Bench Scientist

Job Title:Bench Scientist

Location: Chesterfield, MO

Duration: 12 Months Contract

Job Description:

Why Patients Need You Everything we do, every day, is in line with an unwavering commitment to the quality and the delivery of safe and effective products to patients. Our science and risk-based compliant quality culture is flexible, innovative, and customer oriented. Whether you are involved in development, maintenance, compliance or analysis through research programs, your contribution will directly impact patients.

What You Will Achieve

Role Summary:

The qualified candidate will join us in building capabilities to lead the industry in the advancement of novel products to the market through innovation and execution of analytical testing. Working within a team setting, the qualified candidate will contribute to the development of vaccines with an emphasis on nucleic acid analytical techniques and sequencing. This group performs testing in both the R&D and/or regulated settings in support of clinical drug and vaccine candidates. The group is responsible for method development, transfer, verification, and qualification in support of process and formulation development for biotherapeutics and vaccines.

The qualified candidate will be responsible for developing, troubleshooting, and utilizing analytical methodologies to support process development of biotherapeutics, vaccines and oligonucleotides. The individual will perform nucleic acid-based analytical techniques, such as gel electrophoresis, liquid chromatography, nucleic acid quantitation, and next generation sequencing (NGS). The colleague must work within corporate guidelines and must appropriately record, archive, and report all data. The colleague must be able to interact effectively with peers and leaders as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The candidate must thrive in a fast-paced environment. Attention to detail, strong organizational skills, the ability to multitask and effective interpersonal and communication skills are required. Documentation of analytical results in technical reports is required.

• How You Will Achieve It:Adhere to the highest quality standards and appropriate safety practices in the workplace.
• Complete all Good Laboratory Practice and safety training in compliance with departmental requirements and follow appropriate safety practices in the workplace.
• Perform nucleic acid preparation, separation, and sequencing techniques and other relevant analytical methods (electrophoresis, liquid chromatography, qPCR, NGS) as needed.
• Perform various experiments for analytical method development and characterization for biological therapeutics.
• Independently analyze and provide conclusions regarding experimental data generated.
• Document analytical results in regulated systems and technical reports demonstrating attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Interact effectively with peers and leaders as part of a multi-disciplinary team and thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing, matrixed environment.

• Qualifications: Must-HaveMS in biochemistry, biology, chemistry, or related field with more than 2 years of relevant experience, or a BS in biochemistry, biology, chemistry, or related field with more than 6 years of relevant experience.
• Proven record of delivering results in a fast-paced environment and effective communication to project teams.
• Demonstrated technical writing skills and good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to follow established procedures under minimal supervision.
• Experience with DNA handling, extractions, and purifications.
• Proficient with standard molecular biology techniques, such as gel electrophoresis, restriction digests and related enzymatic techniques.
• Experience with DNA quantitation and sizing (Qubit, qPCR, TapeStation).
• Nice-to-Have
• Experience with nucleic acid sequencing techniques (Sanger, Illumina, Oxford Nanopore, PacBio).
• Familiarity with bioinformatics tools used for the analysis of sequencing data.
• Experience with laboratory data systems such as Laboratory Information Managements Systems (LIMS).