Night Shift Operator - Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (Seishin Plant)

About the role

Lilly's Seishin plant is hiring night-shift operators for its manufacturing department. The role covers inspection and packaging of pharmaceutical products in line with GMP, ensuring a steady supply of high-quality medicines. It is a night-shift position with 12-hour rotating shifts.

Key responsibilities

• Safety: follow HSE-related SOPs, lead safety awareness in the assigned area, and escalate quality defects when judgment is difficult.
• Quality: drive process quality improvements, investigate root causes of deviations, implement CAPA, and ensure GMP compliance and accurate manufacturing records.
• Production: run smooth, high-quality production under SOPs, create monthly production plans and staff assignments, record and verify work instructions, operate the SAP system, and support change control, deviations, improvements and validation in cross-functional teams.
• People development: train and develop operators through on-the-job training.

Required profile

• Native-level Japanese.
• High school diploma or higher.
• PC proficiency (Microsoft Office).
• Commute within 90 km of the nearest station and 90 minutes by public transport; relocation is generally required beyond this range, with company housing support available.

What we offer

• Salary according to company regulations, with housing and commuting allowances, salary increases and a performance-based bonus.
• 12-hour rotating night shifts (20:00-08:00 from August 16), with flexible leave and 195 annual holidays.
• Social insurance, housing support and company-leased housing, and Lilly group benefits such as medical and dental expense subsidies.
• Retirement at 60 and re-employment until 65, with a 6-month probation period.