Manufacturing Technician Jobs in New Jersey

About CooperSurgical

JOB DESCRIPTION

CooperSurgical is a leading fertility and women’s healthcare company dedicated to putting time on the side of women, babies, and families at the healthcare moments that matter most in life. As a division of CooperCompanies, we're driven by a unified purpose to enable patients to experience life's beautiful moments. Guided by our shared values – dedicated, innovative, friendly, partners, and do the right thing – our offerings support patients throughout their lifetimes, from contraception to fertility and birth solutions, to women’s and family care, and beyond. We currently offer over 600 clinically relevant medical devices to healthcare providers, including testing and treatment options, as well as an innovative suite of assisted reproductive technology and genomic testing solutions.

Work location: Livingston, NJ (on-site)

Scope:

This position will execute standard operating procedures (SOPs) supporting PTA manufacturing, validation, and production transfer activities at the CooperSurgical laboratory in Livingston, New Jersey.

Job Summary:

The PTA Manufacturing Laboratory Technician III will perform manufacturing and laboratory tasks of low to intermediate complexity while helping coordinate day-to-day production activities and supporting startup operations associated with the PTA value stream. This role will serve as a lead technician within the laboratory, supporting production execution, training, troubleshooting, and operational readiness activities during the NJ site startup and transfer phase. The technician will report directly to the PTA Manufacturing Manager and collaborate cross-functionally with QA, scientists, engineers, and operations teams. The primary responsibility of this role will be reagent manufacturing in a controlled laboratory environment while supporting process transfer, qualification, validation, and contamination control activities.

Responsibilities

- Coordinate and support daily manufacturing activities according to the production schedule
- Provide day-to-day guidance and support to laboratory technicians and operators during manufacturing activities
- Execute a range of SOPs to perform detailed manufacturing tasks independently and in a timely manner
- Perform reagent formulation, filling, labeling, packaging, and related manufacturing activities according to procedure
- Execute routine quality control inspections independently according to procedure
- Demonstrate and maintain proficiency in contamination-controlled processing techniques and contamination-controlled workflows
- Maintain controlled laboratory practices and support contamination prevention activities during manufacturing operations
- Support onboarding and training of new technicians during startup and transfer activities
- Accurately complete production and test records according to good documentation practices (GDP)
- Report process deviations, nonconformances, and operational issues in a timely manner
- Participate in troubleshooting, root cause investigations, and continuous improvement activities
- Support equipment qualification, process validation, and manufacturing transfer activities
- Receive, inspect, stock, and organize production inventory and laboratory supplies
- Routinely clean laboratory rooms, controlled areas, and manufacturing equipment
- Perform routine laboratory and equipment maintenance activities
- Participate in procedure reviews and updates, including SOPs, forms, and work instructions
- Support creation and maintenance of manufacturing documentation and technical records
- Collaborate cross-functionally with QA, R&D, engineering, and operations teams to resolve process and product issues
- Comply with all standard operating procedures, quality assurance, safety, and regulatory requirements
- Comply with all corporate regulations, policies, and procedures
- Perform additional duties as assigned by management

Travel:

- During onboarding and initial startup activities, this role may require extended onsite training at the Houston site for approximately 1–2 months
- Limited travel may be required afterward

Qualifications

- Understanding of fundamental biochemical and molecular biology concepts (e.g., nucleic acid structure, PCR, pH, contamination control, etc.)
- Ability to work effectively within a contamination-controlled processing environment
- Strong understanding of contamination prevention practices, gowning procedures, and controlled workflow behaviors
- Ability to follow procedures and protocols with a high degree of consistency and accuracy
- Ability to identify operational issues and support troubleshooting activities in a manufacturing environment
- Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams
- Strong attention to detail, organization, and documentation accuracy
- Ability to support training and coordination of junior laboratory personnel
- Ability to perform repetitive pipetting and laboratory tasks for extended periods of time
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Ability to maintain confidentiality as required

Work Environment:

- Frequent reaching, grasping, repetitive motions, and eye/hand coordination
- Ability to work in office and laboratory/manufacturing environments
- Ability to don and wear contamination-controlled processing garments, gloves, eye protection, and masks for extended periods
- Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs

Experience:

- Minimum 3–5 years of relevant laboratory and/or manufacturing experience required
- Hands-on aseptic processing experience in a laboratory, manufacturing, or contamination-controlled environment is required
- Prior experience supporting production execution, floor coordination, or technician training activities preferred
- Experience working in GMP or regulated manufacturing environments preferred
- Experience supporting validation, qualification, startup, or manufacturing transfer activities preferred
- Experience with molecular biology laboratory techniques preferred, including PCR, qPCR, DNA extraction, next-generation sequencing workflows, or related methods
- Experience working with electronic quality systems, manufacturing systems, or laboratory information systems is preferred

Education:

- Bachelor’s degree in the sciences required

Our Benefits:

As an employee of CooperSurgical, you'll receive an outstanding total compensation plan. As we believe your compensation goes beyond your paycheck, we offer a great compensation package, medical coverage, 401(k), parental leave, fertility benefits, paid time off for vacation, personal, sick and holidays, and multiple other perks and benefits.

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of CooperSurgical about this opening. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at CooperSurgical via email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of CooperSurgical, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by CooperSurgical for this position and a valid agreement with CooperSurgical is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the CooperSurgical agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

For U.S. locations that require disclosure of compensation, the starting base pay for this role is between $26.00 - $35.00 per hour. The actual base pay includes many factors and is subject to change and modification in the future. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation and benefits.