Senior Biotechnologist - USP

Hobson Prior are looking for a Senior Biotechnologist - USP to join a top clinical-stage biotechnology organisation on a permanent basis in Stevenage. Our client concentrates on developing pioneering gene therapies to enable people living with chronic diseases live a better life.

Job Responsibilities:

• You will be a part of the Production team accountable for delivering GMP manufacturing batches for clinical studies.
• Become fully trained in all areas of the manufacturing process as required and responsible for practical delivery of key process steps.
• Accountable to write and update SOPs and batch records to support GMP manufacture.
• Responsible for completing production records to principles of ALCOA prior to quality review.
• Become fully trained in deviations, investigations and change controls and be able to lead investigations, identify root causes and propose SMART CAPAs.
• Recognize and escalate issues as they occur, troubleshoot issues through technical expertise, and report accordingly with all relevant information.
• To be a dedicated equipment owner responsible for organising and leading the use of equipment during batch manufacture, organising and delegating tasks in module to junior team members, training team members, trouble-shooting issues, ensuring equipment is serviced as per supplier agreements and remains in a validated state through periodic validation review.
• General duties involved in the maintenance of clean room production facilities to GMP standards and preparation for manufacture.
• To be trained in USP equipment SOPs as required for supporting GMP batch manufacture.
• To be trained in aseptic cell culture processing for seed train expansion prior to USP.

Key Skills:

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.

Requirements:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a biological science.
• A minimum of 2-3 years of hands-on, practical experience in GMP manufacture of biopharmaceuticals in USP processing.
• A good understanding of the required industry standards for GMP manufacturing of investigational medicinal products.
• Experience of single use manufacturing and pilot scale or large-scale bioprocessing equipment.
• Strong technical understanding and practical experience of USP (seed train, single use bioreactors, depth filtration).
• Previous supervisory experience.

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