Microbiologist I

Kashiv BioSciences, LLC•Chicago, IL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Microbiology Analyst I is a regular, full-time exempt position responsible for supporting the Microbiology and Environmental Monitoring (EM) department. This role involves implementing and managing the site’s microbiology and EM programs, as well as overall microbiology laboratory operations to ensure compliance with current regulations. The position requires direct interaction with manufacturing processes for biological non-sterile drug substance and sterile drug product, and requires aseptic gowning qualification.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree in microbiology, biology, or related discipline.
0-2 years of experience in a cGMP pharmaceutical manufacturing environment is preferred.
Good written and verbal communication skills.
Good organizational skills.
Detail oriented.
Must be able to effectively manage time to complete assignments.
Familiarized with the use of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word.
Able to work wearing a full aseptic gowning at least 4 hours once weekly.
Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs.

Responsibilities

Performs environmental monitoring of Kashiv-controlled and aseptic manufacturing areas.
Collects samples for the detection of viable (surface, gowning, and air) and non-viable (air) particles.
Incubates viable samples.
Streaks and sends representative EM isolates to contract laboratory for identification. Receives results and performs data entry for trend analysis.
Complies with annual gowning qualification.
Performs sanitation and temperature verification of laboratory refrigerators and incubators.
Performs routine monitoring for water for injection (WFI), reverse osmosis (RO), purified water (PW), and clean steam (CS) systems.
Submits samples for testing to microbiology laboratory or contracted laboratory for TOC, conductivity, microbial count, and endotoxins.
Performs routine monitoring of compressed air (CA) and nitrogen gas (N2) for viable particles, non-viable particles, and moisture.
Performs bacterial endotoxin testing of WFI, CS, in process control (IPC), Intermediate product (IP), drug substance (DS), and drug product (DP) samples.
Performs gram stain and growth promotion tests.
Performs tests for bioburden and microbial limit.
Performs visual inspection of microbiological, EM samples and media fill units.
Performs data entry of results in Excel for trend analysis.
Other tasks as requested by management.