Manufacturing Support Associate 3 - Fujifilm

Overview

Follow Your Genki to North America's largest, state-of-the-art Life Science Manufacturing Facility & CDMO

The work we do at FDB has never been more important—and we are looking for talented candidates to join us. We are growing our locations, our capabilities, and our teams, and looking for passionate, mission-driven people like you who want to make a real difference in people’s lives. Join FDB and help manufacture the next vaccine, cure, or gene therapy in partnership with some of the most innovative biopharma companies across the globe. We are proud to cultivate a culture that will fuel your passion, energy and drive - what we call Genki.

Join us

We are growing our locations and are investing more than $2 billion into establishing a new large-scale manufacturing site for biopharmaceuticals in the United States to accelerate the growth of our Bio CDMO (Contract and Development Manufacturing Organization) business. This will be the largest end-to-end cell culture CDMO provider in North America.

The new site will offer end-to-end solutions to our customers looking to manufacture biopharmaceuticals in the US. In addition to drug substance manufacture, it will also provide automated fill-finish and assembly, packaging, and labeling services. The new state-of-the-art facility is located in Holly Springs, North Carolina, United States.

*** Please note that this posting represents 2 openings ***

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About This Role

This role performs manufacturing support activities to ensure compliant and reliable production. This manufacturing facility is 24/7 operational and the role may require to be flexible with working hours.

What You’ll Do

During the Project Phase:

• Lead operational readiness initiatives as well as site commissioning and qualification efforts.

In Operations:

• Supports reliable production through the following activities during regular operations:
• Leads troubleshooting including acting as a process subject matter expert (SME) for their process respective area(s)
• Coordinates Batch Planning including process template creation and import and management of preventive maintenance plans (PMs)
• Recommends and performs Documentation updates
• Coordination of non‐batch activities and creation of associated documentation for changeover, PMs, column packing
• Supports tech transfer
• Initiates or supports change management records, investigations, corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs), and continuous improvement (CI) activities
• Identifies and/or drives highly technical improvement projects in DSM
• Supports inspections and audits
• Performs other duties, as assigned

Who You Are

You have expertise in Manufacturing Operations. You have a high degree of troubleshooting ability. You have strong technical experience with batch planning and the creation of manufacturing documentation. You are experienced with audits, leading investigations support and leading continuous improvement projects.

Basic Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED with 8 years of related experience OR
• Associate degree with 6 years of direct experience OR
• BS/BA with 4 years of direct experience
• Equivalent military experience or training

Preferred Requirements

• Associates or Bachelor’s Degree preferably in life sciences or Engineering
• BioWorks or BTEC Capstone cGMP coursework preferred

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Ability to discern audible cues

WORKING ENVIRONMENT

PHYSICAL DEMANDS  

• Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time.  
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time.   
• Ability to conduct activities using repetitive motions that include wrist, hands and/or fingers.
• Ability to conduct work that includes moving objects up to 10 lbs.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

• Will work in heights greater than 4 feet

FDBN is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identify or any other protected class. If an accommodation to the application process is needed, please email FDBN_PNC@fujifilm.com.

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of FUJIFILM about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at FUJIFILM via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of FUJIFILM, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by FUJIFILM for this requisition and a valid agreement with FUJIFILM is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the FUJIFILM agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.