Upstream (Small Scale & Pilot Scale) Manager
Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Professional Scientific Services, LLC

Company Description

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity, a rewarding, enriching, and fulfilling career, and the opportunity to grow to greater levels of success with a company that values you? Then look no further! Join Eurofins PSS: a world class company that is growing by leaps and bounds while making a difference to humanity.

At Eurofins PSS, you will gain experience working in state-of-the-art laboratories, and be a part of a team that is dedicated to testing, development, and advancement of life-saving drug products to make the world a healthier and happier place to live in. Our people are our chemistry and we need talented people like you now more than ever.

Eurofins PSS is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients making life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. Eurofins PSS works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Why Eurofins?

• A focus on your professional development because your growth is our growth
• A chance to step in to the pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical industry and move up the ladder of success to help you achieve your career goals
• Healthy work/life balance, an essential need for employee satisfaction
• Excellent benefits such as tuition reimbursement, mentoring and leadership programs, 401k, medical/vision/dental insurance, PTO, and much more!
• Opportunity for involvement in several innovative committees surrounding sustainability, equality, development, and much more!

Job Description

We have an exciting, essential role for a USP experienced professional to manage PSS teams supporting cell culture on a client site in the Framingham, MA area. This Manager will need to wear many hats and is expected to lead, participate hands-on, and assist team in cell culture runs as to meet the client timelines. The team supports the development, scale-up, testing and technical transfer of numerous processes and modalities.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience working in upstream small scale and pilot labs
• Experience maintaining and managing lab-based equipment (including coordinating with vendor-supported maintenance)
• Experience with building, set-up and maintenance of small scale and pilot scale bioreactors, including execution of cell culture studies in both small scale and pilot labs
• Adherent cell line experience (including CHO and HEK)
• Technical transfer experience
• Minimum of 2 years of successful independent leadership experience, including team succession planning, developing and managing schedules, establishing and monitoring KPIs and metrics
• Proficiency with ELN and Microsoft Suite
• Client service oriented, with effective communication skills
• B.S., 5+ years of experience or M.S. 4+ years of experience or Ph.D., 3+ years of experience plus leadership experience

Additional Information

• Position is full-time, Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm, with evening and weekend work as needed. Candidates currently living within a commutable distance of Framingham, MAare encouraged to apply.
• Excellent full-time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, dental, and vision options
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation and holidays
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Eurofins is aM/F, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

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