Senior Specialist, QCAS Instrumentation

Bristol Myers Squibb; Ireland; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb is recruiting a QC Shared Services Instrumentation Senior Specialist to manage calibration, maintenance, and lifecycle management of laboratory instruments in a GMP QC setting.

The role involves reviewing instrumentation qualifications, coordinating maintenance, and leading instrument-related investigations. Strong collaboration with QC teams and external vendors is essential for successful qualification and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.Sc in scientific related discipline and at least 3 years’ experience, at least 1 of which relates to instrument qualification in a GMP lab.
• Experience in Data Integrity (21 CFR 11/EU Annex 11) is desirable.
• Previous experience in technology transfers would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide Calibration and/or Maintenance service to the QC lab including instrument calibrations, scheduling and tracking of maintenance and lifecycle management.
• Review and approve analytical instrumentation qualification, calibration, repairs, and documentation.
• Ensure maintenance and verification are appropriate to instrument use and safety.
• Manage instrument-specific investigations such as calibration deviations.
• Trend instrument performance and lifecycle management.
• Participate in new instrument purchase and qualification.
• Collaborate with QC Specialists, QA validation and CSV personnel to qualify new instruments.
• Liaise with sister sites and vendors on instrumentation purchase, qualification and lifecycle management.
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies and current regulatory requirements for lab instrument qualification and calibration.
• Contribute to defining instrument-related procedures and troubleshooting complex issues.

Skills

Instrument qualification

GMP environment

Calibration

Maintenance

Data integrity

Education

B.Sc. in scientific related discipline

Tools

HPLC/UPLC

CE

cIEF

SDS-PAGE

Biacore

HIAC

KF

Liquid Handlers

Job description

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

Cruiserath Biologics are seeking to recruit a QC Shared Services Instrumentation Senior Specialist to execute Laboratory Instrumentation Purchase, Installation, Qualification and Lifecycle management. Reporting to the QC Instrumentation Team Lead, the specialist will manage the purchase and qualification of laboratory instruments and will be responsible for providing an Instrument Calibration and Maintenance service to the QC laboratory teams.

The candidate must have strong experience in all aspects of instrument management in a GMP environment, in addition to an understanding of the needs and best practices of routine biopharmaceutical drug product and drug substance laboratories. They will have responsibility for establishment of project plans and instrument qualification procedures. Experience in Data Integrity management (21 CFR 11/EU Annex 11) is desired.

A strong fundamental understanding of protein biochemistry is desirable, in addition to technical expertise in the following Biopharmaceutical analytical platforms (HPLC/UPLC, CE, cIEF, SDS-PAGE, Biacore, HIAC, KF, Liquid Handlers).

The main responsibilities for this position include;

• Providing a Calibration and/or Maintenance Service to the QC laboratory that includes instrumentation calibrations, scheduling and tracking of instrument maintenance and instrument lifecycle management.


• Review and approve analytical instrumentation qualification, calibration, repairs and documentation.


• Ensure instrument maintenance and verification is appropriate to the use of the instrument


• Manage all instrument specific investigations such as calibration deviations


• Trend lab instrument performance and lifecycle management.


• Participate in new instrument purchase and qualification


• Participate as part of a team of QC Specialists, QA validation Specialists and Computer System Validation personnel to deliver on the qualification of new instruments.


• Liaise with sister sites and vendors on instrumentation purchase, qualification and lifecycle management.


• Ensure compliance with corporate policies, directives and current regulatory requirements for laboratory instrument qualification, calibration and lifecycle management.


• Participate in definition and establishment of instrument related procedures.


• Participate in troubleshooting complex instrumentation issues.

The ideal candidate should hold a minimum of a B.Sc. in scientific related discipline and must have at least 3 year’s experience, at least 1 of which should be related to instrument qualification experience in a GMP laboratory setting. Previous experience in technology transfers would be advantageous.

The successful candidate must demonstrate the ability to contribute to and lead in a team based collaborative environment, as well as the ability to prioritise objectives from multiple projects. The successful candidate must demonstrate time management and organisational skills and excellent communication is essential.

How We Work

Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models: site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities. Learn more at https://careers.bms.com/ways-of-working.

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