Microbial Identification Lab Technician

Fagron•Wichita, KS

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Microbial Identification (MID) Technician is responsible for ensuring the activities required following environmental monitoring sample collection are completed per the respective standard operating procedures by following Good Manufacturing Practices and Good Documentation Practices. These activities include but are not limited to; sample incubation, sample result interpretation and reporting, environmental monitoring growth promotion qualifications, recovered organism identification, and media fill support. The MID Technician will work in a fast paced, high workload environment, managing multiple projects that requires moderate manual labor (i.e. lifting, cleaning, transfer of totes containing media-filled units and/or environmental monitoring samples).

Requirements

Analytical skills for interpreting environmental data and identifying compliance issues.
Attention to detail to ensure accuracy in data entry, reports, and compliance documentation.
Good organizational skills.
Ability to lift at minimum 30 pounds.
Experience with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel required.
Ability to communicate efficiently and work collaboratively as a team.
A degree in Microbiology or related field OR minimum of 2 years of experience in a pharmaceutical manufacturing company laboratory setting required.

Responsibilities

Incubate samples collected ensuring the requirements are met and all documentation is performed following ALCOA principles.
Read, interpret, and report environmental monitoring test results.
Perform environmental monitoring growth promotion qualification testing.
Complete organism identification on recovered organisms from within the facility.
Support media fill activities.
Report adverse events identified to department leadership.
Assist in the tracking and trending of EM data to identify repeat adverse events and any potential trends within the data.
Complete initiation of microbial identification laboratory investigations when adverse events are identified and assist in writing investigations as needed.
Complete data evaluation to determine if objective evidence exists for an identified adverse event that can be used to remediate the event.
Work collaboratively as a team to improve existing microbial identification laboratory processes and / or assist in the creation of new microbial identification laboratory standard operating procedures and training course plans.
Provide support for investigations.
Support regulatory and customer audits by providing requested documentation and evidence of compliance.