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The Microbiologist I is also responsible for performing all the microbiological testing related to raw materials, utilities, and in-process product testing. Other responsibilities include data entry, data review, ensuring calibration of equipment, maintaining and ordering inventory of laboratory supplies, and maintaining the Microbiology laboratory by ensuring its cleanliness and order.\n**Please note that the shift for this position will be from 7PM-5AM.**\nLevel 1\n- Less than 12 months experience or no experience\n- Environmental Monitoring Completion\n- Utilities completion\n- Microbial Identification (subculture, Gram-stain, ID entry, VITEK MS assist) and enumeration\n- Raw Material Testing including APIs\nResponsibilities:\nResponsible for performing all microbiological testing of raw materials, utilities, and in-process, and final products/stability (as applicable) for commercial and method development.\nResponsible for performing daily, weekly, semi-weekly, and monthly environmental monitoring of the manufacturing environment and other areas.\nResponsible for performing enumeration, organism identification including culturing, isolating, entry, and maintaining of organisms.\nDocument and review of raw and final data to ensure complete and proper documentation according to procedures and applicable cGMPs.\nNotify Microbiology Laboratory management immediately of out of specification (OOS) results.\nResponsible for routine maintenance and preventative maintenance of laboratory equipment.\nNotify Microbiology Laboratory management of laboratory equipment problems or calibration issues.\nResponsible for reviewing and entering microbiological data into finished product batch records and other applicable laboratory documents (i.e. laboratory notebooks). Document and review of raw and final data to ensure complete and proper documentation according per procedures and applicable cGMPs.\nResponsible for maintaining and entering microbiological data (including Identification) into the Quality database and ensuring all data has been entered by review.\nResponsible for assisting with investigations for environmental monitoring excursions (action/alert level investigations), deviations, and OOS results as requested by the Microbiology Laboratory management.\nResponsible for the general maintenance and cleaning of the Microbiology Laboratory (including identification and warehouse areas) including good housekeeping and a safe working environment.\nResponsible for temperature monitoring, maintenance, and notification of calibration of laboratory equipment.\nAssist in regulatory audits as requested by Microbiology Laboratory Management.\nAssist in training of new employees on all applicable SOPs and tasks.\nResponsible for assisting with ordering and maintaining inventory of laboratory supplies including organization, labeling, and discard of materials.\nWith guidance from Microbiology Laboratory management, assist in review of SOPs.\nFollow Standard Operating Procedures, safety, health, and cGMP Guidelines.\nQualifications\nB.S. degree in Microbiology or related field.\nMinimum 0 - 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