Calibration Technician - 1st shift
Perrigo · Allegan, MI
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Quality
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Pharma & life sciences
- Posted
- Yesterday
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level quality role at Perrigo (pharma & life sciences) in Allegan, MI. , and cover for other team members when they are on vacation or leave.
- They ask for
- 3+ years
- Tools it names
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), SAP
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Quality Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $50k–$70k.
Median of the low and high ends of 23 live postings that list pay, out of 401 quality technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 14 other live quality postings in Michigan.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (3+ vs 2+)
Similar roles usually ask 2+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 53%
- Root cause 47%
- Union environment 33%
- Lean 27%
- PPAP 27%
- Supplier quality 27%
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This plant: Perrigo in Allegan
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Scope of the Role
- ◆Manage the scale/balance program along with managing all certified weights for Perrigo, MI
- ◆Calibrates, troubleshoots, and repairs scales and balances throughout PMI and PMH
- ◆Perform instrument calibration, verification, and repairs on instrumentation/equipment in the calibration laboratory
- ◆Ensure daily housekeeping and safety activity compliance
- ◆Ensure the calibration tasks and preventative maintenance (PM) work orders are completed in a timely manner; emergency and planned work orders are effectively resolved; and chronic issues addressed
- ◆Responsible for following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) compliance, training, and resolving maintenance related or other area problems.
- ◆Assist in streamlining and optimizing calibration frequencies and test points
- ◆Assist in developing spare part inventory
- ◆Assists with validation or quality concerns as required
- ◆Continuously looking for calibration improvements to improve productivity, quality, reduce breakdowns, and reduce costs
Experience Required
- ✓Take off-hour calls or address situations that happen outside of normal working hours to minimize downtime
- ✓Ability to collaborate with other team members, share responsibilities, and cover for other team members when they are on vacation or leave
- ✓Enroll and complete Perrigo Qualified Electrical Worker (QEW)
requirements
- ✓Attention to details and needs to follow cGMP principles
- ✓Ability to work independently, organize and prioritize routine and assigned calibration activities
- ✓Ability to obtain lift truck certification upon hire and safely work at elevated heights using ladders and other approved equipment as required to perform job duties
- ✓Must be able to wear required respiratory protection and perform calibration and troubleshooting activities in areas where respiratory protective equipment is necessary
- ✓Must be able to bend, squat, kneel, and work in a variety of positions. Ability to regularly lift up to 50 lbs. (23 kg) and occasionally lift up to 25 kg (55 lbs.) is required to calibrate, troubleshoot, and maintain equipment.
Work experience
- ✓3+ years working in the calibration field performing calibrations, verifications, preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs on balances and scales and work in A2LA accreditation laboratory
- ✓Knowledge and interpretation of NIST Handbook 44 and/or work in a A2LA accreditation laboratory
- ✓Weights and Measures certification preferred MDARD
- ✓ISO/IEC 17025 preferred
- ✓Experience using CMMS software (preferable Blue Mountain and SAP)
Benefits
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Description Overview
Responsibility will be to manage and perform balance/scale calibrations, verifications, preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs at Perrigo Allegan (PMI) and Holland (PMH) facilities. Perform instrument calibration, verification, and repairs on instrumentation/equipment in the calibration laboratory in compliance with manufacturer, site SOPS, applicable state codes, and/or local requirements.
Reporting structure
- •Job will report to the Asset Reliability Calibration and Purified Water Manager
- •Primary hours 1st shift but on a flex 8 schedule