Senior Manufacturing Associate, Upstream

Who we are?

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

The opportunity

As an ON-SITE Senior Upstream Manufacturing Associate you will:

• Act as the On-the-floor lead for cell culture and bioreactor operations. Primarily focused on cell culture activities; with a secondary focus on small scale inoculum preparation.
• Operate and maintain production equipment as it relates to cell culture - including analytical instrumentation to support cell culture activities and in-process testing.
• Lead or perform a variety of complex tasks under general guidance and in accordance with cGMPs. Maintain records to comply with regulatory requirements.
• Be responsible for drafting of batch records and SOPs, executing, documenting and reviewing data, and review and approval of manufacturing documents according to cGMP guidelines.
• Initiate deviations, assess product quality impact, and propose, own and execute Corrective and Preventative Actions (CAPA).
• Maintain daily work schedule and relevant resource requirements.
• Take the lead on the floor with planning of activities and provide guidance to junior staff on execution.
• Propose implementation of improvements to optimize manufacturing processes. Monitor processes and results and suggest methods to ensure process success.
• Assist in audits from internal or external partners.

Your experience and qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Biology, Chemistry or related Engineering discipline with 2-4 years mammalian cell culture experience, or MS with at least 1 years' experience in upstream mammalian cell culture and cGMP manufacturing with 1 to 3 years as a team lead or supervisor.

• Knowledge of cell culture process steps including cell banking, thaw and expansion, production, and harvest.

• Experienced with manufacturing of drug substance following SOPs and batch records within a cGMP regulated environment.

  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associates degree with a minimum of 5 years' experience in upstream mammalian cell culture or upstream process development with 2 or 3 years as team lead or supervisor experience.

• Single use bioreactor and single use media preparation experience.

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