or weekend work.
• Must have knowledge of and adherence to all PCI, cGMP, and GCP policies, procedures and rules.
• Must be dependable in work attendance.
• May perform duties of Quality Coordinator
• Perform other duties as assigned by Manager/Supervisor.Education or Equivalent:
  • High School Diploma required
  • 2 - 4 years relevant experience in production, equipment and or process
  • Packaging, Pharmaceutical, Bio-Pharmaceutical, and/or Medical Device background is preferredKnowledge/Skills Requirements:
    • Must be dependable and show initiative to improve safety, quality, through put and cost performance.
    • Must be willing to work overtime and flexible to work on all 3 shifts
    • Able to balance multiple issues simultaneously in a fast paced environment. --- Needs good problem solving skills, should be detail oriented and well organized.
    • Mus be computer literate with experience using MS Office, spreadsheets and ERP systems.Join us and be part of building the bridge between life changing therapies and patients. Let's talk future Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement:
      PCI Pharma Services is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We do not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or domestic or civil union status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, disability, military eligibility or veteran status, or any other protected status.
      At PCI, we have an uncompromising focus on providing quality and operational excellence and providing the industry leading customer experience. Our people make all of this happen, so providing an industry leading experience for our people is equally as important. By creating an authentic culture of purposeful work, we aspire to be an interesting and fulfilling place for talented individuals to grow careers. We live a philosophy of intentional learning combined with real-life experience supported by a fair and competitive rewards program. We are individuals, teams and a company that believes in our purpose and our approach is simple, the people who work at PCI fuel our business; we don't say no, we figure out how.

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