Operations Supervisor

Position Summary

Rotating 2-2-3 schedule 7 pm - 7 am. This position is 100% on-site at the St. Petersburg site.

Join Catalent's flagship Softgel development and manufacturing facility in North America, located in St. Petersburg, FL, with a capacity of 18 billion capsules per year. This role offers competitive pay, day-one benefits, and career growth in a state-of-the-art, turn-key facility.

This role will be responsible for fostering a cGMP compliant manufacturing process and continuously improve the pharmaceutical manufacturing environment at Catalent St. Petersburg.

The Role

• Ensure proficiency of all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) within their area of responsibility. Supervisors are accountable for verifying that SOPs are accurate, practical, and aligned with current operations, and for escalating any gaps or inconsistencies. They must ensure that procedures are clearly understood, executable by the team, and continuously improved as needed.
• Responsible for monitoring on-time completion of all operator training requirements.
• Organize and communicate standard and overtime schedules for team members.
• Attend and actively participate in various meetings as required.
• Lead and supervise a team of manufacturing operators in the execution of daily production activities. Define priorities, daily expectations, and assignments.
• Monitor and manage production schedules, resource allocation, and workflow to meet batch release timelines. Ensures manufacturing plans are met in terms of quality, efficiency, volumes and labor usage, as applicable.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams (i.e. Quality Assurance, Engineering, and Validation teams) to ensure smooth and compliant operations. Actively participate in cross-functional meetings, providing updates, insights, and recommendations related to manufacturing performance and compliance.
• All other duties as assigned.

The Candidate

• Bachelor's degree with three years of related experience in the pharmaceutical industry preferred.
• Prior Supervisory experience a plus.
• Training and/or equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• Must be flexible in days of work, able to work 12hour shifts.
• Vision requirements include ability to differentiate color (Pass the Ishihara Color Vision Screening) and obtain 20/30 acuity in both far and near vision with or without corrective lenses. For Catalent's in-house screening, the acceptable score is to identify at least 4 of 6 numbers in the circles.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure to meet deadlines. Individuals may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift to 15 pounds; no lifting greater than 44.09 pounds without assistance. Be accessible to the manufacturing floor and office staff and to use required office equipment. Specific vision requirements include reading of written documents and use of computer monitor screen frequently.