Manufacturing Bioprocess Technician

Manufacturing Bioprocess Technician I

Oceanside, CA | 12 Months

At client, we are dedicated to pursuing groundbreaking science to Client and develop medicines for people with serious and life‑threatening diseases. As a Bioprocess Manufacturing Technician, you will be responsible for producing medicine in a highly automated and controlled environment. Each product has a specific recipe; you will follow this recipe, along with the standard operating procedures, to operate the production equipment across various areas, including raw material dispensing/aliquoting, cell culture, and purification.

You will maintain records and follow all required steps to comply with regulatory requirements within a current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) environment. This is a contract role with the possibility of conversion to a permanent employee position. We have both Stainless Steel and Single‑Use Manufacturing facilities that are supported by Production Services. There are three main production areas within manufacturing:
Production Services – responsible for weighing and aliquoting raw materials and small‑scale solution prep, washing, autoclaving, and preparation of small equipment parts and assemblies, and monitoring the facility’s environment. Upstream Manufacturing – responsible for cell growth from inoculation in spinner flasks through large‑scale bioreactors and harvesting cell culture via centrifugation and depth filtration. Downstream Manufacturing – responsible for purifying cellular harvest using chromatography and reformulation techniques, and preparing the product for shipment to final fill/finish sites.

We are currently seeking candidates for the Single‑Use Manufacturing Facility.

• Safety is paramount to both our employees and our patients and is therefore at the core of all job responsibilities. This includes complying with all safety requirements, cGMP, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), and manufacturing documentation. You must immediately report any and all safety and environmental incidents, including injuries, illnesses, near misses, and safety suggestions.
• Utilizing automated systems to operate, clean, and sterilize production equipment.
• Operating small‑scale cell culture areas and systems using aseptic techniques, maintaining cell banks, and performing general seed‑lab operations.
• Operating fermenters, centrifuges, other harvest systems, and protein purification units.
• Operating large‑scale column chromatography systems.
• Preparing solutions required for the production process (media and buffer makeup).

• You are a quick learner who can receive, digest, and interpret instructions with ease.
• You are technically and mechanically inclined and can learn new systems and technology quickly.
• You find joy in the details and pride yourself in accuracy.
• You can work independently but as part of a larger team.
• You can demonstrate the ability to independently document and record information.
• You showcase good judgment and the ability to recognize non‑routine problems or deviations and can raise potential solutions with a partner.
• You demonstrate increasing technical competency through training and operational procedures of at least one manufacturing department.
• You manage your time and communicate effectively with your team members.

We have a variety of 10‑hour shifts to support our 24‑hour facility operations. Staff working over 8 hours in a day will be paid overtime in accordance with local and state laws. In addition, staff working swing or night shifts will be paid a shift differential. While we are occasionally able to accommodate shift requests, candidates with open availability will be given priority consideration as we are not able to guarantee shift placement.

Candidates must be able to work any of the following manufacturing shifts:

• 10 hr Day Shift, 7:00 am – 5:30 pm (Sunday‑Wednesday, Wednesday‑Saturday)
• 10 hr Swing Shift, 3:30 pm – 2:00 am (Sunday‑Wednesday, Wednesday‑Saturday)

Onboarding will consist of a 3‑4 week schedule of Monday through Friday 8 am – 5 pm followed by on‑the‑job training on the respective shift schedule.