3rd Shift Blood Component Manufacturing Technician

American Red Cross • Douglasville, GA

1d • $20 • Onsite

About The Position

Joining The American Red Cross means becoming a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network, working with a diverse and unified team. This role offers a purposeful career path with mentors and competitive compensation and benefits, aligning your work with a mission that helps people and communities. In this specific role, you will be responsible for manufacturing blood products and samples. This involves processing blood units received from donors, scanning them, and transforming them into transfusable components such as red cells, platelets, and expressing plasma, as well as performing leukoreduction. As a Red Cross Team member, you are expected to be present for every shift, give 100%, and interact positively and proactively with both internal and external customers, demonstrating care and compassion at all times.

Requirements

• High School or equivalent required.
• Minimum 2 years of related experience in a regulatory, laboratory, or manufacturing environment or equivalent combination of education and related experience preferred.
• Good computer skills, ability to use a wide variety of programs and laboratory equipment, attention to detail, accurate documentation, and good decision-making skills.
• Good communication skills, with the ability to work on a team, as well as independently with minimal supervision

Nice To Haves

• Previous work in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Meet the quality and quantity production goals, while prioritizing workload expectations and maintaining accurate documentation
• Perform good inventory management practices throughout the manufacturing and distribution process.
• Perform data entry and operate the computer programs associated with component production, labeling, storage, and sample tube management.
• Analyze and make decisions based on visual inspection and information provided from other departments to meet time.
• Perform complex manufacturing tasks such as pooled product manufacturing, freeze, wash, or deglycerolizing of blood products, and pathogen reduction.
• Communicate effectively with internal customers, vendors, and volunteers.
• May require flexibility to work a variable schedule that includes weekends & holidays to meet the needs of our hospitals

Benefits

• Medical, Dental Vision plans
• Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
• PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on type of job and tenure
• Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
• 401K with up to 6% match
• Paid Family Leave
• Employee Assistance
• Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term
• Service Awards and recognition

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees