Senior Microbiologist: Contamination Control Lead

Junee Southern Cross; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning culture with in-housetraining

Birthday and volunteer leave

Annual leave purchase scheme

Private health care discount

Employee assistance program

Novated leasing

EV charging bays at Marsden Park headh

Job summary

Medline is seeking a Senior Microbiologist to lead microbiological control, environmental monitoring and sterility assurance programs for safe, compliant products. You will serve as the site SME for microbiology, provide risk-based technical guidance, and drive continuous improvement across testing and contamination control.

Responsibilities include leading investigations, validating methods, supporting change controls, and partnering with Quality, Manufacturing and Regulatory teams to ensure

Qualifications

• Degree in Microbiology or related field with 5+ years in regulated GMP environments.
• Strong knowledge of TGA, GMP and quality systems; ISO 13485, ISO 14644, ISO 11737 familiarity.
• Ability to interpret complex microbiology data and provide evidence-based recommendations.
• Proactive, hands-on approach with ownership and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Act as site SME for microbiology, contamination control and sterility assurance.
• Own microbiological testing and monitoring activities including bioburden and environmental monitoring.
• Monitor and trend data to identify risks and improve contamination controls.
• Lead investigations into microbiological excursions and non-conformances with corrective actions.
• Support validation and revalidation of cleaning, test methods and sterilisation activities.
• Provide microbiology input to new products, change controls and risk assessments.
• Oversee external microbiology labs and ensure testing quality.
• Develop and maintain microbiology procedures and audit-ready documentation.
• Collaborate with Quality, Manufacturing and Regulatory teams during audits and inspections.
• Drive continuous improvement across microbiological testing and contamination control.

Skills

Microbiology

Environmental Monitoring

Sterility Assurance

Investigations

Documentation

Education

Microbiology degree

Job description

Medline is seeking a Senior Microbiologist to lead microbiological control, environmental monitoring and sterility assurance programs for safe, compliant products. You will serve as the site SME for microbiology, provide risk-based technical guidance, and drive continuous improvement across testing and contamination control.

Responsibilities include leading investigations, validating methods, supporting change controls, and partnering with Quality, Manufacturing and Regulatory teams to ensure