Senior Scientist Full-time

Job Title

Senior leader in the QC microbiology laboratory responsible for performing, leading, analyzing, and/or documenting microbiological testing within a GMP environment in support of raw materials, in-process materials, finished products, environmental monitoring, sterility assurance, validation, and other microbiological processes.

Responsibilities

• Leads and influences analysts in the QC microbiology laboratory with their tasks and activities.
• Understands, implements, and maintains GMP with respect to microbiological laboratory records, procedures, and systems in accordance with procedural requirements.
• Proposes and implements changes to maintain and strengthen procedural requirements and microbiological control strategies.
• Performs, leads, analyzes, and/or documents microbiological test methods as written to support product and material release with minimal error.
• Proposes and implements changes to improve microbiological techniques, controls, and laboratory methodology.
• Independently troubleshoots and resolves microbiological assay, technique, contamination, and instrument issues.
• Interprets microbiological and experimental data for conformance with product and material specifications.
• Understands and identifies laboratory technique and instrument performance in accordance with microbiological and scientific principles.
• Initiates appropriate exception documents in accordance with procedural requirements, including deviations, atypical results, OOS/OOT investigations, and contamination events as applicable.
• Implements and ensures improvement ideas are completed to facilitate team objectives. Proposes and implements scientific protocols to determine root cause of exception events.
• Supports or leads investigations related to environmental monitoring excursions, sterility failures, bioburden excursions, microbial identification trends, and aseptic process-related issues.
• Participates in or supports aseptic simulation validations and other microbiological validation activities as needed.

Qualifications

• Required – BS degree in Science or equivalent
• 10+ years of relevant experience
• Maintains their certifications as needed for assigned job tasks.
• Demonstrates strong analytical skills and logical thought process.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with aseptic simulation validations
• Experience with environmental monitoring, bioburden, sterility testing, microbial identification, or contamination investigations
• Experience supporting aseptic processing or microbiological validation activities

Additional Information

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.

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Pay Range: $96500 – 183500 USD