Packaging Technician

About this role

Packaging Technician

Position Summary: • Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, core hours 8am-4:30pm

• 100% on-site (San Diego)

Catalent, Inc. is a leading global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), and Our purpose-built San Diego location provides comprehensive clinical supply services including clinical supply management, primary and secondary packaging, complex labeling services, clinical storage, distribution, and clinical returns and destruction, and will also include stability chambers. Located less than a mile from Catalent’s West Coast early-phase oral drug product development center of excellence, customers choosing this convenient Catalent location can now enjoy a fully integrated development, clinical supply manufacturing and distribution solution.

The Packaging Technician must be able to work in a team environment to offer quality packaging and labeling of customer’s clinical trials. Employees will be involved with handling look-alike products and labeling. Clinical operations can be run as a blister fill, bottle fill, pouch, carding, vial/syringe inspection or hand assembly. Employees will also be involved with de inking of product and capsule manufacturing. These individuals must be detail oriented in order to work with multiple look-alike products at the same time.

The Role: • Inspect blister cavities for missing product, burnt product, holes in foil, print registration, missing print, crushed blisters and seal integrity.

• Fill tablet, bottle, desiccant and closure hoppers. Hand count product using counting trays.

• Manufacturing responsibilities include de-inking product, tablet breaking, product placement into oversized capsules and capsule inspection.

• Inspect bottles for misalign closures, print registration and missing print copy. Inspect seal integrity of pouch, print registration and missing print copy. Inspect blister units and place them into properly assigned card locations for multi-fill operations.

• Responsible for cleaning machine equipment and production rooms as stated in cleaning SOP’s. Fill in all appropriate information in the cleaning logbooks.

• Responsible for cleaning product contact parts.

• When working on look-alike products you are only allowed to work with your assigned product. Multi-fill projects require that employees do not touch or help out other employees that are assigned different products.

• Responsible for cleaning production rooms with three bucket sponge mop cleaning system which includes ceilings, walls and floors.

• All clinical labels must be inspected and require a 100% accountability. Clinical CSD-JD-Packaging Technician v2.0 labels can be either manually or automatically applied.

• Sealed clinical cards must be inspected for missing copy, poor seal, smudges and dirt, misalign blister units and burnt product. Inspection required for vials, ampoules and syringes utilizing black and white light boxes.

• Cold storage packaging will also be required working with cold product both outside and inside refrigeration conditions.

• Assembly work required which may include utilizing barcode scanning equipment and computers.

• Other duties as assigned.

The Candidate: • High School Diploma/GED or equivalent required.

• 2+ years previous production or warehouse experience preferred.

• Ability to read and understand customer specifications, cGMP’s and SOP’s.

• Must be able to follow written and oral instructions in an accurate manner, and effectively communicate.

• Must be attentive, have a neat appearance and good personal hygiene.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment. Must work well in a team environment.

• Must be able to troubleshoot problems and report issues.

• Physically able to perform duties which include cleaning and sanitation of rooms (mopping of walls, floors and ceilings, sanitation of machinery and equipment) and any other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Pay: • The anticipated salary range for this role in San Diego, CA is $46,000 to $47,500 annually. The final salary offered to a successful candidate may vary, and will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, skillset, education, business needs, etc.  Catalent is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.

Why you should join Catalent: • Awesome employee activities: Movie Day, Monthly Birthday Celebrations, Friday Bagel Breakfast, On-site Fitness Center with machines, Sponsored Sports Teams, and several other company-sponsored events that encourages positive employee comradery, which contributes to effectively building positive employee relationships, overall creating a positive work environment.

• Environmentally friendly green initiatives with on-site practices as well as regularly participating in Beach Clean-up activities for community engagement.

• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process. Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives.  

• Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on Diversity and Inclusion.

• Competitive salary with bonus potential. Generous 401K match and Paid Time Off accrual. Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment. 

• 152 hours of PTO + 10 paid holidays.

• Positive and fast-paced working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative and dynamic.

• Tuition Reimbursement – Let us help you finish your degree or earn a new one!

• WellHub program to promote overall physical wellness.

• Perkspot - offers exclusive or private discounts from approximately 900+ merchants in a wide array of categories.

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!   Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-

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