As 2026 begins, large pharmaceutical companies are increasing their investments in manufacturing, leading to a significant number of job openings across the United States.
On January 9, Johnson & Johnson announced plans to create 500 jobs at a new drug product manufacturing facility in Wilson, North Carolina. This will be the company's second major plant in Wilson County. Three days later, AbbVie stated it will invest $100 billion over the next decade in U.S. research and development and capital projects, including manufacturing.
These moves are part of a broader trend among major pharmaceutical firms to expand domestic manufacturing operations, resulting in hundreds of available positions for professionals interested in this sector.
AbbVie is currently hiring for roles such as director of API manufacturing in North Chicago, Illinois; senior global manufacturing execution systems engineer in Worcester, Massachusetts; and aseptic site trainer in Waco, Texas.
ADMA Biologics has several open positions at its Boca Raton, Florida location. Available roles include specialist QA II manufacturing oversight; technician I for purification; and senior scientist for production operations.
Amgen is offering multiple jobs including network architect-manufacturing in Holly Springs, North Carolina; manufacturing procurement site lead in Thousand Oaks, California; and manufacturing systems engineer-system owner in New Albany, Ohio.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical is recruiting for positions such as lead of manufacturing (day shift), associate director for operational excellence leader, and contract-based manufacturing associate at its Novato, California facility.
Civica Rx has about a dozen vacancies at its Petersburg, Virginia site. Openings include manufacturing manager vial fill-first shift, third-shift manufacturing technician and calibration technician.
CSL's available jobs include associate II for manufacturing in Holly Springs; senior production engineer specializing in fill/finish (aseptic operation) in Kankakee, Illinois; and night-shift support role as a manufacturing associate also based in Holly Springs.
Eli Lilly is advertising more than 150 open positions with opportunities such as manager-commercial manufacturing in Philadelphia; technician-visual inspection in Durham, North Carolina; and principal process engineer based out of Indianapolis.
Legend Biotech has numerous openings at its Raritan, New Jersey location including operations associate, operations supervisor and BAS/EMS technician roles.
Novo Nordisk lists around a dozen open jobs such as API manufacturing associate I in Clayton, North Carolina; night-shift manufacturing technician (Sunday-Tuesday) in West Lebanon, New Hampshire; and specialist-API manufacturing located in Boulder, Colorado.
Resilience offers over 20 positions with jobs like supervisor of warehouse and logistics based out of Mississauga, Ontario; calibration technician II (day shift) located at West Chester, Ohio; and day-shift mechanic-device assembly position as a level III manufacturing technician also based out of West Chester.
Takeda is hiring for dozens of roles including a Los Angeles-based position as a manufacturing technician; global CMC lead for manufacturing sciences located at Lexington, Massachusetts; and day-shift role as a level I manufacturing associate situated at Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
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