Manufacturing Specialist - 1st shift

At Argenta, we’re more than a company — we’re a global team, dedicated to healthier animals. We believe that when their lives are made better, we’re all the better for it.

Founded in 2006, we support companies big and small to develop and manufacture health products for pets and livestock. Our trusted, innovative solutions and services cover every stage of the process, from molecule to market.

We’re in a unique position. We are the world’s only combined contract research and contract development and manufacturing organization (CRO/CDMO) dedicated to animal health.

Our uniqueness means:

• We are ambitious, growing and building a ‘one team’ culture, guided by our values.
• We are team players;
• We are doers;
• We are customer-centric;
• We are innovators.

We value diversity, as a global company, we get the richness of working with different people in different places whether it be location, stages of their career, their development, their role. We believe that when everyone works together and puts their best “paw” forward we will make the lives of the animals we care for, better.

With bases in New Zealand, the US, the UK and Europe, our 900+ colleagues are driven by our partnership approach and purpose:
Healthy Animals. Let’s Make It Happen, Together.

who want to DO great work and find INNOVATIVE ways to make animals lives better through our CUSTOMER CENTRIC efforts should apply.

Argenta is currently looking to fill the role Manufacturing Specialist at our Shawnee, KS location.

• Comply with all workplace standards and safety procedures, including Lockout Tagout, Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs), Occupational Safety Health Administration requirements (OSHA), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and Company Guidelines.
• Perform equipment setup and changeover activities. Act to safely reduce equipment setup and changeover times.
• Initiate and establish equipment operating parameters to maximize production, while meeting all product specifications. Meet line Operational Asset Effectiveness requirements per area targets. Ensure downtime is escalated properly.
• Perform the daily setup and routine operation of the packaging line, including, but not limited to: bottle in-feed, unscrambler, filler, bottle capper, torquer, labeler, vision systems, weighing systems, bar coding systems, sealers, disassembly/assembly, cleaning, resolving equipment stoppages and jams, and all material handling as trained.
• Perform preventive maintenance tasks as needed and trained.
• Troubleshoot Variable Frequency Drives and Servo Drive systems as trained.
• Inspect packaging components, in-process items, and packaged drug products to assure compliance to specifications, identify any non-conforming item and initiate appropriate actions.
• Palletize both finished and unfinished products and operate motorized and non-motorized material handling equipment.
• Complete, maintain, and update production documentation (both electronic and paper) to perform material movements, material take-outs and yield determinations by following SOPs and utilizing systems as required such as Systems/Applications/Products (SAP), Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Electronic Batch Records (EBRs), etc.
• Take ownership of training and learning to develop high performance competencies such as technical skills, communication skills, and skills to build a team-oriented culture (i.e., training team members, motivating and supporting team members, sharing knowledge to continuously improve the process, etc.).
• Meet the production schedules outlined by line team and/or Supervision. Review and approve work output for team members by using validated methods.
• Manage area cleaning requirements including facility, equipment, and Operational Excellence initiatives.
• Area Specific Responsibilities:
• Weigh/Dispense
  • Manage Material movement functionalities and dispensing of materials for planned batches.
• Solid Dose Compounding
  • Manage Solids Compounding Operation that includes CIP, EQ Setup, Raw Material Additions, and general process steps.
  • Manage Batch control system recipe operations.
• Liquids Compounding
  • Manage Liquids Compounding Operations that include CIP, SIP,…