Upstream Manufacturing Scientist - Group Leader - Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Professional Scientific Services, LLC

Company Description

The work we do at Eurofins matters, and so do our employees. At Eurofins, we put a focus on your professional growth. We provide our employees the ability to break into the biopharmaceutical industry and grow from the bottom up. We have the supportive teams and tools available to invest in you while also affording you work-life balance and a competitive benefits package.

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

If you're looking for a rewarding career, a place to call home, apply with us today!

Job Description

Job Summary:

The position will be involved with Research Vector Production at a client location, supporting upstream production manufacturing activities.

Job Responsibilities:

• Working with up to 250 L-scale aseptic mammalian suspension (HEK293) cell culture in single-use bioreactors.
• Working with small- and large-scale transient transfection, clarification via depth filtration,flat sheet hollow fiber tangential flow filtration.
• Utilize high throughput automated column chromatography (e.g. PromoChrom Technologies SPE-03)
• Perform data trending (e.g. metabolites, viable cell density, flux pressure) using different software
• Perform buffer and tubing assembly preparation
• Laboratory operations (ordering supplies, preparing buffers/mobile phase/culture media, operating laboratory equipment, participation in quality and safety assessments, sample receipt/management, utilize electronic lab notebook, data authoring/review/integrity following good documentation practices)
• Support research scientists with their experiments based on company protocol, method, and procedures
• Assist with maintenance of laboratory equipment
• Help maintain a safe, clean, and organized laboratory
• Follow good laboratory, documentation, and safety practices.

Leadership Responsibilities:

• Monitorsday-to-day operations of direct reports
• Coordinates scheduling of work/training
• Performs administrative tasks related to team member growth and development
• May be responsible for maintaining multiple projects

Qualifications

Basic Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/MS with at least 2 years of industry experience
• Bioreactor Experience (at least 250L+ OR experience with DeltaV Software), Scale-up with mammalian cells
• Must have experience in TFF, DF, and Column Chromatography
• Leadership experience

Additional Preferred Skill Sets:

• Utilizing electronic lab notebook, data authoring/review/integrity following good documentation practices.
• Experience with Delta V and Unicorn software.
• Experience with Hek293 cell lines, transfection
• Experience in industry leadership
• Data trending (e.g., metabolites, viable cell density, flux, pressure).
• Buffer and tubing assembly preparation.
• Independently motivated, detail-oriented, and robust problem-solving ability.

Additional Information

Position isFull Time, Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm with weekend and/or holiday work to meet business needs.Candidates currently living within a commutable distance of Boston, MAare encouraged to apply.

• Excellent full-time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, dental, and vision options
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Eligibility for potential yearly Bonus & Merit-Based Pay Increases

Eurofins is aM/F, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.