Associate MPS; Entry-Level

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Supply Chain Manufacturing

Manufacturing Pharmaceutical Process Operations

Professional

Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and Med Tech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.

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We are searching for the best talent for an Associate Manufacturing Process Specialist (Entry-level) to be based in Wilson, NC.

The Manufacturing Process Specialist is a technical expert supporting the manufacturing of biological products both on the site and across the network. Provides technical expertise to ensure that atypical event and non-conformance investigations relating to production and the testing of materials and products are completed in compliance with all applicable procedures and regulations. Monitors and trends key process parameters. Troubleshoots manufacturing problems as required and provide primary technical support.

Identifies and implement process improvements both locally and across the network. Supports capital projects, site wide initiatives or other projects as needed in the capacity of a project manager or a subject matter expert. Conducts technical and validation studies. This position requires strong organizational, communication and project management skills.

• Provides primary (on floor) production support for the resolution of technical issues, process improvement initiatives and business reliability.
• Provides technical support for the investigation and resolution of deviations and atypical events:
  • Partners with primary investigator to ensure consistent quality standards are maintained.
  • Provides technical expertise to help identify true root cause of investigations and assess product quality impact. Approve investigations as management technical representative, as needed.
• Recommends, owns and implements corrective/preventative measures aimed at improving compliance and reducing repeat occurrences. Follow up to determine if corrective actions adequately addressed root cause of event.
• Collaborates with management to review and approve events and deviations.
• Tracks deviations, events and key process parameters and provide reports to management on trending, and status as requested. Recommends corrective actions for any trends identified.
• Act as subject matter expert (SME) to customers, providing guidance on deviations, investigations, and issues pertaining to quality of product.
• Identifies and implements process improvements related to safety, environmental, quality, compliance, productivity, yield, and cost. Implement process improvements within the change control system.
• Recognizes and acts on potential compliance issues and opportunities for process changes/improvement.
• Work with management to allocate group resources to assist with change control, equipment startup, and technical training. Assure regulatory compliance and technical feasibility of proposed changes.
• Develops business cases for projects and present to site leadership for approval. Initiate and execute change controls for projects. Assist with equipment startup and technical training as required.
• Serves as project manager for the change process and provide coordination to ensure timely and compliant implementation of process improvements.
• Shares best practices between production sites
• Provides technical support for process and cleaning validation maintenance and verification. Assist with cleaning cycle optimization and revalidation efforts.
• Serves as Subject Matter Expert (SME) during internal and external regulatory audits (including FDA, EMEA).
• Maintains various databases of production information:
  • Extract process data from SCADA and Delta-V servers for use in databases maintained by…