Associate Specialist - West Point Tech Ops Process Labs

Job Description

The West Point Technical Operations Process Support Laboratory is seeking a highly motivated individual to join their laboratory team supporting multi-product vaccine manufacturing processes. This role will be a laboratory-based role collaborating with Operations, Quality, and other support groups to meet targeted manufacturing and product projects, including product/process investigation, continuous improvement changes, and strategic product/process initiatives.

• Functioning as a key member of the technical operations lab team through executing lab-scale process optimization and investigation support.
• Functioning as a key team member to collaborate with manufacturing teams to support facility activities and to support area objectives.
• Participating in technical support activities for licensed vaccines.
• Executing assignments against accelerated, critical-path timelines in a right-first-time manner.

• B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry or comparable discipline.

• Minimum 1 year of experience within lab, pilot-scale, or manufacturing environment, experience with processing of pharmaceuticals and large molecule (vaccine or biologics).
• Working knowledge of cGMPs.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a hands‑on approach to problem solving.
• Chemical safety experience.

• Biochemistry
• Biological Sciences
• Biopharmaceutical Industry
• Biopharmaceuticals
• Chemical Biology
• Chemical Engineering
• Continuous Process Improvement
• Pharmaceutical Biology
• Project Manufacturing
• Strategic Initiative

Salary range: $71,900.00 – $. The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long‑term incentive, if applicable.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, health‑care insurance, retirement benefits including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, compassionate and sick days. Further details available at company benefits portal.

Location:

San Francisco, California (laboratory location). Flexible work arrangements: hybrid.

Travel required:

10%;
Shift: 1st – Day;
Valid driving license:
Yes;
Hazardous material exposure:
Yes.

Equal Employment Opportunity:
As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other legally protected characteristics. As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.