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As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.
Job summary
We are currently looking for a Biologics Manufacturing Assistant to join our Product Delivery team in Keele. The successful candidate will be responsible for the support and maintenance of the GMP facility.
Main duties will include:
- Maintenace of the GMP facility, including daily and campaign cleaning
- Compliant completion of GMP documentation
- Routine GMP facility monitoring of pressures and temperatures
- Preparation of consumables for GMP production
- Materials preparation and autoclaving for GMP contracts
- Responsibility for performing autoclave performance testing
- Materials and equipment transfer as part of project start up activities
- Responsibility for the management of small equipment calibration/re-calibration
- Working flexibly to support the teams delivering scientific processes within the GMP facility
About you
Applicants must be able to demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills, ideally 5 or more GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade A-C/4-9 including English Language and Mathematics.
This is a scientific support role and full training will be provided. Applicants must be self-motivated and enjoy working in a busy cleanroom environment. Applicants should be adaptable to work alone or as part of a team. Strong organisational skills and ability to follow instructions to meet timelines are essential. Practical experience in a GMP environment would be an advantage but not necessary as full training will be provided.
The successful candidates must be flexible in their approach to work and willing to work additional hours to accommodate processing. The enthusiasm to learn and the ability to interact and communicate effectively with colleagues within the organisation are also essential.