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Our business sectors, Material, Homes, and Health Care, contribute to the development of society by anticipating the changing needs of those around the world. We look for candidates that offer a fresh perspective and a variety of skills to help us achieve our commitment.\nBionova is a rapidly growing, biologics CDMO focused on developing and manufacturing recombinant protein products using mammalian cell culture processes. Our business success is built on bringing together top scientific talent, arming them with the best available tools, and setting them loose in an agile, energized culture focused on solving difficult client problems. Because our success depends on our ability to exceed our clients’ expectations, we look for candidates with an innate desire to serve. Adaptability and an interest in transformative action are also common attributes among our team. Bionova became a subsidiary of Asahi Kasei Medical in May 2022, a division of Tokyo-based Asahi Kasei Group. This acquisition has enabled Bionova to greatly accelerate growth of the business, both in capacity of current service offerings and expansion into new service offerings.Company:\nBionova Scientific LLCJob Description:\nCompany Summary:\nBionova is a rapidly growing, biologics CDMO focused on developing and manufacturing recombinant protein products using mammalian cell culture processes. Our business success is built on bringing together top scientific talent, arming them with the best available tools, and setting them loose in an agile, energized culture focused on solving difficult client problems.\nBecause our success depends on our ability to exceed our clients’ expectations, we look for candidates with an innate desire to serve. Adaptability and an interest in transformative action are also common attributes among our team.\nPosition Summary:\nThe Manufacturing Associate will actively contribute to the manufacturing projects at the Bionova Scientific West Warren site. As part of the Cell Culture/Manufacturing group, you will have opportunities to work on wide-ranging set of projects for troubleshooting and investigations, system and workflow implementation, and tech transfers of processes into a GMP mulit-product manufacturing facility.The role will provide hands-on execution of complex experiments in a team setting. The role will support GMP and manufacturing activities.\nEssential Duties and Responsibilities:\nExecutes with oversight of qualified staff complex unit operations including but not limited to media prep; cell culture thaw, expansion, and end of production banking; operation of single-use bioreactors, process monitoring and harvest operations. \nPerforms internal support activities such as maintenance of analytical equipment, stocking of consumables, discarding expired reagents, material coordination and weigh and dispense.\nMaintains own training within compliance and trains other GMP associates upon completion of trainer qualification.\nSupport in equipment troubleshooting, pilot scale material generation, non-GMP tox material generation and GMP upstream manufacturing activities.\nAuthor/review/approve technical documents such as tech transfer protocols and reports, experimental plans, production batch records, training materials, manufacturing SOPs, and regulatory filing documents per project needs.\nDocuments work according to cGMP and cGDP.\nAdheres to established regulations and follows cGMP established by site. \nMaintain cleanroom standards, practices, and housekeeping according to SOPs. \nRecognize any minor issues from the equipment and any affiliated documentation and take appropriate corrective action within scope. Notify leads/managers of issues and discrepancies immediately. \nAssess impact of issues and non-conformities to products and projects as they pertain to product safety and efficacy or project milestones. \nEvaluate new technologies and innovations to improve operational efficiency or expand cell culture capabilities.\nContributes to quality activities such as investigations and area walk-throughs and support authoring deviations, CAPA, change control. \nOther duties as assigned to ensure appropriate compounding practices\nWorking Conditions:\nThis position required to work in a lab/office setting. The role requires walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, and crouching. The employee must occasionally lift and or move up to 20 pounds independently. \n Qualifications\nMinimum of Associate degree with 1-2 years of relevant experience, or combination of experience and relevant advanced degree, preferably in biopharma manufacturing role. \nMust have bioreactor operations experience.\nUnderstanding of mammalian cell culture performance is required.\nWorking knowledge of cGMP compliance as it pertains to procedures, processes, and manufacturing\nExperience with process monitoring software and equipment software (UNICORN, Pi Historian)\nCreative thinker that can identify better and more efficient methods to address issues and gaps\nDemonstrate ability to work independently and on cross-functional teams.\nAbility to handle more than one task at a time, while maintaining attention to detail and working in a fast-paced environment.\nStrong analytical skills and attention to detail.\nFlexible mindset for a dynamic environment.\nFlexibility with work hours to meet business needs, including weekends and holidays, as needed.\nCompensation Range: The base compensation range for this role is between $25 and $30 an hour. 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