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Elanco · 2 days ago

Senior Specialist - Upstream Operations Technician

Elwood, KS

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

3+ years exp

Elanco is a global leader in animal health, dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services for the well-being of animals. They are seeking a Senior Specialist - Upstream Operations Technician to lead manufacturing processes, oversee cellular expansion, and ensure accurate process documentation in a collaborative environment.

ManufacturingPetLogisticsSupply Chain Management

H1B Sponsor Likely

Hiring Manager

Madison Collins, MBA

Responsibilities

Executes the operation with team serving as process lead, coach, trainer, and responsible party

Performs and verifies Maintenance, process setup, troubleshooting, change over, process intervention

Serve as the operations representative and subject matter expert for cross-functional process support team

Real-time problem solving, process intervention, and technical experiment delivery, and continuous improvement

Ensure process documentation is prepared and completed with accuracy and concurrence

Qualification

Cellular growth processesProduction scale filtrationGMP manufacturingAseptic experienceSAP proficiencyRoot Cause Investigation training

Required

Education: High School Diploma / GED

Experience: minimum of 3 years experience with cellular growth/expansion processes

Preferred

Production scale filtration

Formal Root Cause Investigation training

Fermentation

Proficiency with SAP

GMP manufacturing

Aseptic experience

Benefits

8-week parental leave

9 Employee Resource Groups

Annual bonus offering

Up to 6% 401K matching

Company

Elanco

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Elanco is an animal health company that manufactures and markets a diverse range of products to promote animal health and well-being.

Founded in 1954

Greenfield, Indiana, USA

5001-10000 employees

https://www.elanco.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (9)

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$252.86M

Key Investors

AncoraBill & Melinda Gates Foundation

2023-12-30Post Ipo Equity· $250M

2018-09-19IPO

2017-05-24Grant· $2.86M

Leadership Team

Dave Kinard

Executive Vice President Human Resources, Corporate Affairs & Administration

Justine Conway

Global Head of Business Development and External Innovation

Recent News

PR Newswire

Elanco Receives USDA Approval for Befrena™ (tirnovetmab), a New Anti-IL31 Monoclonal Antibody Injection Targeting Canine Allergic and Atopic Dermatitis

2026-01-03

thefly.com

Elanco receives USDA approval for Befrena

2026-01-03

thefly.com

Elanco's Credelio Quattro tablets granted FDA conditional approval

2025-12-18

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