Metrologist/Calibration Technician

Metrologist/Calibration Technician

Providing reliable pharmaceutical services and lasting relationships within the industry for over 30 years.

Afton Scientific is a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) in Virginia that specializes in small-batch filling of injectables from clinical trials to approved commercial drugs.

Utilizing 35,000 Sq. Ft of manufacturing, lab, warehouse, and administrative space, Afton provides custom, innovative solutions for clinical to commercial sterile manufacturing, packaging and labeling, analytical and micro lab services, and pharmaceutical support services.

Our Ready-To-Fill(r) line continues with our philosophy of guidance and support for our clients. It offers top-quality pre-sterilized components to those who can fill in-house.

Essential Functions:

1. Use practical and solid theoretical knowledge to maintain laboratory and other pharmaceutical manufacturing instrumentation and pharmaceutical manufacturing instrumentation and equipment to within industry and pharmacopeial regulatory standards.
2. Perform audits from a quality control perspective to ensure accuracy of data and compliance to SOPs and cGMP.
3. Perform cGMP pharmaceutical backups, data integrity checks, and disaster recovery on all systems in compliance with CFT, Part 11.
4. Learn and perform various traditional building and equipment maintenance tasks and functions for the Facilities Department.
5. Identify and independently solve technical problems, providing follow up to management. Assist peers with troubleshooting, training and knowledge-sharing to solve problems.
6. Support engineering in various qualifications and validations.
7. Represent Afton Scientific as the subject matter expert for all instrument issues internally and to clients.
8. Support manufacturing operations (sterile/aseptic) by ensuring equipment instrument calibrations are performed at point of use.
9. Perform maintenance testing and calibration on scales, gauges, thermometers, manufacturing, and laboratory equipment.
10. Assist with investigations related to instrument failures.

Requirements for Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree required. Degree in Chemistry, Engineering or related area preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years experience as a calibration technician in the pharmaceutical industry required, 5 years preferred.
• Prior experience using LIMS preferred.
• Previous experience in pharmaceutical production (aseptic/sterile environment) preferred.
• Must have basic computer skills (including MS Word, Excel) with an aptitude to learn other database software.

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to sit, stand, bend, and move about in the confined spaces of a laboratory environment in close proximity to others with a range of physical mobility that allows proper equipment analysis and instrument monitoring function.
• Some exposure to heat and cold as is requisite with pharmaceutical production.

Emotional Demands:

• Some emotional stress in prioritizing the demands of the job.

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