Manufacturing Technician – Vaccine Production | Weekend Shift

Manufacturing Technician – Vaccine Production | Weekend Shift   Location: Charles City, Iowa  Department: Tissue Culture Origin (TCO)  Schedule: Saturday - Monday, 5:00 AM - 5:30 PM Join a Team That Helps Protect Animal Health Worldwide   Zoetis is seeking a Manufacturing Technician to support biologics manufacturing at our Charles City facility. In this role, you will work in a regulated cleanroom environment producing products that help protect the health of animals around the world. Candidates from manufacturing, food production, laboratory operations, medical device manufacturing, biotechnology, agriculture, and other production environments are encouraged to apply.  What You'll Do   As part of the Tissue Culture Origin (TCO) team, you'll be supporting the early stages of vaccine manufacturing. If you enjoy hands-on work, have strong attention to detail, and take pride in following processes that help produce high-quality vaccines, you'll find a rewarding opportunity to build your skills and contribute to work that protects animal health worldwide. Perform aseptic processing activities while following cleanroom procedures and contamination control practices.  Execute manufacturing tasks in accordance with cGMPs, batch records, manufacturing directions, and SOPs.  Set up, operate, monitor, and tear down production equipment used during manufacturing operations.  Complete cGMP documentation accurately and maintain required department records.  Maintain inventory of materials and supplies needed for production activities.  Follow site safety, quality, and financial procedures.  Collaborate with team members and cross-functional partners to support daily manufacturing goals.  Wear required cleanroom PPE, including Tyvek gowns and respiratory protection when required.  Participate in continuous improvement activities and perform other duties as assigned.  What You'll Bring   Required  High School Diploma or GED.  Ability to work in a manufacturing environment.  Strong attention to detail and ability to follow procedures.  Ability to communicate effectively and work successfully in a team environment.  Experience That Helps You Succeed Here We welcome candidates from a variety of industries and are willing to train individuals who demonstrate strong work ethic, attention to detail, and the ability to follow processes. Experience in any of the following areas may be helpful: Manufacturing  Food production  Pharmaceutical manufacturing  Biotechnology  Medical device manufacturing  Agriculture production  Laboratory operations  Quality-controlled production environments  Preferred  Experience working in GMP, cleanroom, or other regulated environments.  Mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting skils.  Basic science, mathematical and computer skills Leadership, training, or mentoring experience.  Physical Requirements   Must be able to sit, stand, and walk for extended periods.  Must be able to wear required PPE, including cleanroom garments (Tyvek gown) and respirators when required.  Must be able to lift and carry up to 25 pounds.  Must be able to frequently reach, bend, stoop, twist, push, pull, grip, and perform repetitive hand movements.  Must be able to work in an environment at varying temperatures. Must be able to work 40 hours scheduled, with the ability to work overtime as needed.  Why Zoetis   Meaningful Impact: Help produce biologics that support animal health around the world.  Grow Your Career: Build technical manufacturing skills and explore advancement opportunities within Zoetis.  Strong Teams: Work alongside experienced colleagues in a collaborative, safety-focused environment.  Commitment to Quality: Contribute to a culture built on safety, compliance, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.  Full time Regular Colleague Any unsolicited resumes sent to Zoetis from a third party, such as an Agency recruiter, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Zoetis mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Zoetis employees, or to Zoetis resume database will be considered Zoetis property. Zoetis will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Zoetis will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. This includes any Agency that is an approved/engaged vendor but does not have the appropriate approvals to be engaged on a search. Notice: Zoetis Recruiters will contact candidates via email from an address ending in @zoetis.com and may also initially connect with candidates through LinkedIn , including LinkedIn InMail. Zoetis does not use Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, or other web-based/generic email domains to communicate about job opportunities, interviews, or offers of employment. If you receive a recruitment-related email message claiming to be from Zoetis that does not come from @zoetis.com , please treat it as suspicious. For your security, do not reply, click links, open attachments, share personal or financial information, or send money in response to unexpected or questionable recruitment communications. Zoetis is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status or any other protected classification. Disabled individuals are given an equal opportunity to use our online application system. We offer reasonable accommodations as an alternative if requested by an individual with a disability. Please contact Zoetis Colleague Services at zoetiscolleagueservices@zoetis.com to request an accommodation. Zoetis also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. All applicants must possess or obtain authorization to work in the US for Zoetis. 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