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Scientist II - Quality Control, Stability

Catalent is a global, high-growth, public company and a leading partner for the pharmaceutical industry in the development and manufacturing of new treatments for patients worldwide. Your talents, ideas, and passion are essential to our mission: to help people live better, healthier lives. 

Catalent Biologics is a fast-growing business within Catalent Pharma Solutions focused on providing innovative technologies and solutions to help more and better biologic treatments get to patients. The business includes our proprietary GPEx cell line engineering platform, our new state-of-the-art biomanufacturing facility in Madison, WI, and our market leading biologics analytical services as well as SMARTag Antibody Drug Conjugate technology in Emeryville, CA.  Leveraging our growing differentiated technology portfolio, world class manufacturing capability, and other integrated services across the Catalent network, Catalent Biologics is positioned to drive significant growth for Catalent.

This position requires a variety of skills necessary for biotech company operations. The position will perform routine testing of in- process samples, raw materials, finished goods and stability samples, while adhering to SOPs and working in a cGMP compliant environment. The position will analyze and interpret results in written and oral format. Additionally, this position will support preventive maintenance and basic laboratory maintenance activities while maintaining a GMP quality system. Other duties will include data review/archiving, database entry/review, and contributions to process improvement initiatives.

This is a full-time on-site salaried position, Monday through Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm

Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and * compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer, and Catalent employee.*  

The Role:  

• Independently executes and properly documents cGMP Quality Control testing

• Independently operates basic and moderately complex cGMP Quality Control equipment

• Assists in authoring technical documents such as SOPs and reports

• Coordinates with Supervisor to prioritize and schedule activities to meet deadlines

• Supports continuous process improvement initiatives; Supports training of specific analytical techniques

• Performs self-review of analytical data for accuracy and consistency with SOP; Enters data into Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) or laboratory reports

• Initiates and assists with records in TrackWise

• Accurately completes route and preventative maintenance on basic to moderately complex equipment

• Other duties as assigned

The Candidate:  

• Must have Master’s Degree in Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry or related life sciences field within a minimum of 1 year of industry experience OR

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry or related life sciences field with a minimum of 4 years of industry experience OR

• Associate’s Degree in Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry or related life sciences field with a minimum of 8 years of industry experience OR

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required with a minimum of 9 years of industry experience

• Requires frequent lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds and occasional lifting and/or moving up to 50 lbs.

Preferred Experience:

• Strong understanding of analytical chemistry and simple and moderately complex lab equipment

• Experience maintaining and troubleshooting Quality Control Equipment

• Familiarity with clean room procedure, aseptic technique, and general lab equipment experience

• CGMP, Good Documentation Practices (GDP), or Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) knowledge.

Why you should join Catalent:

• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process 

• Diverse, inclusive culture 

• Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives 

• 152 hours of paid time off annually + 8 paid holidays 

• Competitive salary with yearly bonus potential 

• Community engagement and green initiatives 

• Generous 401K match and Paid Time Off accrual 

• Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment 

• Tuition Reimbursement

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

Visit Catalent Careers (https://careers.catalent.com/us/en) to explore career opportunities.

Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to DisabilityAccommodations@catalent.com . This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

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