Sr. Specialist - Downstream Operations Technician (Night Shift)
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated
·Sep 9, 2025
- Location
- Elwood, KS, United States of America
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- IT
- Seniority
- Senior
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Education
- High School
- Source
- Workday
Description
At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!
As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.
At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.
Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!
$2,500 Sign-On Bonus! Apply Today!
Relocation Assistance Available
Your Role: Sr. Specialist - Downstream Operations Technician (Night Shift)
The Downstream OpTech is technical process leader on the Downstream operations team responsible for manufacturing execution, changeover, and production control. The role is dedicated to the execution and oversight of the Clarification, Chromatography, and Tangential Flow Filtration operations.
Your Responsibilities:
Executes the operation with team serving as process leader, coach, trainer, and responsible party
Performs and verifies Maintenance, process setup, troubleshooting, change over, process intervention.
Operations representative for cross-functional process support team, engaging in process
Real-time problem solving, process intervention, and technical experiment delivery
Ensures process documentation is prepared and completed with accuracy and concurrence
What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):
Education: High School Diploma / GED
Experience: A minimum of 3 years of experience in Liquid Protein A Chromatography at manufacturing scale
What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):
Production scale filtration
Formal Root Cause Investigation training
Proficiency with SAP
GMP manufacturing
Tangential Flow Filtration
Additional Information:
Travel: Minimal
Location: Elanco Animal Health Elwood, KS
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrecognized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!
Elanco Benefits and Perks:
We offer a comprehensive benefits package focusing on financial, physical, and mental well-being while encouraging our employees to pursue our purpose! Some highlights include:
8-week parental leave
9 Employee Resource Groups
Annual bonus offering
Up to 6% 401K matching
Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status