Packer

CareersUSA, a leader in the staffing industry with over 38 years of experience, has another job opportunity for you:

Our Client is seeking a Packer in Philadelphia, PA.

Earn $10.95 per hour ($1.00 increase every 6 months) at this full-time, temp-to-hire position. Work 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday from 4:00 PM to 12:15 AM.

Job Summary:

The Packer offers quality packaging and labeling of customer’s clinical trials. He/she will be involved with handling look-alike products and labeling. Clinical operations may be run as a blister fill, bottle fill, pouch, carding, vial/syringe inspection or hand assembly. The Packer will also be involved with de-inking of product and capsule manufacturing. This individual must be detail oriented in order to work with multiple look-alike products at the same time.

Job Description:

• 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 over sized capsules and capsule inspection
• Inspect bottles for misaligned 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
• Clean machine equipment and production rooms as stated in cleaning SOP’s. Fill in all appropriate information in the cleaning log books
• Clean product contact parts
• When working on look-alike products, work only on your assigned product. Multi-fill projects require that employees do not touch or help out other employees that are assigned different products
• Clean production rooms with three bucket sponge mop cleaning system which includes ceilings, walls and floors
• Inspect all clinical labels. This requires a 100% accountability. Clinical labels can be either manually or automatically applied
• Inspect sealed clinical cards for missing copy, poor seal, smudges and dirt, misaligned blister units and burnt product
• Inspect vials, ampules and syringes utilizing black and white light boxes
• Package cold storage - work with cold product both outside and inside refrigeration conditions
• Perform assembly work which may include utilizing bar code scanning equipment and computers

Requirements:

• High School Degree or Equivalent (GED)
• Must be able to read, write and speak English 
• Must be able to read and understand customer specifications, cGMP’s and SOP’s
• Pass a written skills test in math and language
• Able to follow written and oral instructions in an accurate manner
• 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
• Attentive, have a neat appearance and good personal hygiene
• Must be able to work overtime  
• Subject to a 90 working day review period
• Employees who need the assistance of corrective lenses and contacts to read or inspect, must wear them to perform their assigned task(s)
• Locker areas will be supplied to change into Company supplied uniforms 
• Clinical supplied uniforms and shoes are not allowed to be worn outside of the facility

CareersUSA is a national staffing firm headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, offering Fortune 500 businesses a wide range of staffing services including temporary, temp-to-hire and direct hire personnel. Founded in 1981, CareersUSA has grown its network of offices throughout the country. We offer employment opportunities in all types of industries to more than 20,000 people with a wide range of skills each year. Staffing solutions provided by CareersUSA are tailored to meet each client's unique set of requirements.

Marilyn J. Ounjian founded CareersUSA, a Woman-Owned Business Enterprise, with the objective of providing a strong staffing resource for businesses, while assisting skilled and dependable individuals in contributing to an evolving workplace.

The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and is positioned to accommodate diversity requirements, government regulations and primary contract prerequisites.