Microbiology Scientist

Microbiology Scientist

Summary:

Everything we do, every day, is in line with an unwavering commitment to the quality and the delivery of safe and effective products to patients. Our science and risk-based compliant quality culture is flexible, innovative, and customer-oriented. Whether you are involved in development, maintenance, compliance or analysis through research programs, your contribution will directly impact patients.

As a Microbiology Scientist, you will be a member of Pfizer’s dedicated and highly effective quality assurance and control team. You will be responsible for analyzing drug product, drug substance and environmental monitoring microbiological contamination to support our quality programs. Your contribution to environmental testing, bioburden testing, endotoxin testing, microbial identifications, and sterility testing will help Pfizer provide safe drugs to patients. Your understanding of Quality Control instruments will help us meet their accuracy specifications against established standards.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the completion of complex projects, manage own time to meet agreed targets and develop plans for work activities on own projects within a team
• Analyze and interpret results, makes decisions regarding the accuracy, completeness and compliance
• Serve on cross-functional teams to represent Quality Control and facilitate communications and activities/projects between Quality Control and site departments and/or Network
• Assist Lab leadership in determining scheduling priorities and workload distribution to ensure customer needs are met
• Perform tasks associated with maintaining current Good Manufacturing Practices compliant Quality Control and Stability laboratories
• Able to create, review, and approve compliant test method transfer and validation protocols and reports and equipment qualification/computer validation records
• Train junior colleagues and develop training plans and oversee training activities for groups
• Responsible for contributing to and/or handle laboratory investigations for events and Out of Specification results
• Perform testing including, but not limited to clinical and/or commercial product, raw materials and validation samples
• Perform laboratory support functions and maintain work area in a neat and orderly manner
• Write Standard Operating Procedures, technical reports, project plans and other documents independently

Qualifications:

• Applicant must have a High School Diploma (or Equivalent) and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience OR;
• An associate degree with a minimum of 6 years of experience OR;
• A Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 3 years of experience OR;
• A Master's degree with a minimum of 1 years of experience
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in Microbiology laboratory analysis is preferred
• Healthcare / Pharma experience
• Experience within the biopharmaceutical industry, including knowledge and experience relevant to biopharmaceutical unity operations and/or laboratory operations
• Demonstrated experience in manufacturing, quality or engineering experience in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry.
• Understanding of aseptic laboratory techniques and quality systems
• Ability to establish relationships within business lines.
• Excellent effective written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience in review of Microbiology analysis data is preferred

Rate/Hours:

• $50 - $55 per hour
• Monday - Friday; first shift

Please note contractors are engaged to provide services to Pfizer on a temporary basis in connection with a specific assignment. Contractors are hired and employed through Atrium, our third-party payrolling partner.

This job posting is for a temporary role as an employee of Atrium on assignment at Pfizer. The individual selected for this role will be offered the role as an employee of Atrium; compensation, medical benefits, fringe benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment shall be presented by Atrium upon offer. The pay rate range provided is a reasonable estimate of the anticipated compensation range for this job at the time of posting. The actual pay rate will be based on a number of factors, including skills, competencies, experience, location and/or being pursued, and other job-related factors permitted by law. In addition, this role will be eligible for overtime pay, in accordance with federal and state requirements.