Manufacturing Technician - 3rd Shift

Prolacta; California; On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Stock options

401(k) match

4 weeks PTO

Parental leave

Job summary

Prolacta Bioscience is seeking a Manufacturing Technician to join our team in City of Industry, CA. The role supports production activities, ensuring compliance with cGMP, safety guidelines, and quality procedures as we manufacture bulk human milk concentrate and related products.

Responsibilities include operating processing equipment, assisting with engineering studies, and helping other entry-level technicians.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum 2-years experience in a highly regulated manufacturing cleanroom environment.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Experience with process equipment such as tanks, heat/chill systems, pumps, separators, ultrafiltration skids, CIP, autoclaves, and filling units.

Responsibilities

• Follow approved run sheets to complete manufacturing operations.
• Assist in problem-solving and non-conformance resolution.
• Operate and maintain equipment safely and efficiently.
• Support production activities including cleaning, labeling, packaging, and set-up of equipment.

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Processing tanks

Heat/chill systems

Pumps

Separators

Ultrafiltration skid

CIP systems

Autoclaves

Filling units

Job description

Do you want to contribute to a larger purpose to save the lives of infants in the NICU? This is Prolacta Bioscience's mission! Take a look at this opportunity with our Manufacturing team, which is seeking a passionate individual, to fill the role of our Manufacturing Technician.

This position is responsible for completing Prolacta' s manufacturing processes without assistance while strictly adhering to current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP' s), Environmental Health & Safety guidelines, and other regulations that apply. The incumbent is responsible for following daily job assignments in support of production activities such as manufacturing of bulk human milk concentrate, addition of mineral, pasteurization and filling, labeling printing and packaging operation, and equipment cleaning.

Who Is Prolacta Bioscience?

We give babies a brighter future by unlocking the biological power of human milk. Established in 1999, Prolacta Bioscience is a privately held life sciences company that has touched the lives of more than 100,000 premature infants globally. Prolacta is the world's leading hospital provider of 100% human milk-based nutritional products. Based in Southern California, we employ more than 300 people globally, many of whom have dedicated their lives to neonatal care.

For more information, please visit www.prolacta.com

How you will contribute

This role will provide you with the opportunity to contribute to the growth of our organization and develop your professional skills by...

• Support problem-solving small group activities and assist in resolving non conformances or root cause analysis.
• Effectively tests and detects problem using a variety of methods and approaches.
• Assist in engineering study and validation runs.

Other duties and responsibilities

Ability to perform the following production activities without assistance:

• Thawing and pooling of raw milk
• Aseptic sampling
• Preparation of cleaning solutions
• Operation of mixers
• Operation of chart recorders
• Disassembly and assembly of process equipment
• Cleaning and sanitizing of Facility and Equipment
• General housekeeping
• Packaging of products.
• Set up and operation of separators
• Handling, storage and use of intermediates
• Operate milk analyzing equipment
• Adjustment and formulation of all products
• Set up and operation of filter skid
• Milk filtration process
• Operation of CIP skid
• Cleaning, Operation, and testing of the Ultrafiltration skid
• Mineral calculation and addition
• Pasteurization
• Filling machine operation
• Aseptic sampling of water system and finished goods

This position requires teaching and assisting other entry level technicians.

What you bring to the role

Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent

Minimum 2-years experience working in a highly regulated manufacturing cleanroom facility at a Technician position.

Must be able to work on assignments with minimal supervision.

Must have experience working with process equipment such as processing tanks, heat/chill systems, pumps, separators, ultrafiltration skids, chart recorders, CIP systems, autoclaves, and automated filling units.

Qualifications

Follow approved run sheet and forms to complete manufacturing operation

Good oral and writing communication skill

Ability to follow Standard Operating Procedures

Knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practices including Good Documentation Practices

General manufacturing process understanding, control of time, speed, temperature, pressure, etc.)

Timely report of non-conformance and follow escalation procedure

Ability to operate and maintain in a safe working environment

How Prolacta benefits you

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we're committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From up to 100% healthcare coverage on your first day, to discretionary stock options and 401(k) match, we value our employees' health and financial wellbeing. We offer four weeks PTO during your first year of employment and support our new parents with a generous time-off program. We encourage employees to participate in our employee affinity groups, take volunteer time off, and provide access to different educational opportunities.

What else do you need to know

Location: City of Industry, CA

Schedule: 3rd Shift M-F

Travel: Minimal-determined through the needs of the business

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Pay: Starting at $30.77 for entry level

In an effort to minimize the spread of the coronavirus and to protect our employees, all new hires in the U.S. will need to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by their hire date with Prolacta Bioscience unless eligible for an accommodation as provided by law.

Depending on your residential location certain laws might regulate the way Prolacta manages applicant data. California Residents, please review our Privacy Notice for California Employees and Job Applicants for further information, this can be found on Prolacta.com on www.prolacta.com . By submitting your application, you are agreeing and acknowledging that you have read and understand the above notice.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to effectively communicate (e.g., talking/ hearing), walk, sit, use hands and fingers to handle, feel and reach things. The employee is occasionally required to taste, smell, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Employee will frequently lift and/or move up to thirty pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

Sedentary to light work; repetitive motions; pushing; pulling; visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures, transcribe, view a computer terminal.

EEO Statement

"Prolacta Bioscience, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer." Prolacta Bioscience, Inc. is committed to a proactive program of affirmative action and diversity development. The Company will continue to recruit, hire, train, and promote into all job levels without regard to race, religion, gender, marital status, familial status, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, source of income, or veteran status.