Associate Scientist II, Production

Company Description

LGC is a leading, global life science tools company, providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments. Our high-quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications, which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers’ products and workflows and are valued for their performance, quality and range.

Our tools play a key role in customer workflows from discovery applications through to commercial manufacture and enable its customers to: bring new diagnostics and therapies to market; progress research and development; optimize food production; and continuously monitor and enhance the quality of food, the environment and consumer products.

Job Description

The Associate Scientist II, Production is responsible for the manufacture of site product within one or more portfolios in a cost-effective manner and in compliance with appropriate quality and safety standards. This role supports departmental success by following approved operational protocols, using good documentation practices, escalating process variances, and helping to maintain a clean and safe work environment. This position is also expected to support or participate in process improvement activities, quality investigations, and operational excellence (OE) initiatives.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to capably perform each of the following essential duties:

• Contribute to operations teams performing manufacturing, quality control, and production maintenance activities in a manner consistent with the company quality and safety standards
• Assist in the fermentation and purification of recombinant proteins from different expression systems
• In accordance with designated procedures and work instructions, prepare and operate chromatography systems, dialysis/TFF operations, and reagent preparation
• Support and follow production protocols geared towards robust and cost-effective supply of molecular biology product and NGS proteins
• Process, record, and analyze data following approved protocols and using good documentation practices
• Identify and escalate events that deviate from normal operations
• Support process improvements, nonconformance reporting, investigations, and corrective/preventative actions as assigned
• Effectively communicate results to immediate team, and other stakeholders as directed
• Maintain cleanliness and orderliness of operational area and work environment
• Conscientiously learn and diligently follow the requirements of the site’s quality management system
• Adhere to company Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) policy
• Perform other duties as required, or assigned by management, to meet business needs

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant life sciences field (molecular biology, microbiology, biochemistry, etc.)—or applicable industry experience
• Prior experience operating standard laboratory equipment (e.g. pH meters, conductivity meters, pipettes)
• Ability to follow standard operating procedures (SOP’s) and/or manufacturing protocols
• Familiarity with standard biological and analytical techniques, including PCR, SDS-PAGE, and western blotting
• Prior experience with manual or automated chromatography systems or processes (e.g., AKTA platform)
• Proven ability to effectively communicate work results, including technical data, to colleagues
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Desired Knowledge & Qualifications:

• Prior experience performing fermentation, protein production and purification in an industrial setting
• Prior experience performing operations on the AKTA platform and executing depth-filtration and Tangential Flow Filtration operations
• Experience with functional testing (PCR, LAMP, etc.)
• Experience with bacteria fermentation

Additional Information

About LGC:

LGC is a leading, global life science tools company, providing critically important components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments. Its high-quality product portfolio is comprised of critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications, which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers’ products and workflows and are valued for their performance, quality, and range.

Our values

• PASSION
• CURIOSITY
• INTEGRITY
• BRILLIANCE
• RESPECT

Equal opportunities

LGC strongly believes that every job applicant and employee should be valued for their individual talents regardless of age, disability, race, color, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership, pregnancy or parental status, religion, or belief. Short listing, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard these factors.

For more information about LGC, please visit our website www.lgcgroup.com

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