Commodities Technician (nights: 0600pm to 0630am) - multiple positions - Military veterans preferred

Nephron Pharmaceuticals


Description:

Job Title: Commodities Technician

Reports To: Resin Supervisor

FLSA Status: Exempt

Company: Nephron Sterile Compounding Center

Corporate Statement:

Nephron Pharmaceuticals is a privately-owned global leader in the manufacturing of generic drug products, over-the-counter (OTC) drug products and medical devices. Nephron's products are sterile, preservative and additive free and proudly made in the USA! We are headquartered in West Columbia, South Carolina. Our location provides the ability to develop new devices and medications including respiratory therapies, ophthalmic, and injectables, for in-house or contract manufacturing opportunities. The facility utilizes completely automated manufacturing, packaging, and distribution systems, in addition to high volume and redundant utility systems, to ensure production system availability. Nephron specializes in Blow-Fill-Seal (BFS) manufacturing, a niche technology that allows a vial of medication to be formed, filled and sealed in a continuous process, in a sterile, enclosed environment and without human intervention.

As an industry leader in product safety and quality, Nephron produces a variety of inhalation solutions, and has distributed over 1 billion doses of respiratory medication per year since 2009. The company's longstanding relationships with major drug wholesalers allow us to distribute our products to retail pharmacies, mail order pharmacies, hospitals, home care companies, and long-term care facilities. Nephron has a sales force that covers all fifty states and some international territories. Nephron exists to provide top-quality, affordable medications to everyone. Our quality first culture is built on: Transformation, Execution and Trust.

Position Summary:

• Perform On-the-Job (OJT), group and one-on-one trainings from department personnel.

• Contact and coordinate with different departments and resources.

• Required to enter cleanroom as needed to observe aseptic technique. Make corrections and conduct re-trainings if deemed necessary.

• Evaluate and communicate training needs to upper management.

• Performs all other duties as assigned or apparent.

• Assist and monitor the receipt and release of railcars

• Follow up with the Quality department to ensure testing

• Maintain company equipment/tools utilized for resin transfers

• Complete understanding of how to use the HMI

• Check railcars for moisture levels

• Assist coordinating quality tests with the Quality Assurance department upon resin receipt

• Monitoring and clearing “knuckle” of all regrind and purge

• Assist with movement ol wet-waste gaylords from the “knuckle” to the E80 warehouse

• Monitoring of the resin regrind room, silo room, and blower house

• Grinding, weighing, labeling, and loading of ground resin and purge onto the loading trailer

Primary Accountabilities:

• Maintaining cleanliness of railcar area, blower house, silo room, and resin regrind room

• Ensuring all resin transfers from start to finish are properly documented and performed using guidance SOPs

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

NOTE: The primary accountabilities and knowledge, skills and abilities are intended to describe the general content of and requirements of this position and are not intended to be an exhaustive statement of duties. Incumbents may perform all or most of the primary accountabilities listed below. Specific tasks or responsibilities will be documented in the incumbents' performance objectives as outlined by the incumbents' immediate supervisor or manager.

· High School Diploma or equivalent

· Previous training in BFS or manufacturing settings experience preferred

· Computer experience: Excel, Word

· MUST PASS DRUG TEST

· Must speak, write, and read English.

· A broad perspective that aligns decisions to organizational objectives and long-term consequences of day-to-day activities.

· The ability and willingness to change direction and focus to meet shifting organizational and business demands in a fast-paced environment.

• The ability to create and contribute to an environment that values safety, people, encourages trust, teamwork, open communication, and provides participation, learning, feedback and recognition.

• The ability to effectively manage one self, demonstrate integrity, be productive under pressure, and achieve development goals

• The ability to manage a multitude of resources and to be accurate and current with data and information.

• Position requires lifting (up to 60 lbs.), vision (20/20), bending (waist to floor), climbing (floor to ceiling), reaching (floor to overhead), standing (75%), sitting (5%), walking (20%), gripping, talking and hearing.

• Incumbents are required to wear PPE as assigned by management.

« Incumbents are required to comply with proper gowning requirements and other non- specified protective equipment as necessary.

• Incumbents may be required to wear safety glasses, hearing protection, bouffant, and laboratory coats and other non-specified protective equipment as necessary.

• Salary range: Based on experience

• Hours of Work: As required by management. Must have schedule flexibility to support

all shifts.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the types of duties and responsibilities the will be required of the positions given this title and shall not be constructed as a declaration of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description

EEO Statement:

Nephron is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or job applicants on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information, childbirth, medical needs arising from pregnancy and childbirth and related medical conditions, including lactation, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local law.

Nephron Pharmaceuticals is a drug free workplace

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