Manufacturing Bioprocess Technician

Position Title: Bioprocess Manufacturing Technician
Work Location: Oceanside, CA
Assignment Duration:  12 months (possibility of conversion to permanent)
Work Arrangement: Onsite

Shift Details

This position supports a 24/7 manufacturing operation with 10-hour shifts. Candidates must be flexible to work any of the following schedules:

• Day Shift: 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM (Sunday–Wednesday or Wednesday–Saturday)
• Swing Shift: 3:30 PM – 2:00 AM (Sunday–Wednesday or Wednesday–Saturday)

Onboarding will consist of a 3-4 week schedule of Monday thru Friday 8am - 5pm followed by on the job training on the respective shift schedule.

Position Summary:
• At The Organization, we are dedicated to pursuing groundbreaking science to discover and develop medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases.
• As a Bioprocess Manufacturing Technician, you will be responsible for producing medicine in a highly automated and controlled environment.

Background & Context: This is a contract role in a cGMP manufacturing environment supporting Single-Use Manufacturing Facility with 24x7 operations.

Key Responsibilities:
• Safety is paramount to both our employees and our patients, and is therefore at the core of all job responsibilities. This includes complying with all safety requirements, cGMP, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and manufacturing documentation. You must immediately report any and all safety and environmental incidents, including injuries, illness, near miss & safety suggestions.
• Utilizing automated systems to operate, clean and sterilize production equipment
• Operating small-scale cell culture areas and systems by using aseptic techniques, maintaining cell banks; and performing general seed lab operations
• Operating fermenters, centrifuges, other harvest systems and protein purification units
• Operating large scale column chromatography systems
• Preparing solutions required for the production process (media and buffer make-up)

Qualification & Experience:
• Proficiency in the English language- reading, writing, and communication.
• Must be computer literate due to the extensive automation used in our facility, experience with Microsoft and Google platforms.
• Must be able to work all shifts, required overtime as needed, and stand for extended periods of time.
• Our facility is expansive - you may climb multiple flights of stairs daily
• Lifting up to 25 lbs is required.
• The cleanroom environment requires gowning in the form of cleanroom scrubs, bunny suits, gloves, hair covers, safety glasses, and steel toe boots be worn.
• No makeup or jewelry can be worn when working in the clean room environment. Personal electronic devices (e.g. cell phones) are not permitted in cleanrooms without formal approval due to health authority regulation.
• You may work with hazardous materials and chemicals
• Must be able to successfully pass all job-related tests and certifications required for working in a cGMP, quality environment including but not limited to: inspections and GMP requirements to perform essential functions of the job.
• High school diploma or equivalent

 

At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position's pay range is $21.61/hr – $22.00/hr.