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Sr. Packaging Specialist

HireTalent, San Diego, CA, United States


Job Title:

Sr. Packaging Specialist Job Location:

San Diego, CA Job Duration:

0-3 month(s) (Temp to Hire) SHIFT:

MON-FRI 8AM - 4:30PM

Job Description:

The Sr. Packaging Specialist must be able to work in a team environment to offer quality packaging and labeling of customer’s clinical trials. This position is expected to lead production rooms and ensure quality product is outputted from production batch records. Additionally, this role will have responsibilities for label control and training of new staff. Employees will be involved with handling look‑alike products and labeling. Clinical operations can be run as a blister fill, bottle fill, pouch, carding, vial/syringe inspection or hand assembly. Employees will also be involved with de‑inking of product and capsule manufacturing. These individuals must be detail oriented in order to work with multiple look‑alike products at the same time.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Lead production rooms and runs from pre‑line, execution, to post‑line activities

Perform production EBR review

Responsibilities for label control including label printing, creation of master blinding forms, and initial/final inspection of labels

FastChain Productions and Management of 3‑day Turnaround Time

JDE SME for production activities

Responsible and perform OJT for production team members

Shared responsibilities with the Production Manager on maintaining the production schedule and management of staff in rooms on a day‑to‑day basis

May be responsible for assisting investigations related to any deviations or customer complaints from the result of operational processes

Inspect blister cavities for missing products, burnt product, holes in foil, print registration, missing print, crushed blisters and seal integrity

Fill tablet, bottle, desiccant and closure hoppers. Hand count product using counting trays

Manufacturing responsibilities include de‑inking product, tablet breaking, product placement into oversized capsules and capsule inspection

Inspect bottles for misaligned closures, print registration and missing print copy

Inspect seal integrity of pouch, print registration and missing print copy

Inspect blister units and place them into properly assigned card locations for multi‑fill operations

Responsible for cleaning machine equipment and production rooms as stated in SOPs

Fill in all appropriate information in the cleaning logbooks

Responsible for cleaning product contact parts

When working on look‑alike products you are only allowed to work with your assigned product. Multi‑fill projects require that employees do not touch or help other employees that are assigned different products

Responsible for cleaning production rooms with three bucket sponge mop cleaning system which includes ceilings, walls and floors

All clinical labels must be inspected and require 100% accountability. Clinical labels can be either manually or automatically applied

Sealed clinical cards must be inspected for missing copy, poor seal, smudges and dirt, misaligned blister units and burnt product

Inspection required for vials, ampoules and syringes utilizing black and white light boxes

Cold storage packaging will also be required working with cold products, both outside and inside refrigeration conditions

Assembly work required, which may include utilizing barcode scanning equipment and computers

Other duties as assigned

Must Have:

Education or Experience:

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Minimum of 6 years of relevant industry experience in a cGMP environment, or comparable pharmaceutical or clinical knowledge and experience

Minimum of 4 years of operating and maintaining packaging equipment (blistering, bottling, carding) or relevant packaging equipment experience

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