Associate Scientist - Singapore - RANDSTAD PTE. LIMITED

Description

Associate Scientist

12-month contract

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Your role:

As Associate Scientist you will be part of the organization's Life Science Services team that designs and delivers Viral Clearance validation studies for biopharmaceutical companies across the APAC region. In this role you will conduct routine tasks to support Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)/ Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) operations, perform cell culture and virus titration assays, and maintain the testing laboratories and equipment in the validated state. You will carry out client studies with appropriate regulatory compliance under the oversight of the Study Director. You will also train on routine client activities including virus spiking, sample preparation and viral inactivation operations. The Associate Scientist I will work closely with the scientists and laboratory personnel to execute client studies on time and right first time. In addition, you will be required to perform timely and proper receipt, storage, release of materials and test articles in the Test Article Receipt (TAR) function.

The post holder will be able to perform the following functions.

Main Responsibilities:

Viral Clearance

• Works within the Viral Clearance laboratories following Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and relevant compliance regulations
• Conduct routine testing/assays such as Cell Culture, Pre-study, TCID50, reads and computing or custom assays/validation assays/studies
• Accurately and promptly records data to meet appropriate scientific and GLP/GMP regulatory standards
• Supports client activities including virus spiking, sample preparation, manipulation and Low pH inactivation as required
• Performs routine peer review of raw data records as required
• Carries out housekeeping, maintains reagent stock in the laboratory and order consumables through i-procurement
• Support lab projects, events, CAPAs and GCCs impacting lab testing team and operations.
• Ensure a safe and healthy work environment at all times by complying and actively embracing health and safety policies and procedures, ensuring the safety of yourself and others within the workplace
• Ensures equipment is maintained in the validated state and works with facility department to ensure timely implementation of periodic maintenance and calibration.
• Informs relevant personnel immediately when any deviation has occurred during routine testing
• Proactively implements improvements to laboratory processes in accordance with 5S principles
• Revises SOP's and lab records as required
• Maintains Laboratory SOP books according to Good Documentation Practice requirements

Test Article Receipt

• Receive, check and process test articles daily in accordance with procedures

The above list of job duties is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope of the post.

Requirement:

• Bachelor Degree in any science related fields
• Minimum 2 years of experience in lab based role and analysis within the pharmaceutical industry
• Familiar with good laboratory practices (GLP)
• Familiar with cell culture knowledge
• Proficient in MS suites such as MS Excel
• Willing to learn attitude
• Computer literacy and entry of data into databases (LIMS, ELN, SAP, etc.)
• Ability to complete documentation (both handwritten and electronic) neatly and accurately

Reg No: R

EA License no: 94C3609