Associate Scientist
Location: NetherlandsSIRE Life Sciences® is the market leader in life science recruitment. We believe the recruitment market needs to gear up in technology and continues innovation. We like technology, in a life science market driven on science, we couldn’t stay behind; we drive Recruitment Science. Investing a majority of our turnover in technology enables us to use unique Resource Technologies. By using highly advanced algorithms, we enable our team of Resource & Data Strategists© to maintain the most advanced, detailed and complete Life Sciences network in Europe. This big data enables us to work Reverse Recruitment©: we first analyze the market in-depth before we go out to the market. Because we analyze the whole market, we can compare facts and data. This enables us to do Facts & Big Data Recruitment©, making sure we, or better yet, you find the right career!
THE COMPANY
Our client is a professional Pharmaceutical organization, based in Zuid-Holland Netherlands.
This company is dedicated to addressing and solving some of the most important unsolved medical needs of our time.
ROLE DESCRIPTION
The USP department is responsible for the development of scalable, pharmaceutical-grade production processes for viral vaccines using mammalian cell lines as a production platform. Novel technologies are used to make sure that the processes are safe, reliable, scalable and cost-effective, so that the vaccines can be produced in large quantities at low costs. The developed production processes are transferred into GMP production facilities for the production of clinical batches and scaled-up for commercial production. All activities are performed in close collaboration with other departments.
RESPONSIBILITIES
We are looking for a motivated Associated Scientist within the field of upstream process development. Under limited supervision, but as part of a team you will plan, prepare and execute scientific studies. This will be part of a project plan, and you will be responsible for analyzing the results and reporting main conclusions. Experiments may be performed in bioreactors or in a reduced-scale model. You are a team player with excellent communication skills.
REQUIREMENTS
- You have an M.Sc.in a relevant discipline, or a B.Sc with 3 years of experience in biotechnology or pharmacy.
- At least 1 year exposure (internship included) to USP (bio)processes and/or cell culture
- You are a motivated team player who is flexible and has a can-do attitude, and a pro-active mindset.
- You have good communication skills in English, written and spoken.
Are you interested and do want to apply for this role, please fill out your application via the apply button below and contact Pascha Groot.
