Manufacturing Associate - 1st Shift

Perrigo•Covington, OH

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Perrigo Company is dedicated to making lives by bringing high quality and affordable self-care products that consumers trust everywhere they are sold. Help us do it. The scope of the role involves operating and ensuring the proper operation of manufacturing equipment. This includes conducting regular in-process checks of quality attributes of materials and products, and ensuring equipment is operating correctly. The role also involves assisting in recording accurate production and inspection data, and completing manufacturing paperwork in compliance with required SOPs and cGMPs. Additionally, the Manufacturing Associate performs set ups, changeovers, and cleans the work area throughout the shift to ensure proper clearance of materials. A key aspect of the role is continuously looking for and helping to implement improvements to the process, productivity, quality, and cost reduction. Other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

High School Diploma or Equivalency required.
Must possess basic math and reading comprehension skills and be able to read, speak and comprehend instructions in English, including procedure documents, as well as proofread alpha and numeric data.
Requires ability to follow standard work and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Basic computer skills and the ability to navigate through computer based training systems and use in the course of daily work may be required.
Must be able to communicate effectively as a member of a work team.
Must meet all locally defined training requirements.
Consistently/Frequently – Sit, walk, lift 50 lbs., pulling and pushing, grasp, move items, feel with hand/fingers
Consistently/Frequently - exposure to loud noises/machinery and exposure to chemicals
Consistently/Frequently - see (vision), ability to see colors, hear, ability to read and write, ability to interpret information, basic math, reading and writing in English.
Simple problem solving may be required to adjust process parameters based on data readouts and machine feedback and document corrections to batch records and other controlled documents using cGMP-compliant practices.
Simple decision-making skills are expected to read and interpret work instructions and SOPs and then decide on appropriate courses of action based on the guidance provided.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a pharmaceutical, Federal Drug Administration (FDA) controlled, other controlled regulatory agencies, or Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) packaging or manufacturing environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

Operates and ensures proper operation of manufacturing equipment.
Conducts regular in-process checks of quality attributes of materials and products and to ensure the equipment is operating correctly.
Assists in recording accurate production and inspection data and is responsible for completing manufacturing paperwork in compliance with required SOPs and cGMPs.
Performs set ups, changeovers and cleans the work area throughout the shift to ensure proper clearance of materials.
Continuously looks for and helps to implement improvements to the process, productivity, quality and reduce costs.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Required to operate and handle material handling equipment.
Ability to work overtime as required.