Production Operator Roles and Responsibilities
Credo Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd.
A Production Operator in a pharmaceutical company is responsible for operating machines, manufacturing products according to SOPs, maintaining GMP standards, and ensuring product quality and safety.
Main Roles and Responsibilities
- Machine operation: Operate production equipment such as pelletizing, spheronization, coating, drying, blending and granulation machines, as applicable.
- Batch manufacturing: Follow the Batch Manufacturing Record (BMR) and execute each step according to approved instructions.
- Material handling: Verify raw materials, quantities, labels and material status before use.
- SOP compliance: Follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
- In-process checks: Monitor parameters such as temperature, speed, drying time, coating conditions and product appearance, as applicable.
- Documentation: Record equipment readings, process parameters, material usage, yield and production activities accurately.
- Cleaning: Perform equipment and area cleaning according to approved procedures and maintain line clearance.
- Safety: Wear the required PPE and follow workplace safety procedures.
- Quality control: Inform the supervisor about deviations, abnormal machine conditions or product defects.
- Housekeeping: Maintain cleanliness and follow 5S practices in the production area.
- Equipment checks: Verify equipment cleanliness, status labels and calibration or maintenance status before operation.
- Team coordination: Coordinate with Production, QA, QC and Engineering departments.Role & responsibilities
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