Manufacturing/Production Background

Potential Job Roles and Salaries

What kind of roles would I be suitable for in the pharma industry based on my manufacturing/production background?

If you have a  manufacturing or production background, you could take our retrain to perform the SAME or SIMILAR job within the pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing industry.

Here are some of the typical roles and the expected salaries:

Process Technician

Operates equipment, monitors processes and documents results in strict adherence to protocols. They are involved in all stages of the manufacturing process and in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, their role often occurs within a clean-room environment.

process technician salaries

Some companies might call this role:

  • Process Operator
  • Cleanroom Operator
  • Chemical Process Technician
  • BioProcess Technician
  • Starting Salary: €30,000 to €35,000
  • After 2 Years: €35,000 to €40,000
  • After 5 Years: €40,000 to €50,000
process technician salaries

Some companies might call this role:

  • Process Operator
  • Cleanroom Operator
  • Chemical Process Technician
  • BioProcess Technician
  • Starting Salary: $44,480
  • After 2 Years: $56,850
  • After 5 Years: $75,220

Process Operators

Operate and monitor chemical or biochemical manufacturing processes. They are typically found in industrial scale continuous flow manufacturing environments where raw materials (e.g. milk, oil, natural gas, etc.) are turned into an end product (e.g. butter, beer, milk formula, drugs, vaccines, paint, etc.) using heat, cold, pressure, or a chemical agent.

salaries process operators

Some companies might call this role:

  • Chemical Process Operator
  • BioProcess Oprator
  • Process Operative
  • Cleanroom Operator
  • Process Operator
  • Starting Salary: €30,000 to €35,000
  • After 2 Years: €35,000 to €40,000
  • After 5 Years: €40,000 to €60,000
salaries process operators

Some companies might call this role:

  • Manufacturing Operator
  • Production Operator
  • Production Technician
  • Manufacturing Team Member
  • Product Assembler
  • Assembler
  • Starting Salary: $50,728
  • After 2 Years: $65,910
  • After 5 Years: $75,092

Manufacturing Technician

Work in a discrete manufacturing environment, run and maintain factory equipment and assembly processes, monitor and check the product quality and document results in strict adherence to protocols.

Manufacturing Technician

Some companies might call this role:

  • Manufacturing Operator
  • Production Operator
  • Production Technician
  • Manufacturing Team Member
  • Product Assembler
  • Assembler
  • Starting Salary: €30,000 to €35,000
  • After 2 Years: €35,000 to €40,000
  • After 5 Years: €40,000 to €50,000
Manufacturing Technician

Some companies might call this role:

  • Manufacturing Operator
  • Production Operator
  • Production Technician
  • Manufacturing Team Member
  • Product Assembler
  • Assembler
  • Starting Salary: $50,728
  • After 2 Years: $65,910
  • After 5 Years: $75,092

Production Operator

Works in a (non-chemical or non-biochemical) manufacturing environment to transform individual parts, sub-assemblies, and materials into distinct products (i.e. cars, phones, TVs, computers, cans, and machine tools) often on an assembly line.

salaries production operator

Some companies might call this role:

  • Production Operative
  • Manufacturing Operator
  • Manufacturing Team Member
  • Product Assembler
  • Assembler
  • Starting Salary: €30,000 to €35,000
  • After 2 Years: €35,000 to €40,000
  • After 5 Years: €40,000 to €50,000
salaries production operator

Some companies might call this role:

  • Packaging Technician
  • Starting Salary: $30,728
  • After 2 Years: $37,910
  • After 5 Years: $44,092

Packaging Operator

Responsible for taking the finished product of a manufacturing process and ensuring that it is packaged in line with company and industry standards, making it ready for sale or distribution.

Packaging Operator

Some companies might call this role:

  • Packaging Technician
  • Starting Salary: €30,000 to €32,000
  • After 2 Years: €32,000 to €38,000
  • After 5 Years: €38,000 to €42,000
Packaging Operator

Some companies might call this role:

  • Packaging Technician
  • Starting Salary: $30,728
  • After 2 Years: $37,910
  • After 5 Years: $44,092

And with a few years experience,

Production Supervisor

Directly responsible for overseeing and organising the equipment, staff and processes on a production floor. They will oversee scheduling and routine production activities as well as acting as first-line troubleshooting should problems arise.

Manufacturing Job Roles & Salaries

Some companies might call this role:

  • Process Supervisor
  • Manufacturing Supervisor
  • Starting Salary: €44,640
  • After 2 Years: €55,800
  • After 5 Years: €66,960
Manufacturing Job Roles & Salaries

Some companies might call this role:

  • Process Supervisor
  • Manufacturing Supervisor
  • Average US Salary: $86,800

References

Salaries are calculated as 80%, 100% and 120% of BLS averages.

What Courses do I Need to Take?

STEP 1: Take our 16-Week Online Conversion Course into Pharma Manufacturing. This program is the quickest way to learn all you need, to successfully move into an entry-level role in Pharmaceutical or Medical Device manufacturing. Typical roles we see advertised are:

Manufacturing Job Roles & Salaries

Process Technician. Some companies call this role:

  • Process Operator
  • Cleanroom Operator
  • Chemical Process Technician
  • BioProcess Technician
  • Process Technician

Manufacturing Technician. Some companies call this role

  • Manufacturing Team Member
  • Product Assembler
  • Production Technician
  • Production Operator
  • Manufacturing Operator

Packaging Operators. Some companies call this role: 

  • Packaging Technician

STEP 2: Then take our award-winning Certificate in eBioPharmachem (DT 698) program to get a university qualification and get better jobs with a higher salary. Typical roles we see advertised on our jobs board:

Manufacturing Job Roles & Salaries
  • Quality Assurance Specialist – Some companies call this role:
    • Quality Assurance Associate
    • Quality Assurance (QA) Technician
    • QMS/QA Specialist
    • Quality Systems Coordinator
  • Documentation Specialist – Some companies call this role:
    • Document Controller
    • Documentation Coordinator
  • Validation Technician – Some companies call this role:
    • CQV Specialist
    • C&Q Specialist
    • Equipment & Process Validation Specialist
    • QA Validation Associate
    • QA Validation Specialist
  • Validation Team Member

And with experience

  • Production Supervisor

Available Jobs

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