Production Associate

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- Key responsibilities & tasks of this position are:_
- Completing /leading company training requirements in accordance with curricula and other training as may be required (e.g. updates or new SOPs, equipment )
- Ensuring to comply with EHS requirements including raising formal notifications of non-compliance (e.g near miss, hazard identified, or continuous improvement)
- Verifying the required Batch Records have been approved and QA issued prior to use.
- Verifying production facilities and equipment's are clean prior to commencement of manufacturing activities via appropriate logs and registers.
- Ensuring to maintain a high level of personal hygiene as required in Pharmaceutical environment
- Adhering to the company’s Safety, Gowning and Hygiene requirements.
- Monitor operation requirement conditions and make adjustment as needed to comply with production requirements.
- Adhering to filling and filtering procedures while calculating dilutions, concentrations and yields
- Use ability to complete tasks in a complaint and safer manner
- Effectively communicate issues to Supervisors
- Assist in the identification and implementation of continuous improvement opportunities.
- Verify execution of batch records and log book documentation with details and accuracy.
- Verify and assist pharmaceutical production machinery and execute procedures for manufacturing such as dispensing, mixing coating, encapsulating, granulating, drying, milling, blending, compressing and the like.
- Identifies and assist in corrective actions of processing related issues
- Assist with the on the job training of other production trainees and operators.
- Ensure the in-process and QC/RS samples taken as per the MBR
- Assist the Supervisor by providing shop floor supervision, general production updates (e.g shift reports)
- Guide and lead production assistants in manufacturing and following procedures stated in the batch record
- Verify released or provisional released materials for manufacturing, setting up required equipment, ensuring all batch required equipment is calibrated, annotated within batch record, equipment register when and where applicable
- Identify, report and resolve issues with production with regards to equipment or formulation with consultation of Production, QA, Project Managers.
- Verifying bulk and finished products are in accordance with the Batch Records or alternative documentation
- Ensuring and verifying that samples are taken and recorded in accordance with SOPs, relevant Forms, batch record instructions (e.g. QC samples and retention samples)
- Verify the relevant inventories specified in the MBR
- Reviewing all production batch records and ensuring that these are completed and signed by all participating individuals prior to Production Supervisor review
- Ensuring that all production deviations are reported to Production Supervisors / Production Managers
- Performing routine cleaning of facility and equipment in accordance with SOPs, relevant Forms, batch record instruction
- Ensuring production facilities are clean prior to commencement of manufacturing activities via appropriate logs and registers
- Activity maintaining a high level of general housekeeping (daily and or rostered) reporting of non-compliance
- Verify waste materials and rubbish from the production facility and placing in the correct bins, supporting recycling.
- When shift times allow, provide detailed and technical hand over to incoming shift (within applicable manufacturing areas)
- Ensure to provide detailed end of shift hand over to Production Associate, Shift Supervisor
- Ensure equipment has been cleaned in accordance with SOPs prior to commencement of manufacturing.
- Ensure calibration of equipment is performed, and records kept/registers updated
- Reviewing, verifying and complying to label approval forms, label content, and randomization lists prior to commencing batch manufacture
- Preparing, reviewing and maintaining SOPS relevant to the manufacturing facility
- Reviewing batch records, providing ongoing feedback to Production and Project Managers
- Participating in PCI internal audits and third-party audits and assist in responding to audit findings and product complaints/recalls as may be required
- Assisting other departments as directed when and were required

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