AMD Immunology Senior Scientist
Biovac
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Preferably PhD or MSc with at least 1-2 years experience in relevant discipline.
- or equivalent industry experience.
- 2 Years experience in vaccine / biotech / pharmaceutical industry or equivalent would be advantageous.
- 1 Year supervisory experience in product development or a cGMP environment.
- Exposure and understanding of scientific principles that governs production of vaccines and /or biologicals.
- Quality & regulatory compliance knowledge, i.e. SAPHRA and WHO.
- GDP and IP management knowledge preferable.
- Experience in technology transfer would be advantageous.
- Knowledge of cGMP (SA, PIC, WHO) and GLP guidelines.
- Experience in having faced successfully local quality audits would be an advantage.
- Exposure to the development and commercialisation of a pharmaceutical product.
- Laboratory Administration including Budgeting and Cost Control (Assists with group/ unit budgeting, follows a cost-conscious culture within own department/ group/ unit)
- Ensure services are delivered to all internal and/ or external stakeholders as defined and as per agreed timelines.
- Risk and Anticipation Mitigation to ensure that all work done is in accordance with current standards/processes and assist Senior Scientist/Scientist to identify anticipated risks impacting group/ unit/ team.
- Follow cGMP guidelines and ensure all Change Controls/ NCRs etc. are effectively managed to support QAs processes.
- Mitigate obvious risks on site and submit job cards to address facility issues/ risks as per the process set by Engineering.
- Close all actions assigned to self/ staff member as per EHS committee agreed deadlines.
- Responsible for providing assistance, guidance, problem solving or input to the operational departments as required and agreed.
- Responsible and accountable for the generation of applicable documentation in accordance with current scientific, GMP and GDP guidelines.
- Responsible for analytical method development (microbial and immunological).
- Responsible for experimental design, planning, execution, problem solving and recording.
- Accountable for specified deliverables within projects according to agreed timelines.
- Assist with technology transfers from development to manufacturing (including manufacture of material to be used in clinical trials).
- Responsible and accountable for the generation of applicable documentation in accordance with current scientific, GMP and GDP guidelines.
- Driving Innovation and Continuous Improvement
- Driving Quality Risk Management
- Managing Deviations, Change Controls, CAPAs
- Quality Objectives: Drive the quality objectives.
- Communication:
- o Ensure a timely and effective communication.
- o Escalate quality issues to the appropriate levels of management.