Job Title: Visual Inspection Manager
Location: Swiftwater, PA
Main ResponsibilitiesSafety:- Follows all procedures put into effect to ensure your safety as well as the safety of others. Participates in monthly safety meetings.
- Reports all safety issues, concerns, incidents and near misses to the team leadership.
- Actively participates in safety walkthroughs coordinated by the department's safety team.
- Provides input for potential safety issues as well as contributing ideas for corrective and preventative actions.
- Follows effective procedures to ensure the production of a safe and efficacious product.
- Utilizes +QDCI boards for Safety issues
Quality: - FDA audit understanding and awareness. Ensures areas are always following proper procedures
- Identifies possible deviation occurrences and prevents or aids in investigations and root cause analysis.
- Ensure compliance with cGMP, FDA, EU Annex 1, and regulatory requirements.
- Review batch records and inspection documentation for accuracy and completeness.
- Lead preliminary deviation investigations and support root cause analysis.
- Support internal and external audits and regulatory inspections.
- Maintain inspection standards and ensure audit readiness.
Delivery: - Performs production in accordance with volume fluctuation, business need, and effective procedures. Must be flexible to ensure staffing for changing business volume and needs
- Lead visual inspection operations during 2nd shift.
- Establish clear expectations and drive accountability across the team.
Cost: - Executes procedure as documented to avoid deviations.
- Oversee production planning and scheduling to meet throughput and quality targets.
- Drive efficiency improvements, waste reduction, and process optimization initiatives.
- Implement best practices from industry benchmarking and prior experience.
- Lead or support automation initiatives for visual inspection systems.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain.
Involvement: - Has a thorough working knowledge of cGMP's and works to help others understand.
- Maintains acceptable training as described in key requirements.
- Coach, develop, and mentor inspectors and frontline leaders.
- Manage recruitment, onboarding, training, and performance management.
- Foster a culture of engagement, ownership, and continuous improvement.
- All other duties as assigned.
About YouBasic Qualifications- High School Diploma.
- 3+years of relevant experience in pharmaceutical or biologics manufacturing.
- Demonstrated team leadership experience, which may include formal supervisory roles or informal leadership such as directing the work of others, coordinating shift or cross-functional activities, training and mentoring team members, or acting as a lead or designee for a manager.
Technical Skills:- Strong knowledge of cGMP requirements and quality systems.
- Demonstrated ability to drive accountability and performance improvement.
- Experience leading root cause investigations and implementing corrective actions
Preferred Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, or related field
- Experience leading visual inspection operations across multiple organizations or sites.
- Proven success implementing process improvements that enhance efficiency, quality, or compliance.
- Experience with automated or semi-automated inspection systems.
- Knowledge of iSHIFT, eBR systems, or inspection management software.
- Demonstrated success developing high-performing inspection teams
Why choose us?- Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
- Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it's through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
- Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
- Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks' gender-neutral parental leave.
- Shape the future of medicine and vaccine delivery with cutting-edge technology, ensuring seamless launches and a resilient global supply.
- Power industry-leading performance by leveraging digital, data, and AI-driven innovation - at speed and scale
- Transform lives worldwide by delivering life-changing treatments anywhere, anytime.
The salary range for this position is:
$90.000,00 - $130.000,00
All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.
