Position Title: Senior Microbiologist
Duration: 1 Year (potential for extension and/or conversion)
100% ON SITE
1st Shift (hours may vary)
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform Quality Control and Sterility Assurance activities, including:
- Environmental monitoring to support non-sterile and sterile areas of the facility.
- Routine bioburden testing on raw materials and finished product.
- Bacterial endotoxin testing on pharmaceutical water system samples, raw materials and finished products.
- Identification of microbial isolates.
- Entering results in the electronic documentation system.
- Ensuring that all necessary testing is performed and evaluated against applicable procedures.
- Successfully gown qualify to perform sterility assurance and routine activities in Grade B areas of the facility.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree is required
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology is preferred, or related science, and demonstrated abilities and experience of a microbiologist in a sterile product Quality Control role
- Recent experience in aspects of sterility assurance including gowning and investigations
- Demonstrates good communication skills
- Has ability to work effectively with a team and able to work independently
- Has knowledge of cGMP requirements and ability to generate high quality data
- Has some computer application experience (i.e., database use and management)
- At least 3 years practical laboratory experience is preferred