Manufacturing Technician II
Catalent · San Diego, CA
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Base pay
- $49k–$53k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 1+ years
- Industry
- Pharma & life sciences
- Posted
- 23 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at Catalent (pharma & life sciences) in San Diego, CA. Manufacture GMP products, follow Standard Operating Procedures, and maintain accurate production batch records.
- They ask for
- 1+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- FDA / GMP, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ)
- Base pay
- $49k–$53k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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How this role compares
Against 77 other live manufacturing postings in California.
- Base pay
- About 51% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (1+ vs 5+)
Typical $85k–$123k, from 11 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- CNC 42%
- Tooling 41%
- Machining 38%
- Team leadership 37%
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Stands out: this posting asks for FDA / GMP, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Manufacturing team at Catalent
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- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
- How much time do you spend on the floor versus at a desk?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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Position Summary
We have an opportunity for a Manufacturing Technician II to join our team. In this role, you will conduct GMP manufacturing of solid oral and liquid oral pharmaceutical dosage forms for Phase I and Phase II clinical trials. You will work with precision, ensuring compliance with SOPs and accurate documentation. This position offers the chance to contribute to critical clinical programs in a dynamic and collaborative environment.
Shift: Monday - Friday 2:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Location: San Diego, CA
100% Onsite
The Role
- ◆Manufacture GMP products, follow Standard Operating Procedures, and maintain accurate production batch records.
- ◆Provide guidance and training for junior operators.
- ◆Organize equipment layout and workflows for efficient and safe operations.
- ◆Independently assemble, operate, and disassemble all basic equipment.
- ◆Operate automated or semi-automated equipment.
- ◆Prepare materials and equipment for production.
- ◆Escalate production issues to engineering and production coordinators.
- ◆Support equipment turnover, cleaning verification, and validation activities.
- ◆Show strong initiative on the production floor by preparing equipment for upcoming processes and understanding overall equipment flow.
- ◆Write production comments independently and escalate production-related issues to management, engineering, and coordinator groups as needed.
The Candidate
Requirements
- ✓High School Diploma or General Educational Development (GED).
- ✓1+ years of experience in pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing, with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) experience required.
- ✓On an average 8-hour day, ability to walk, sit, stand, use hands to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms at or above shoulder height and below waist height, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk and hear, smell, and lift up to 40 pounds. Specific vision
requirements
include reading written documents, visual inspection of materials, and frequent use of a computer monitor screen.
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Manufacturing Technician II
About Site
Catalent’s San Diego, CA site is an early‑phase development facility supporting small‑molecule and peptide programs from preformulation through cGMP clinical manufacturing for oral and injectable dosage forms. The 68,000‑square‑foot site is a center of excellence for spray‑drying and bioavailability‑enhancement technologies, with integrated capabilities to advance challenging compounds rapidly into the clinic.
Preferred Skills & Background
- +Mechanical and technical aptitude or prior work experience within a regulated environment preferred.
Pay
The anticipated hourly rate for this position in CA is $49,000 – $53,000. The final hourly rate offered to a successful candidate may vary, and will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, skillset, education, business needs, etc. Catalent is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.
Why You Should Join Catalent
- •Positive and fast-paced working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative and dynamic.
- •Competitive Paid Time Off plus 10 paid holidays.
- •Medical, dental, and vision benefits effective day one of employment.
- •Tuition Reimbursement – support to finish your degree or earn a new one.
- •Site-based Employee Engagement activities such as Movie Day, Annual Blues Fest, Free Bagel Fridays, and more.
- •Employee Resource Groups focusing on Diversity and Inclusion.
- •Environmentally friendly, community engagement green initiatives including regular participation in Beach Clean-up.
- •Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process with potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives.
- •WellHub program to promote overall physical wellness including onsite fitness center, yoga classes, and company-sponsored community sports teams.
- •Perkspot offers exclusive or private discounts from approximately 900+ merchants in a wide array of categories.
Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.
personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.
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