Quality Control Technician

Job Description

Our Manufacturing Operations teams are the people that make our products. We work in the manufacturing plants with a "Safety First, Quality Always" mindset striving for continuous improvement. We work in the local plant connected to our global manufacturing network to ensure the highest quality of raw materials, intermediates, and finished products.

Position Responsibilities:

• Potency test raw materials, experimental samples, in-process lot material, and final product animal vaccines by bacterial titrations, bacterial proof of inactivation or bacterial identification or other methodologies for USDA release and subsequent sale in accordance with regulatory and internal requirements.

• Assist testing investigations

• Assist the area Team Leader in laboratory test scheduling

• Participate in assay transfers.

• Prepare and participate in Internal, Corporate, USDA, and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) audits. 

• Review internal documents against regulatory requirements for accuracy and compliance.

• The equipment used includes but is not limited to: microscopes, centrifuges, pipettes, pipette aids, syringes, laminar flow hoods, balances, autoclaves, freezers, coolers, liquid nitrogen, micro-plate readers/washers, etc.

Education Minimum Requirement: 

• High school diploma or equivalent with 2 years of relevant experience / OR

• Associate degree in a technical scientific discipline with 1 year of relevant experience / OR

• Bachelor's degree in a technical scientific discipline

Required Experience and Skill:

• One (1)+ year of experience in a biologic laboratory setting

• Ability to plan and coordinate multiple projects

• Ability to work successfully in a team-oriented environment

• Ability to effectively follow procedural guidelines

• Strong computer skills with excellent communication and writing skills

Desired Experience and Skill:

• One to three years of experience in a biologic laboratory setting

• BS degree preferred 

• Ability to assist in the development of study protocols to support the replacement of current reagents, improvement of current methodologies, and other departmental activities as identified

• Ability to troubleshoot assay issues with a solid scientific foundation

• Ability to assume additional technical responsibilities and complete them successfully  with very little initial guidance and minimum supervision

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Required Skills:

Accountability, Accountability, Assay, Assay Development, Centrifugation, Chemicals Handling, Compound Management, Cytometry, Environment Health and Safety, Global Manufacturing, Healthcare Innovation, Hemagglutination Assays, Inventory Management, Laboratory Instrumentation, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Safety, Laboratory Sciences, Laminar Flow Elements, Laminar Flow Hoods, Manufacturing Compliance, Microbiology Lab Techniques, Pipetting, Production Quality Control, Quality Control Management, Quality Standards {+ 5 more}

Preferred Skills:

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U.S. Hybrid Work Model

Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence.This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as "remote".

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Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

12/4/2025

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Requisition ID:R374817

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