Sr. Associate, Manufacturing (Grave Shift)

The Associate / Sr. Associate is responsible for working on a shift with 6 - 10 peers with responsibilities of preparing large scale solutions (buffers and media), managing raw material inventory, and operating process equipment in Upstream or Downstream areas while supporting daily operations. Additional responsibilities include ensuring compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations (cGMP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), product licenses, corporate policies, and safety practices. The position will require shift work including weekends, off hours and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Operate large scale bioprocess equipment for the Cell Culture, Purification, or Buffer and Media processing.
• Perform all aspects of processing with a broad understanding of science, compliance, and technical aspects.
• Display competency with process equipment and automated control systems.
• Perform cleaning and sterilization of parts and equipment used with manufacturing process.
• Knowledge of biotech manufacturing process and equipment including cell culture, depth and tangential flow filtration, column chromatography, protein purification and formulation and / or buffer and media operations.
• Ability to understand, apply, and evaluate basic chemistry, biology, and scientific principles as appropriate for the position.
• Proficiency with compliance; adherence to standard operating procedures, batch record, good documentation practices and data capturing.

Skills

Education

Experience

Equipment

Work Environment / Physical Demands

Shift Details

Onsite / Remote / Flexible

Travel Required

BioMarin is the world leader in delivering therapeutics that provide meaningful advances to patients who live with serious and life-threatening rare genetic diseases. We target diseases that lack effective therapies and affect relatively small numbers of patients, many of whom are children. These conditions are often inherited, difficult to diagnose, progressively debilitating and have few, if any, treatment options. BioMarin will continue to focus on advancing therapies that are the first or best of their kind.

BioMarin's Technical Operations group is responsible for creating our drugs for use in clinical trials and for scaling production of those drugs for the commercial market. These engineers, technicians, scientists and support staff build and maintain BioMarin's cutting-edge manufacturing processes and sites, provide quality assurance and quality control to ensure we meet regulatory standards, and procure the needed goods and services to support manufacturing and coordinating the worldwide movement of our drugs to patients. Come join our team and make a meaningful impact on patients' lives.

BioMarin's Novato commercial manufacturing operations produce recombinant enzyme replacement proteins using perfusion / fermentation-based mammalian cell culture processes and multiple column purification systems. Under direction of the Supervisor, the Manufacturing Associate / Sr. Associate will be responsible for job functions that support activities for commercial manufacturing.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

The salary range for this position is : $59,400 to $81,730. BioMarin considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans.

For additional benefits information, visit : https : / / careers.biomarin.com / benefits.

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