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    LGC Group

    Life Sciences

    Associate Scientist, Production

    Middleton, United StatesOn-SiteFull-timePosted 1w ago
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    Job description

    The Associate Production Scientist will manufacture competent cells for the Company’s various product lines. The position may expand to also support manufacture of additional product lines and development of new products, applications and businesses.

    To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each of the following essential functions satisfactorily:

    • Contribute to operations teams performing manufacturing, materials management, and maintenance activities in a manner consistent with LGC-Lucigen’s ISO 13485 quality systems
    • Manufacture electrocompetent and chemically competent cells
    • In accordance with designated procedures and work instructions, prepare and perform QC on completed competent cell batches
    • Support and follow competent cell protocols geared towards robust and cost-effective production of the products
    • Process, record, and analyze data following approved protocols and using good documentation practices
    • Effectively communicate results to the LGC-Lucigen team
    • Collaborate with team members in providing product to meet the production plan and customer requirements
    • Conduct studies and follow protocols supporting process improvements, investigations, and corrective/preventative actions
    • Deliver high-quality documentation consistent with LGC-Lucigen’s quality system
    • Conscientiously learn and diligently follow the requirements of the ISO 13485 quality management system
    • Adhere to company Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) policy and other related environmental health and safety role requirements
    • Perform other duties as required to meet business needs

    Minimum Qualifications:

    • Highschool diploma or relevant degree (GED)
    • 2 or more years of experience in a lab setting directly working with biological or lab material and equipment
    • Demonstrated experience and proficiency operating standard laboratory equipment (e.g. pH meters, conductivity meters, pipettes)
    • Ability to become adept at the development and implementation of new technologies and technical processes that improve the quality, efficiency, and/or productivity of products and/or laboratory services
    • Working knowledge and proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Outlook, Word, and Excel

    Preferred Qualifications:

    • Bachelors degree in relevant life sciences field (molecular biology, microbiology, biochemistry, etc.)
    • First-hand experience performing molecular biology techniques
    • Experience with cell cultures
    • Demonstrated experience and proficiency with aseptic technique
    • Industry experience in pharma, biotech, or medical device, particularly within an ISO-certified quality environment

    Competencies & Behaviors:

    • Ability to work and collaborate with functional peer groups, including Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Product Dispensing, and Warehousing, outside of immediate production team
    • Effective written and verbal communication skills with technical staff and peers
    • Ability to follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) and work instructions to effectively meet production needs
    • Aptitude to work in a complex and rapidly growing company
    • Results-oriented, ensuring targets are met on time and on budget
    • Effective time management and organizational skills
    • Must be highly accurate and detail-oriented
    • Ability to work well in a team environment and possess an ability to adapt to change in the environment
    • Demonstrated good professional judgment and reliability
    • Resonate and operate in line with LGC’s core value behaviors: Passion, Curiosity, Integrity, Brilliance, and Respect.

    ABOUT LGC:

    LGC is a leading, global life science tools company, providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments. Its high-quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications, which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers’ products and workflows and are valued for their performance, quality, and range.

    OUR VALUES

    • PASSION
    • CURIOSITY 
    • INTEGRITY
    • BRILLIANCE
    • RESPECT

    EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES 

    LGC strongly believes that every job applicant and employee should be valued for their individual talents regardless of age, disability, race, color, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion, or belief. Short listing, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender, sexual orientation, marital status, color, race, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, age, or trade union membership.

    For more information about LGC, please visit our website www.lgcgroup.com

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    LGC Group

    LGC Ltd ( www.lgcgroup.com ) is an international life sciences company working with customers in the government, academic, pharmaceutical, agricultural biotechnology, food, environment, security and sports sectors. LGC’s Grant Management Group (GMG) manages a number of research funding programmes on behalf of government departments and other large national health bodies, to improve NHS patient health and care. At the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) we enable and deliver world-class research that transforms people’s lives, promotes economic growth and advances science. We manage public investment in excess of £550 million per annum and provide bespoke expertise to charitable and commercial organisations to get the most out of their research funding. The NIHR Central Commissioning Facility (CCF) in Twickenham, based at LGC Ltd ( www.lgcgroup.com ), is one of NIHR’s Coordinating Centres and manages a number of research funding programmes on behalf of NIHR and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). This role is based in the Systems Team at Twickenham.

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