Scientist I

freseniusglobal; Wilson (NC); On-site; USD 41,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with company contributions

Paid vacation, holiday and personal

Health benefits: medical, prescription

Dental and vision coverage

Employee assistance program

Job summary

freseniusglobal is seeking a Scientist I in Quality Control Microbiology to perform intermediate microbiology test methods and mentor junior analysts. The role supports multiple groups within QC Microbiology and requires knowledge of current compendial methods, cGMPs/GLPs, and training others.

Responsibilities include environmental monitoring, microbial identification, data review, SOP updates, and collaboration on investigations and validations to ensure product quality and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Understands department priorities and importance of planning ahead.
• Performs peer review of data for accuracy, completeness and conformance to specifications.
• Keeps supervisory personnel informed of events impacting operations and performance, including discrepancies and out of limit conditions.
• Articulate work related issues clearly and effectively to management and peers.
• Maintains knowledge of cGMPs and GLPs; current compendial methods.
• Teach or coordinate teaching of training modules and laboratory techniques to new analysts.
• Assist in authoring basic investigative studies (OOS, OOT, OOL, invalid tests) and other documents.
• Support senior personnel in investigations, special testing and project work; derive root cause of incidents.
• Update SOPs or Methods of Analysis for microbiology test procedures.
• Ensure safety policies are adhered to and propose improvements.
• Maintain equipment maintenance and calibrations not performed by metrology/maintenance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Schedule, initiate, coordinate, and perform routine and non-routine environmental monitoring.
• Assess environmental conditions and sample environments; recognize out of limit results and initiate OOL investigations.
• Achieve ISO Class 5 gowning certification.
• Process paperwork, LIMS input and approvals for QA release.
• Maintain knowledge of KabiTrack and record OOL events and change controls; assist investigations.
• Coordinate responses to environmental issues; maintain housekeeping and inventory.
• Complete microbial identification procedures and assist in training aseptic techniques.
• Coordinate timely completion of routine testing and data collection for all critical systems releases.
• Process data and escalate unexpected results or trends.
• Schedule, initiate, coordinate, and perform routine testing of in-process, finished product, and raw materials.
• Conduct environmental monitoring during bioburden and sterility testing.
• Maintain testing equipment and coordinate requalification, maintenance and calibration.
• Provide data for annual product reviews and validation studies.

Job description

Job Summary

A Scientist I in Quality Control Microbiology is responsible for an intermediate level of expertise of microbiological test methods, and instrumentation. A Scientist I participate in the mentoring and training of less experienced analysts in the group. The QC Microbiology department contains four main functional groups. The principal activities vary slightly between the groups.

Hourly Range

$29.31 - $41.20

Final pay determinations will depend on various factors, including, but not limited to experience level, education, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Benefits

• Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with company contributions, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, employee assistance program, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage.

Responsibilities

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY THE INCUMBENT

• Understands department priorities and importance of planning ahead.
• Performs peer review of data for accuracy, completeness and conformance to specifications.
• Keeps supervisory personnel informed of all relevant events impacting the operations and performance of the department including discrepancies and out of limit conditions.
• Be able to articulate work related issues clearly and effectively to management and peers.
• Maintains knowledge of cGMPs and GLPs. Maintains knowledge of current compendial methods.
• Teach or coordinate teaching of training modules and laboratory techniques to new analysts
• Assists in authoring basic investigative studies (OOS, OOT, OOL, invalid tests) and other necessary documents for the Quality Control Microbiology department.
• Supports senior personnel in various projects including investigations, special testing and project work. Investigates deviations from SOP requirements as directed by supervision for potential impact to product and materials and derives root cause of the incident.
• Updates SOPs or Methods of Analysis for microbiology test procedures to remain current.
• Ensures safety related polices are adhered and makes recommendations to enhance or improve safety policies.
• Responsible for all aspects of maintenance of equipment and calibrations not performed by metrology or maintenance departments.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Environmental Monitoring

• Schedules, initiates, coordinates, performs routine and non-routine environmental monitoring according to established procedures. Must be organized to coordinate activities of multiple filling rooms and associated personnel and do independently.
• Assess environmental conditions using various methods to sample environment, water systems, compressed gas, and personnel in production areas and microbiology laboratory. Recognize out of limit results and initiate OOL investigations.
• Must successfully execute requirements to achieve ISO Class 5 gowning certification.
• Processes paperwork, LIMS input and approvals for release by QA Critical Systems.
• Solid working knowledge of KabiTrack and recording OOL events and change controls. Assists with investigation of environmental OOL excursions.
• Coordinate responses and actions associated with environmental issues
• Maintain good housekeeping of laboratory areas, environmental chambers and maintain inventory of test media, reagents as assigned.
• Completes activities required for microbial identification including sub-culture, Gram staining, proper culture maintenance and processing for outside laboratory identification.
• Assists in training manufacturing personnel in required aseptic techniques, and gowning techniques as assigned by supervisor.
• Responsible for coordinating the timely completion of routine testing.
• Processes and completes data collection for all critical systems release.
• Process data and recognize issues and be instrumental in escalating associated results with unexpected results or trending.

Finished Products Testing

• Schedules, initiates, coordinates, performs routine testing of in-process, finished product, raw material. Scientist I may know most but not all procedures used.
• Conduct environmental monitoring during bioburden testing and sterility testing (SKAN isolators)
• Completes activities required for microbial identification including sub-culture, Gram staining, proper culture maintenance and processing for outside laboratory identification.
• Maintains testing equipment and coordinates requalification, preventative maintenance and calibration as needed
• Processes paperwork, LIMS input and approvals for release by QA.
• Provides data for annual product reviews, investigational requests and validation studies.

Validations

• Validates Microbiological test methods for all new products, including APIs, In-process and Finished Products.
• Performs studies as assigned to support incoming new products into the company, justific