Research Associate - Pharmaceutical Industry
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We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Research Associate to join our team in the Pharmaceutical Industry. The successful candidate will be responsible for conducting research and development activities, including laboratory operations, equipment qualification, and documentation generation.
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Responsibilities:
* Conduct laboratory operations, including support of equipment qualification, documentation generation, and contribution to lab and process establishment.
* Perform supporting activities for general lab operations, including EM, facility testing, method verifications, troubleshooting, and execution of laboratory studies as required.
* Review, trending, and reporting of laboratory data, to support generation of batch data, collate, and analyze end-of-quarter and year reports for all raw data generated.
* Manage and ensure routine cleans of laboratory equipment are completed as per site procedures, ensuring laboratory housekeeping standards are maintained, identifying continuous improvement opportunities in laboratory processes.
* Respond to standard requests from partners, customers, and clients (internal and/or external) and escalate to manager when appropriate.
* Active participation in functional meetings, facilitation of cross-functional meetings where required, audits (internal and external).
* Support site safety culture and MSD ways of working.
* Support introduction of novel, innovative solutions, supporting the testing of biologics within the facility.
* Build team effectiveness skills, learn to promote team success through own actions and by demonstrating respect and appreciation for diverse populations.
* Support timely training completion and coaching of team members.
* Be flexible to support changing business needs, e.g., infrequent out-of-hours testing support for exceptional circumstances.
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Requirements:
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In order to excel in this role, you will need:
* A degree qualification in a relevant field (Biological Sciences/Engineering), preferably with a background in microbiology.
* A minimum of 1-3 years' experience working in a relevant academic or industry field (internships and student placements will be considered in lieu of experience).
* Ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative in a constructive manner.
* Some knowledge with Biologics manufacturing and familiarity with microbiological testing techniques.
* Knowledge of laboratory systems (e.g., LIMS, E-logs, MODA, and electronic notebooks).
* Ability to think logically and be proactive under pressure.
* A good knowledge of GMP, familiarity with USP, EP, JP requirements.
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