Pharma Manufacturing Technician - 1st Shift (Training)

Civica Rx; Petersburg (VA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Paid training

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K

Life & Disability Insurance

Employee referral awards

Paid time off

Job summary

Civica Rx is seeking an entry-level Manufacturing Technician to support pharmaceutical production, including weighing, dispensing, compounding, and operating filling/packaging lines for cartridges, syringes, and vials.

You will work under supervision to maintain GMP and safety standards, participate in daily meetings, and help ensure a steady supply of essential medicines within Civica’s manufacturing operations.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Coursework or bachelor’s degree in a Life Science discipline preferred.
• Good reading and writing skills with the ability to perform basic to advanced mathematical calculations.
• Ability to read, understand, and follow written procedures accurately.
• Hands-on experience manipulating, handling, or assembling products in a manufacturing or production environment strongly preferred.
• Previous pharmaceutical manufacturing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Under the Manufacturing Lead and/or Supervisor’s direction, support manufacturing operations to meet strategic department objectives.
• Prepare cleaning and sanitizing solutions and perform daily, weekly, monthly cleaning of controlled and classified manufacturing areas.
• Replenish manufacturing components, materials, and supplies in all processing areas.
• Transport bright stock and finished product to and from staging as required according to manufacturing schedule.
• Perform equipment cleaning and preparation for sterilization. Operate sterilizer equipment to provide format parts for filling equipment.
• Clean, set up, and decontaminate material transfer isolator.
• Clean, set up, and operate component processing equipment.
• Clean, set up, and operate terminal sterilizer equipment.
• Clean, set up, and operate weighing and compounding equipment.
• Weigh APIs and excipients according to batch record instructions.
• Compound bulk drug product per standard operating procedures and batch record instructions.
• Clean, set up, and operate packaging equipment.
• Adhere to Civica procedures and policies, conform to current good manufacturing practices and good documentation practices.
• Adhere to all safety regulations.
• Attend and participate in daily shift meetings to communicate events and issues to the manufacturing team.
• Perform other duties as assigned by manufacturing management.

Skills

Reading and writing

Math calculations

Follow procedures

Pharma manufacturing experience

Education

Life Science degree preferred

Job description

Civica Rx is seeking an entry-level Manufacturing Technician to support pharmaceutical production, including weighing, dispensing, compounding, and operating filling/packaging lines for cartridges, syringes, and vials.

You will work under supervision to maintain GMP and safety standards, participate in daily meetings, and help ensure a steady supply of essential medicines within Civica’s manufacturing operations.