Site Training Specialist

Build your future at Curia, where our work has the power to save lives. Curia is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with over 30 years of experience partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to provide life-saving treatments to patients. At Curia, we are on a mission to advance our customers’ therapies from curiosity to cure and ultimately to improve patients’ lives.

About the role

Sterile University is Curia Albuquerque’s learning and development function that trains, equips, and certifies staff to perform the essential duties of their roles. The Training Specialist will support the planning and execution of instructor-led training for the site. They will also serve as site-wide learning management system (LMS) administrators, providing customer service and pro-actively supporting site-wide on-time training compliance. They will help coordinate schedules for annual training sessions. They will bring their passion for continuous learning to grow their career while making a positive impact on the goals and priorities of the team.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate logistics for site-wide instructor-led training programs, including but not limited to scheduling, calendaring, communications, participant management, and training materials
• Work closely with managers to ensure new hires are welcomed and assigned the correct curriculum
• Sustain the new employee feedback strategy that helps identify areas for improvements. Gather, summarize, and report out on trends and insights
• Execute Standard Work (e.g., Training Master Batch Record) to ensure consistent and seamless orientation experiences for new employees
• Be available to deliver instructor-led training sessions to new employees on topics related to good documentation practices and good manufacturing processes
• Monitor and maintain site-level Groups and Annual Qualifications in Noverant (Learning Management System) and drive improvement projects related to Noverant. Troubleshoot and respond to user inquiries
• Oversee administration of on-the-job training (OJTs) program, including maintaining OJTs in the document management system
• Create monthly snapshots that show changes in Skills Matrices across all manufacturing shifts
• Oversee administration of Media Fill Program, ensuring personnel are pre-qualified to enter a media fill and maintain qualification records in Noverant LMS
• Manage day-to-day operations in the Sterile University space, including supplies, training materials, and maintenance requests
• Meet the expectations of the role: read/interpret SOPs to ensure compliance, maintain up-to-date trainings, and perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Minimum two (2) years’ experience working in a professional and fast-paced environment
• Advanced Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety instructions, standard operating procedures, policies, and manuals
• Ability to write clearly and communicate effectively
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, decimals and percentages
• Ability to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Ability to demonstrate understanding and effective application of written and oral instruction
• Skilled in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Ability to quickly adapt and learn new manufacturing software systems
• Must pass a background check and drug screen
• May be required to pass Occupational Health Screening
• May be required to obtain and maintain gowning certification

Skills

• Fosters a collaborative and positive work environment
• Champions change
• Promotes a safe and healthy work environment by actively identifying and addressing potential hazards, following established safety protocols, participating in safety training programs, and fostering a culture of awareness and responsibility among team members
• Strong attention to detail
• Organization: Prioritizes tasks, schedules work, keeps an organized calendar, meets deadlines, helps others stay organized
• Communication: Writes and speaks clearly
• Collaboration: Works well with team members, trainers, and other stakeholders
• Customer Service: Consistently delivers customer service in every situation
• Learner mindset: Has a can-do attitude and learns quickly. Troubleshoots and seeks to understand the root of a problem. After initial training, completes tasks independently and accurately with minimal guidance

Benefits

• Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment)
• Paid training, vacation, and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment)
• Career advancement opportunities
• Education reimbursement
• 401K program with matching contributions
• Learning platform
• And more!

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regular or occasional lifting, pushing, and pulling up to 10 pounds frequently; up to 25 pounds occasionally; and up to 50 pounds infrequently
• Regular sitting, standing, and reaching, with some roles requiring prolonged periods of time for each activity
• Visual acuity, both close and distant, along with depth perception is necessary in each role, with or without corrective lenses (employees are prohibited from wearing contact lenses in work areas with exposure to cleaning agents)
• Hand and finger dexterity are integral to all positions, with specific activities varying from typing to manipulating maintenance tools or operating keypads, switches, and buttons
• Occasional stooping, kneeling, twisting, crouching, crawling, and balancing
• Certain roles may involve climbing and working at elevated heights

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described below are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee may be required to work in an office, manufacturing, or warehouse environment
• The office environment is designed for comfort and productivity, with room temperature settings maintained for optimal working conditions. It is common to hear conversational noise in the background
• The pharmaceutical manufacturing environment is sterile, requiring aseptic gowning. Personal protective equipment (nitrile gloves, clean room socks, face-shields, safety glasses, aprons, steel-toed shoes, and powered air purifying respirators) is necessary, depending upon the task at hand
• Exposure to wet and/or humid conditions, confined areas, and refrigerator or freezer temperatures when working in a sterile environment
• The warehouse environment is typically set at a controlled temperature but may involve exposure to refrigerator or freezer temperatures when retrieving materials
• Some positions may occasionally be exposed to moving mechanical parts, elevated heights, airborne particles, electrical activities, and vibration
• Some positions may work with or be exposed to compressed gases and must wear ear protection
• All environments may be subject to working with or being exposed to cleaning agents