Title:  Operator

Location: Sahab,Amman, Jordan

Job Type: [Full-time, Contract]

Hashtag: #LI-OS1

About Us:

For over 45 years, Hikma Pharmaceuticals has been putting better health within reach, every day, by creating high-quality medicines and making them accessible to those who need them. We are helping to shape a healthier world that enriches all our communities, and our global team of 9,500+ empowered employees are central to this mission.

As a trusted and reliable partner of over 800 high-quality generics, specialty and branded pharmaceutical products, we are driven to improve access to medicine. Through our 29 manufacturing plants, 9 R&D centers across the MENA, North America and Europe, our footprint allows us to play a critical role in serving patients. 

Description:

We are looking for a talented Operator to join us. At Hikma you’ll be supported by a culture of progress and belonging where people are encouraged to develop, wellbeing is prioritised and our inclusive approach values contributions from all. We’re seeking candidates who embody our values: Innovative, driven to keep learning; Caring, genuinely compassionate in their work; and Collaborative, eager to solve problems together.

If you want to be part of a team that cares about impact, this is the place for you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assists or performs setup of selected equipment with guidance from leadership to ensure smooth packaging operations
• Performs packaging line/equipment setup, clean and changeover activities that require the use of hand tools, removal/replacement of machine parts as well as adjustments in order to comply with relevant regulations
• Conducts line verification to ensure that no foreign product or components remain on the line / equipment / workstation
• Provides feedback to inform leadership of issues and errors with GMP documentation
• Performs necessary in process checks including but not limited to package checks, hourly audits to conduct equipment and facility compliance assessments
• Ensures the operation of the packaging lines to pack products according to instruction, schedules and parameters
• Communicate with own and other team members to achieve the company goals
• Initiates, executes or participates in suitable actions where necessary to prevent or improve occurrence of quality issues, wastage or machine downtime
• Assists in the update and review of packaging procedures, instructions and control forms to meet and improve the company’s standards
• Raises any machine problems to line leader to notify, follow up and coordinate with the Engineering team on repair and planned maintenance activities
• Takes necessary action to prevent others of working in an unsafe manner
• Demonstrates a growth mindset to share and advocate for best practices in order to utilize downtime effectively
• Contributes to the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement of processes and practices taking into account ‘international best practice’, improvement of business processes, cost reduction and productivity improvement
• Complies with all relevant safety, quality and environmental management policies, procedures and controls to ensure a healthy and safe work environment
• Follows all relevant departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures and instructions so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner

Qualifications:

We are looking for candidates whose experience and skills align closely with the qualifications outlined below:

• Diploma or Bachelor’s in Mechanics, Mechatronics Engineering, or any equivalent major
• 0-5 years of Experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to use computers to perform a variety of data-entry transactions and to retrieve information (procedures; safety, employment, and other information).
• Ability to perform data entry/maintenance in SAP or equivalent systems.
• Good English language skills (especially in reading and writing) is required.
• Pharmaceutical or other regulatory (GMP) experience is preferred.
• Employee may be required to stand continually throughout the shift.
• Employee may be required to attend on morning or night shift with long shift is required.
• Employee may be required to attend weekend.
• Job involves frequent bending, twisting, pushing, pulling and lifting.

Learn more about Hikma in Jordan hikma-jordan-factsheet-aug-2025-en.pdf