Associate Scientist I - Quality Control

Associate Scientist I - Quality Control

Position Summary

Catalent is a global, high-growth, public company and a leading partner for the pharmaceutical industry in the development and manufacturing of new treatments for patients worldwide. Your talents, ideas, and passion are essential to our mission: to help people live better, healthier lives. Catalent Biologics is a fast-growing business within Catalent Pharma Solutions focused on providing innovative technologies and solutions to help more and better biologic treatments get to patients. The business includes our proprietary GPEx cell line engineering platform, our new state-of-the-art biomanufacturing facility in Madison, WI. Leveraging our growing differentiated technology portfolio, world class manufacturing capability, and other integrated services across the Catalent network, Catalent Biologics is positioned to drive significant growth for Catalent.

The Associate Scientist I - Quality Control is an entry level laboratory role with the expectation that the candidate is able to be trained on technical procedures and once trained, execute them consistently and reliably. The Associate Scientist I - Quality Control may support preventative maintenance and basic laboratory maintenance activities while maintaining a GMP quality system.

Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer, and Catalent employee. 

The Role

• Executes and properly documents cGMP Quality Control testing with supervision.

• Operates basic cGMP Quality Control equipment. Accurately completes routine and preventive maintenance on basic equipment.

• Performs self-review of analytical data for accuracy and consistency with SOP.

• Enters data into Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) or laboratory reports.

• Performs solution preparations. Perform facility monitoring of gas and water sampling.

• Perform routine Environmental Monitoring in manufacturing environment: active air sampling, non-viable particulate monitoring, surface and personnel sampling.

• Log in samples into laboratory tracking software.

• Performs general lab housekeeping in adherence to 5S standards.

• Stages materials/components for use within cGMP Quality Control Lab.

• Other duties as assigned.

The Candidate

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, or related life sciences field, OR Associate Degree in Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, or related life sciences field with a minimum of 1 year of industry experience, OR High School Diploma or equivalent with a minimum of 4 years of industry experience.

• Basic understanding of analytical chemistry and simple lab equipment preferred.

• Familiarity with clean room procedure, aseptic technique, and general lab equipment experience.

• cGMP, Good Documentation Practices (GDP), Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) knowledge, and experience following standard operating procedures (SOP) preferred.

• General laboratory equipment experience, including micropipettes.

• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reading of written documents and use of computer monitor screen, reaching with hands and arms, talking, writing, listening. Occasional stooping, kneeling, crouching, bending, carrying, grasping. Frequent lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds and occasional lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds. Must comply with EHS responsibilities for the position. Working in a lab environment will require working with skin irritants, lung irritants, electrical equipment, sharp instruments, toxic materials, and hazardous waste. Safety procedures will be followed to minimize exposure, including clean room gowning. Working conditions will be Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioned controlled.

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on D&I 

• Tuition Reimbursement – Let us help you finish your degree or earn a new one! 

• Generous 401K match 

• 152 hours accrued PTO + 8 paid holidays 

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to [email protected]. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

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