Packaging Technician

Catalent’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania site serves as the company’s North American Center of Excellence for clinical supply packaging, delivering comprehensive, end-to-end support for global clinical trials across multiple therapeutic modalities. The site provides integrated services including direct comparator sourcing, blinding and manufacturing, primary and secondary packaging, storage and distribution, and clinical returns management, enabling efficient and compliant trial execution. It also plays a growing role in supporting biologic as well as cell and gene therapy programs, with enhanced cold-chain and cryogenic handling capabilities designed to meet the complex requirements of advanced therapies.

About the role

This role supports clinical trial packaging operations that include ambient, refrigerated, and frozen products and requires regular performance of job duties within cold storage environments as an essential function of the position. You will work effectively in a group setting and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure success. This is a hands-on role in a dynamic environment where attention to detail and compliance are key.

Shift: Monday - Friday, 4:00pm - 12:15am
Location: Philadelphia, PA - This is a union position, 100% onsite

Responsibilities

• Inspect blister cavities, bottles, pouches, vials, ampoules, syringes, and sealed clinical cards for defects such as missing products, poor seals, misaligned closures, print errors, or contamination
• Perform hand counts of products using trays and fill tablets, bottles, desiccant, and closure hoppers
• Support manufacturing tasks including de-inking product, tablet breaking, oversized capsule filling, and capsule inspection
• Place blister units into assigned card locations for multi-fill operations, following product assignment requirements on look-alike or multi-fill projects
• Inspect and verify clinical labels, ensuring 100% accountability for both manual and automated applications
• Perform cleaning of product contact parts, machine equipment, and production rooms according to Standard Operating Procedures and logbook requirements
• Execute sanitation tasks using the three-bucket mop system for ceilings, walls, and floors
• Perform packaging, inspection, labeling, material handling, and sanitation activities within ambient, refrigerated, and freezer environments as an essential function of the role, in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures, Good Manufacturing Practice standards, and project requirements
• Transition between ambient and temperature-controlled environments, including refrigerator and freezer rooms, multiple times per shift based on operational needs
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Ability to read and interpret customer specifications, current Good Manufacturing Practices, Standard Operating Procedures, and follow written and oral instructions accurately while communicating effectively
• Ability to regularly work in refrigerated and freezer environments for extended and intermittent periods throughout the workday
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, and sit for prolonged periods
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs
• Ability to perform fine motor tasks, inspections, documentation, and sanitation activities while wearing required personal protective equipment in cold environments

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years previous production or warehouse experience

Benefits

• Diverse, inclusive culture
• Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on diversity and inclusion
• Dynamic, fast-paced work environment
• Positive working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative
• Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives
• Competitive pay
• Community engagement and green initiatives
• Medical, dental and vision benefits effective after 90-day probationary period