Manufacturing Associate - Specialty Production

Twist Bioscience • Portland, OR

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Manufacturing Associate – Specialty Production will produce a range of custom DNA, plasmid and oligo pool products — multiplexed gene fragments and gene pools, high mass oligo pools, gene fragments and clonal genes modifications, and custom-formatted customer orders — focusing on molecular and cellular biology, as well as running analytic techniques in the high-throughput/highly-automated lab according to established SOPs, along with working with sensitive equipment and following good manufacturing practices. Must also be a team player, neat and highly organized, able to work in a cleanroom environment and foster safe work practices. The Manufacturing Associate – Specialty Production will perform complex reagent handling, chemistry and molecular biology workflows in a highly automated, high-throughput manner and will be responsible for the manufacture, quality control and release of a variety of custom DNA-based intermediates and products across Twist Bioscience's proprietary process workflow to meet the Twist production forecast and timelines. At the Associate II level this extends to planning batches against the production forecast, coordinating instrument time, owning batch record and ticket documentation, and triaging process issues on shift.

Requirements

• Relevant experience that can indicate success in a high throughput, fast pace laboratory manufacturing environment.
• Good written and verbal skills are critical.
• Good computer skills (Excel, Word, Atlassian etc) and the ability to quickly learn new software applications.
• Ability to pay great attention to details.

Nice To Haves

• Associates or Bachelors degree in Biology, chemistry or related field is desirable.
• Familiarity or prior experience in a manufacturing and/or a laboratory environment is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Produce a range of custom DNA, plasmid and oligo pool products
• Run analytic techniques in the high-throughput/highly-automated lab according to established SOPs
• Work with sensitive equipment and follow good manufacturing practices
• Perform complex reagent handling, chemistry and molecular biology workflows
• Manufacture, quality control and release of a variety of custom DNA-based intermediates and products
• Plan batches against the production forecast
• Coordinate instrument time
• Own batch record and ticket documentation
• Triage process issues on shift

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree