Sr DSP Bioprocess Scientist

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

ABOUT US:

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

POSITION SUMMARY:

This Senior DSP Bioprocess Scientist position is located in our Brisbane office. The role involves manufacturing biopharmaceutical products according to international quality standards set by TGA, FDA, EMEA, ICH, etc.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS:

• Min 1 yr of industry work experience within a DSP or similar Bioprocess Scientist role
• Either experience in pharmaceutical industry OR tertiary education in science or engineering-based field (i.e. bio-pharmaceuticals manufacture, biotechnology, process technology)
• Good understanding of cGMP practices
• Ability to work unsupervised. Good communication, flexibility, reliability and assertiveness and a responsible and proactive demeanor

OTHER JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Your position may require you to be on shift or on call. Should this be a requirement, there will be remuneration as per the Company’s policy.

• Trained on and support execution of DSP unit operations (chromatography, virus inactivation, virus filtration, ultrafiltration-diafiltration and drug substance final fill) with the applicable production protocols and planning schedules, in a clean room environment under cGMP conditions
• Identify practical problems and communicate issues to the team lead
• Contribute towards maintaining production suite, supplies, equipment, logbooks, and data, as well as closing out batch record and material reconciliation in accordance with site SOPs and policies
• Conduct equipment maintenance and testing to provide technical support. Collaborate with other owners and users to introduce new procedures and/or equipment in the Operations department.
• Revise and author SOPs and logbooks
• Ensure compliance with Patheon cGMP Quality Management System and the Patheon EH&S requirements
• Complete corrective and preventive actions, contribute in deviation investigations, and support the timely closure of deviation reports and change controls
• Implement lean (OE) initiatives and continuous improvements as required and contribute to the transfer and understanding of specific new technologies to DSP
• Collaborate with suppliers regarding issues of technical nature.