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The Technician Specialist Bulk Operations will be responsible for manufacturing products (capsules and tablets) in compliance with GMP / cGMP regulations, health and safety rules. He/she will have to comply with the procedures defined by the pharmaceutical site's quality system.

The technician specialist will be also responsible for providing technical support to operators in production activities, update/create technical documentation as well as being the SME in projects.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Carry out production operations such as raw materials weighing, powder mixing and operating the various production lines for both the capsule and tablet manufacturing processes in accordance with quality system procedures.
• Carry out equipment, materials and rooms cleaning involved according to production activities.
• Carry out In Process Control, format changes, line clearance of the production line and manufacturing batch review.
• Check, record and complete the pre-established working documents to monitor the operations carried out (batch records completed in accordance with GMP).
• Provide technical support to operators in production activities and act as Technical Trainer.
• Act as technical SME in various projects, help to fix line breakdown, understand how machines work, use problem solving tools.
• Master the ERP and MES tools in the management of batch records and associated consumption.
• Update/create technical documentation.
• Participate in and support qualification/validation activities.
• Participate in continuous improvement by proposing ideas for improvements and promoting LEAN within the team

Qualifications

• CFC level and ideally 8 years' experience or 4 years' experience as a technician in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Have good knowledge of GMP environment and pharmaceutical industry.
• Have a good knowledge in the areas of oral drug processing techniques such as dry formulation, encapsulation, powder compression and other wet/dry granulation.
• Fluent in French and a good understanding of English (level B1).
• Be versatile, organized and rigorous, with excellent interpersonal skills for teamwork.
• Be a critical thinker and a source of ideas to continuously improve the way of working (Yellow Belt certification).
• Very good knowledge of IT tools (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook) and MES / ERP.

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With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in an inclusive culture, promoting diversity in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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