Production Technician - Clean Room - Ecolab Inc.

As a Production Technician at Purolite, an Ecolab Company, you will join our operations team at our new Life sciences manufacturing facility in King of Prussia, PA. This is a great opportunity to join and advance with an innovative and high-growth global company committed to sustainability.

What You Will Do: 

• Transfer of product to dryers, grinding, screening, and packaging of products. 
• Responsible for compliance with all clean room safety and production quality requirements. 
• Knowledge of FDA requirements Title 21 part 210 & 211 in Manufacturing, Processing, Packing, or Holding of Drugs and Finished Pharmaceuticals.  
• Will be responsible for of ensuring quality, productivity, and operating equipment in the clean rooms. 
• Drives continuous improvement initiatives and recommends improvements to the Production Supervisor. 
• Monitors and communicates non-conformances to the Production Supervisor or Senior managers. 
• Maintains Production equipment through general cleanings.  
• Documents all critical process parameters during batch processing.

Educational and Experience Requirements:  

• High school diploma or equivalent, 
• 3 years of experience working in pharmaceutical manufacturing production.
• Working experience of cGMP Guidelines, FDA Regulations, cleanroom functions and etiquette with additional training provided as needed. 
• Clean room gowning experience required.
• Effective communication skills required,
• Mechanical aptitude is required for this position.
• Required to work shifts and weekends per business needs. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• College or University degree. 
• Knowledge of vacuum transfer systems, fluid bed dryers, screening machines, or milling techniques.
• Forklift, milling, grinding and/or clean room experience.

Contacts and Relationships: 

Interfaces with other department personnel in the QC Lab, administration, and management as necessary. 

Working Conditions: 

Position operates mainly in a cGMP production environment.  Most of the work will take place in a cleanroom which will entail cleanroom gowning.  Product suites will sometime have excessive noise and vibrations, moving mechanical parts, potentials for electric shock, fine powders and odors.   

Physical Demands: 

Physical requirements:  Requires ability to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time, bend, reach, grasp, handle, push, pull, twist, kneel, squat, carry and lift uneven loads. Lift floor to waist, lift waist level and above, including overhead, up to and including 40 lbs. Climb step stools, stairs, and ladders. 

Visual requirements:  Requires ability to use tools, machinery, or lab equipment, including viewing computer screens, write and review documentation. Close visual acuity to perform mechanical or skilled tasks; fabricate or assemble parts or equipment. Ability to operate light equipment. 

Close visual acuity to read small print, analyze data, transcribe, determine the accuracy, neatness or thoroughness of assigned work or work area. 

Hearing requirements:  Talk and/or hear normal audible sounds including the spoken word and sounds over the telephone. Understand and convey spoken instructions accurately, softly, loudly, or quickly, occasionally in a noisy environment. 

Mental requirements: Ability to comprehend complex information or instructions, interpret and convey information in a written or oral format. 

Emotional demands: Ability and willingness to deal with high stress fast paced situations and make accurate and quick decisions. 

Equipment use: Extensive computer use, frequent use of lab equipment, and tools. 

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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At Ecolab, we believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every associate can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.

In addition, we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA). Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, disabled and covered veteran individuals at all levels of the workforce. Ecolab is a place where you can grow your career, own your future and impact what matters.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.