Scientist, Research Scientist

Scientist I

Industrial Operations at client's site, the largest vaccine manufacturing facility in the US, continues to develop its manufacturing assets to produce existing and new vaccines and biopharmaceuticals.

Accountabilities:

• Execution of small scale experiments, working with eggs and flu virus.
• Support and assist production of high growing flu virus reassortants, flu reference antigen, and antisera.
• Running hemagglutination testing, SDS-PAGE, chromatography, and PCR.
• Ordering and maintaining supplies and materials and shipping materials as needed.
• Working with outside vendors as needed.
• Shipping biological samples for sequencing.
• Writing internal development protocols and reports related to project.
• Sample management between labs, manufacturing buildings, and analytical sciences department.

Job Responsibilities:

• Working in a fast-paced team environment requiring multitasking ability
• Focus on site safety

Possessing the following competencies:

• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills
• Teamwork skills
• Organizational skills
• Attention to detail

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree required; science/biology field preferred.
• 1+ years of laboratory experience (academic lab experience accepted)
• Experience working with viruses is a plus