Senior Microbiologist

Role Profile
  
After an incredible 12 months working towards US product approval and a recent site expansion, there are plenty of exciting projects planned across the business.
  
As a Senior Scientist, you will lead on complex QC microbial projects and provide independant in-house and on-site expertise in Microbiology.
  
Key Responsibilities:

• Perform and oversee advanced microbiological tests and experiments on sample, ensuring compliance to GLP
• Contribute to the efficient and effective day to day running of the microbiology laboratory such as prioritisation of testing workload, review and trending of data
• Update outdated test methods in accordance with regulatory standards to optimise efficiency within the microbiology laboratory
• Ensure current methods/ equipment are aligned with pharmacopoeia standard
• Support in technical discussions to support laboratory investigations and other problem-solving activities
• Support in the development of the Microbiology Staff
• Support the QC Manager in the development, collating and reporting of key business metrics to drive a quality culture

• A Bachelors or Master’s degree Microbiology
• At least 5 years of experience
• Experience of EU and cGMP requirements of the manufacturing and testing of medical device products in commercial environment
• Ability to troubleshoot complex technical problems
• Previous experience of hosting regulatory auditors