Blood Component Manufacturing Technician - Full-time

h1span class="emphasis-3"Please use Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox when accessing Candidate Home./span/h1h1ibBy joining the American Red Cross  you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best.  Are you ready to be part of  the world#39;s largest humanitarian network?/b/i/h1p style="text-align:inherit"/ph2/h2h1span class="emphasis"bJoin us—Where your Career is a Force for Good!/b/span/h1p style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bJob Description:/b/ph2bispanWHY CHOOSE US?/span/ispanspan /span/span/b/h2divdivdivdivdivpJoining The American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better./ppWhen you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work./p/div/div/div/div/divdivp/ppbispanWhat You Need to Know: /span/ispan /span/b/p/divdivpspanspanIn this role, you will be manufacturing blood products and samples. You will be processing blood products after the units have been received from the donors.  This will involve scanning in the units of blood, processing the units into transfusable components (red cells, platelets, and expressing plasma) and /spanspanleukoreducing/spanspan.  /span/spanspan /span/p/divdivpspanspanAs a Red Cross Team member, you will take care of your team members – show up for every shift and give 100% while /spanspanyou’re/spanspan there. Interact in a positive, proactive, and customer-focused manner with both internal and external customers, /spanspandemonstrating/spanspan care and compassion at all times  /span/spanspan /span/pp/p/divdivpbispanWHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD:/span/ispan /span/b/pp/p/divdivdivpbispanKey spanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanResponsibilities: /span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/ispan /span/b/p/divdivullipspanspanMeet the quality and quantity production goals, while prioritizing workload expectations and /spanspanmaintaining/spanspan /spanspanaccurate/spanspan documentation   /span/spanspan /span/p/lilipspanspanPerform good inventory management practices throughout the manufacturing and distribution process.    /span/spanspan /span/p/lilipspanspanPerform data entry and /spanspanoperate/spanspan the computer programs associated with /spanspancomponent/spanspan production, labeling, storage, and sample tube management.   /span/spanspan /span/p/lilipspanspanAnalyze and make decisions based on visual inspection and information provided from other departments to meet time.  /span/spanspan /span/p/li/ul/div/divdivdivullipspanspanPerform complex manufacturing tasks such as pooled product manufacturing, freeze, wash, or deglycerolizing of blood products, and pathogen reduction.   /span/spanspan /span/p/lilipspanspanCommunicate effectively with internal customers, vendors, and volunteers.  /span/spanspan /span/p/li/ulp/p/divdivpspan /span/p/divdivpibspanStandard Schedule/span/bspanspan:/span/span 37.5 hours a week. spanVariable schedule, however new hires can initially expect to work 6:00 pm- 2:00 am, 5 days a week (after training). /span/i/pp/ppispanbTraining Information:/b Training is the first 4 weeks of employment, Monday- Friday 8:00 am- 4:30 pm./span/i/pp/p/div/divdivdivpibspanPay Information/span/bspanspan: $20.40/hour, plus any applicable shift differentials for working late nights, over nights, and on the weekends ($2.00- $3.50 more for hour)/span/span/i/pp/pp/p/divdivpspanspan /span/spanspan /span/p/divdivpbispanWHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED: /span/ispan /span/b/p/divdivullipispan /span/ispanspanHigh School or equivalent required.   /span/spanspan /span/p/lilipspanspanMinimum 2 years of related experience in a regulatory, laboratory, or manufacturing environment or equivalent combination of education and related experience preferred.  /span/spanspan /span/p/li/ul/div/divdivdivullipspanspanGood computer skills, ability to use a wide variety of programs and laboratory /spanspanequipment, attention/spanspan to detail, /spanspanaccurate/spanspan documentation, and good decision-making skills.    /span/spanspan /span/p/lilipspanspanGood communication/spanspan skills, with the ability to work on a team, as well as independently with minimal supervision /span/spanspan /span/p/li/ul/divdivpspanspan /span/spanspan /span/p/divdivpbispanPhysical Requirements/span/ispanspan:   /span/spanspan /span/b/p/divdivpspanspanRequires standing, stretching, /spanspanstooping/spanspan and bending for extended time periods/spanspan.  /spanspanLift, pull, /spanspanpush/spanspan and move objects of up to 50 pounds/spanspan.  /spanspanMay work in walk-in spanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanrefrigerator/freezers/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span for periods of time/spanspan.  /spanspanMay be /spanspanrequired/spanspan to wear protective clothing such as lab coats, gloves, face shields, /spanspanetc. /span/spanspanspan /span/spanspanspan /span/spanbr /spanspan /span/spanspan /spanspanspan /span/span/p/div/divdivdivpbBENEFITS FOR YOU:/b/ppAs a mission-based organization, we believe our team needs great support to do great work. Our comprehensive package includes:/pp· Medical, Dental Vision plans/pp· Health Spending Accounts amp; Flexible Spending Accounts/pp· PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on type of job and tenure/pp· Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays/pp· 401K with up to 6% match/pp· Paid Family Leave/pp· Employee Assistance/pp· Disability and Insurance: Short #43; Long Term/pp· Service Awards and recognition/p/div/divh2/h2p style="text-align:inherit"/ph2ibApply now!  Joining our team will provide you with the opportunity to /b/i/h2h2bimake your career a force for good!/i/b/h2p style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"iThe American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law./ibr /​/pp style="text-align:left"span class="emphasis"ibQualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, San Diego Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and any other applicable state and local laws./b/i/spanbr / /pp style="text-align:left"spanspanAmeriCorps, the federal agency that brings people together through service, and its partners — the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps Alums, National Peace Corps Association, and the Service Year Alliance — launched Employers of National Service to connect national service alumni with opportunities in the spanspanspan class="WCO0"workforce. American/span/span/span Red Cross is proud to be an a target="_blank" href="https://www.americorps.gov/partner/partnerships/employers-national-service"EONS/a /span/spanspanspanpartner and share our employment opportunities with the network of organizations./span/span/pp style="text-align:inherit"span /span/pp style="text-align:left"spanInterested in Volunteering? /spanVisita target="_blank" href="https://www.redcross.org/volunteer/become-a-volunteer/urgent-need-for-volunteers.html" spanspanspanspan class="WCO0"redcross.org/volunteertoday/span/span/span/span/a to learn more, including our most-needed volunteer positions./pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"To view the EEOC Summary of Rights, click here:  a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf" target="_blank"Summary of Rights/a/p