Job Title: Cell Bank Testing Associate (Research Associate)

Location: Chesterfield, MO

Contract: 18 months

Position Summary:

This role is part of Company’s Bioprocess Research & Development Cell Banking team responsible for the manufacturing and testing of GMP cell banks used to produce clinical and commercial biopharmaceutical product

Position Responsibilities:

• Conduct cell bank manufacturing operations as required. Follow and adhere to cGMP documentation practices, operational procedures, and compliance procedures.
• Perform cell bank distribution and shipping activities, as required.
• Adhere to safety procedures and guidelines by practicing and promoting safe work habits.
• Review and Archive GMP documents (SOPs, master batch records and campaign summary reports).
• Maintain cell banking facility and equipment in a constant state of operational and audit readiness.
• Collaborate with partners from diverse cross-functional lines to effectively resolve events and issues.
• Understand scientific principles in order to identify and solve moderately complex problems.
• Make sound and compliant decisions with minimal input that may require choosing from limited options.
• Think critically and facilitate the drive towards continuous improvement.
• Effectively manage own time and balance workload priorities.

Organizational Relationships

Provide the primary groups or key positions that this position will have interaction with as a regular part of the position responsibilities. Include any external interactions as appropriate.

• Cell Bank testing team
• Company QA
• PharmSci Cell Bank team
• Company shipping and logistics teams
• Company calibration and validation colleagues

What will the resource be working with, or, have exposure to?:

• Biohazardous Agent work (such as menigiditis, staph aureus, Lenti Virus, streph pneumoniae)
• Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A,C, Y,W
• Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B
• Strep Pneumoniae