Job Description
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. The below job opportunity is with one of our Biotech clients who researches develop and commercializes drugs. The company focuses primarily on antiviral drugs used in the treatment of HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and influenza, including Harvoni and Sovaldi.
Position: Quality Control Chemist - I
Location: Frederick, MD 21704
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite
Shift: Wednesday to Saturday From 7:00 am To 5:30 pm
IMPORTANT: For the first 7 weeks of the assignment, all contractors are required to work Mon-Fri (0730-1600) to complete New Hire Orientation and Manufacturing On-boarding Technical Training. After the 7 weeks, the contractor is deployed onto their agreed upon shift. New hires will need to complete
Job Description:
Responsibilities:
- Perform testing of raw materials, intermediates and final products by following analytical methods: Cell based bioassays, Flow Cytometry, ELISA and qPCR assays.
- Work with internal and external resources to maintain lab in an optimal state.
- Assist with monitoring and trending data, complete routine record review of test data and related documents for in-process testing, drug substance and drug product release. Supply information to support generation of CoAs for product release.
- Maintains laboratory instruments for calibration and routine maintenance
- Author or revise SOPs, qualification/validation protocols and reports.
- Asist with lab investigations regarding out of specifications (OOS) results. Participate in determination of root cause for deviations related to analytical procedures.
- Provide updates at daily and weekly meetings.
- Monitor the GMP systems currently in place to ensure compliance with documented policies.
- Review proposed changes to systems, procedures, methods, and submissions to regulatory agencies, as appropriate.
- Gather metric information for use in continuous improvement of areas of responsibility.
- Perform other duties as required.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor s Degree OR
- AA Degree and 2+ years experience in biotechnology or related field and Quality Control experience OR
- High School Degree and 3+ years experience in biotechnology or related field and Quality Control experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong knowledge of GMP, SOPs and quality control processes.
- Identifying, writing, evaluating, and closing OOS s and investigations.
- Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Power Point and other applications.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to communicate and work independently with scientific/technical personnel.
- Well versed in various analytical techniques such as Flow Cytometry, ELISAs, PCR, and cell bioassays and other applicable methods to the testing of biopharmaceuticals.
- Working knowledge of quality systems and regulatory requirements (21 CRF Part 11/210/211).
- Preferred: Experience in the biotech and/or pharmaceutical indust
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Frederick, MD |
| Industry | Computer/IT Services |
| Salary | $25–$29 |
| Company Size | 100 to 499 employees |
| Year Founded | 2009 |
| Website | http://www.tekwissen.com/ |
About Company
WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE
TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.
To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.
Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.
It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.
Capabilities and accomplishments in one TekWissen business enhance the opportunity for success in the others. Put simply, TekWissen's unique combination of attributes promotes success.Skills
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