Manufacturing Lead Upstream (Dayshift)

Position Overview

The Manufacturing Lead (Upstream) oversees and performs Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) manufacturing operations for manufactured biopharmaceutical products. This role ensures the effective use of material equipment and personnel while making products at high-quality levels. Additionally this role is recognized as a subject matter lead regarding manufacturing processes and leads more junior members of the shift through manufacturing processes.

Company Overview

At FUJIFILM Biotechnologies were leading the charge in advancing tomorrows medicines. If you want to be a part of life-impacting projects alongside todays most innovative biopharmaceutical companies FUJIFILM Biotechnologies could be the right place for you.

From our Bioprocess Innovation Center to our cGMP-compliant manufacturing site we thrive on collaboration creativity and purpose. Whether your expertise lies in research manufacturing or production youll find a home here where your efforts directly improve patients lives. Together lets shape the future of healthcare.

Situated at the cross-section of Morrisville and Research Triangle Park (RTP) North Carolina our site is at the heart of a booming biotech hub surrounded by top universities vibrant communities and various outdoor opportunities.

Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare electronics business innovation and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of giving our world more smiles. Visit : Description

Responsibilities :

• As a highly skilled specialist contributes to the development of concepts and techniques.
• Completes complex tasks in creative and effective ways.
• Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new assignments. Often acts as a facilitator and team leader.
• Consistently works on complex assignments requiring independent action and a high degree of initiative to resolve issues. Makes recommendations for new procedures.
• Assists the Production manager with developing team members through continuous coaching and training.
• Ensures team activities equipment facilities and personnel are operated and maintained in a state of compliance with appropriate requirements.
• Ensures effective manufacturing delivery upon production supply schedule.
• Mentors technicians with the goal of achieving employee empowerment.
• Assists the team with the development of objectives and ensures alignment with site and department goals.
• Provides ongoing feedback to managers on technician performance development and training needs.
• Provides real-time coaching and feedback to team members and assists with training as needed.
• Serves as the senior technical lead over floor activities and manufacturing processes.
• Helps troubleshoot equipment problems and identifies the need for new equipment or modifications to existing equipment to optimize throughput.
• Provides feedback to support teams for troubleshooting and continuous improvement purposes.
• Observes all critical operations to ensure deviation-free / right-first-time performance and building skills with technicians.
• Meets daily shift goals and provides team assignments to meet those goals.
• Ensures room and equipment are in a ready state (e.g. cleaning logbook and equipment staged for a project) prior to the start of a shift or daily activities.
• Leads the tier 1 meetings to ensure detailed turnover of information to the oncoming shift.
• Attends departmental and team meetings focused on equipment or process improvement to provide SME feedback.
• Serves as liaison between shifts teams and other departments to give updates as required.
• Provides escalation to management when process issues arise or daily goals will be delayed as needed.
• Ensures GMP documents are completed accurately and timely (provides a daily review of batch records and logbooks).
• Ensures completion of real-time documentation of observations or execution events and initiates any necessary investigations or deviations.
• Initiates safety incidents and supports corrective and preventative actions.
• Ensures technicians are qualified to perform tasks prior to execution.
• Ensures the execution and closure of SFOs in Pas-X prior to records being removed from the floor.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements :

Cell culture single-use technology experience

Preferred Requirements :

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EEO Information

Fujifilm is committedto providing equal opportunities in hiring promotion and advancement compensation benefits and training regardless of nationality age gender sexual orientation or gender identity race ethnicity religion political creed ideology national or social origin disability veteran status etc.

ADA Information

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Key Skills

Lean Manufacturing,Six Sigma,Continuous Improvement,ISO 9001,Lean Six Sigma,Management Experience,Manufacturing & Controls,5S,Manufacturing Management,Kaizen,Chemistry,Manufacturing

Employment Type : Unclear

Department / Functional Area : Manufacturing

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1