Microbiologist

Microbiologist

Integrated Resources, Inc., is led by a seasoned team with combined decades in the industry. We deliver strategic workforce solutions that help you manage your talent and business more efficiently and effectively. Since launching in 1996, IRI has attracted, assembled and retained key employees who are experts in their fields. This has helped us expand into new sectors and steadily grow.

We've stayed true to our focus of finding qualified and experienced professionals in our specialty areas. Our partner-employers know that they can rely on us to find the right match between their needs and the abilities of our top-tier candidates. By continually exceeding their expectations, we have built successful ongoing partnerships that help us stay true to our commitments of performance and integrity.

Our team works hard to deliver a tailored approach for each and every client, critical in matching the right employers with the right candidates. We forge partnerships that are meant for the long term and align skills and cultures. At IRI, we know that our success is directly tied to our clients' success.

Job Description

• Conducting analysis in accordance with relevant Good Manufacturing & Control Laboratory Practices

• Prioritizing day to day workload of the team to meet customer service requirements with no past due samples.

• To train personnel in the application of techniques, use of instrumentation, software applications and new methods and procedures, and to maintain training files.

• Check the maintenance of QC Microbiological Laboratory premises and equipment

• To be responsible for delegating appropriate tasks to their team whilst retaining ownership

• To ensure that results are checked, approved, recorded and available for inspection

• To ensure that equipment used is maintained and calibrated to appropriate standards

• To maintain high standards of laboratory housekeeping in his or her work area.

• To maintain and support the laboratory quality systems

• To understand and follow all necessary Health & Safety systems and ensure that work is consistent with safe working practices

• To provide effective application of microbiological investigations, non-conformance reporting

• To have ownership for the accurate collation of data and providing interpretation of trends in order to highlight concerns to QC leadership and through the supply chain.

• Work directly with HME on all micro related product vulnerabilities.

• Coordinate environmental monitoring schedule and sampling.

• Trending of environmental results and creation of investigation and reports when needed.

• Provide Microbiological expertise and advice to Operations, Engineering and Technical teams.

• To have complete ownership for the customer service, quality and cost within their area

• To have effective use of appropriate communication to ensure timely resolution with all relevant parties whilst maintaining the positive image of QC.

• Ensuring audit readiness and be the lead subject matter expert for audit activities relating to microbiology.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in Microbiology or a related field.

• Minimum of 2 years full-time microbiological laboratory experience.

• Requires experience with USP or BAM bioburden testing and pathogen screens and aseptic techniques.

• Knowledgeable in environmental monitoring of production facilities.

• Excellent organizational and communication skills with ability to work cross functionally.

• SAP QM and/or other data systems experience a plus.

• Ideally experience in food, dietary supplements or pharmaceutical GMP/GLP

• Ability to work on own initiative in an accurate and reliable manner