Sr. Technician, Quality Control

Job Description

Our Manufacturing Operations teams are the people that make our products. We work in the manufacturing plants with a “Safety First, Quality Always” mindset striving for continuous improvement. We work in the local plant connected to our global manufacturing network to ensure the highest quality of raw materials, intermediates, and finished products.

Position Responsibilities:

• Potency test raw materials, experimental samples, in-process lot material, and final product animal vaccines by bacterial titrations, bacterial proof of inactivation or bacterial identification or other methodologies for USDA release and subsequent sale in accordance with regulatory and internal requirements.

• Assist testing investigations, Change management, periodic reviews, MPS tools implementation

• Assist the area Team Leader in laboratory test scheduling

• Participate in assay transfers, outline reviews, process improvements.

• Prepare and participate in Internal, Corporate, USDA, and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) audits.

• Review internal documents against regulatory requirements for accuracy and compliance.

• The equipment used includes but is not limited to: microscopes, centrifuges, pipettes, pipette aids, syringes, laminar flow hoods, balances, autoclaves, freezers, coolers, liquid nitrogen, micro-plate readers/washers, etc.

Education Minimum Requirement:

Associate degree in a technical scientific discipline with 4 of years experience / OR

Bachelor's degree in a technical scientific discipline with 2 of years experience

Required Experience and Skill:

• Ability to plan and coordinate multiple projects

• Ability to work successfully in a team-oriented environment

• Ability to effectively follow procedural guidelines

• Strong computer skills with excellent communication and writing skills

Desired Experience and Skill:

• One to three years of experience in a biologic laboratory setting

• BS degree preferred

• Ability to assist in the development of study protocols to support the replacement of current reagents, improvement of current methodologies, and other departmental activities as identified

• Ability to troubleshoot assay issues with a solid scientific foundation

• Ability to assume additional technical responsibilities and complete them successfully with very little initial guidance and minimum supervision

NOTICE FOR INTERNAL APPLICANTS

In accordance with Managers' Policy - Job Posting and Employee Placement, all employees subject to this policy are required to have a minimum of twelve (12) months of service in current position prior to applying for open positions.

If you have been offered a separation benefits package, but have not yet reached your separation date and are offered a position within the salary and geographical parameters as set forth in the Summary Plan Description (SPD) of your separation package, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package. To discuss in more detail, please contact your HRBP or Talent Acquisition Advisor.

Employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as customer-facing commercial, or research-based roles, will be expected to comply not only with Company policy but also with policies established by such external stakeholders (for example, a requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access a facility or meet with stakeholders).  Please understand that, as permitted by applicable law, if you have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and an essential function of your job is to call on external stakeholders who require vaccination to enter their premises or engage in face-to-face meetings, then your employment may pose an undue burden to business operations, in which case you may not be offered employment, or your employment could be terminated. Please also note that, where permitted by applicable law, the Company reserves the right to require COVID-19 vaccinations for positions, such as in Global Employee Health, where the Company determines in its discretion that the nature of the role presents an increased risk of disease transmission.

Current Employees apply