Production Scientist Job Description
Production scientist
provides guidance and training of associates in technical skill, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), ISO Standards and adherence to all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as required.
Production Scientist Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Respond to customer questions and concerns
Maintain accurate inventory of raw materials, WIP, and finished product
Critically evaluate, revise, or create process documents
Ensure adherence to quality standards in process documents
Work with team members and planning/purchasing teams to develop and execute a manufacturing schedule consistent with master schedule requirements for team products
Actively participate in New Product Development /product and process development activities
Ability to serve on committees to improve department, site or company performance
Utilize specialized technical knowledge and skills to make detailed observations and analyze data within operating parameters
Advise the team lead/manager of factors that may affect quality of the product, initiate problem reports for deviations and non-conforming materials, and suggest options and ideas for corrective actions and preventive actions (CAPA)
Identify and develop improvements to mRNA synthesis and purification methodologies
Production Scientist Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Production Scientist
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Education for Production Scientist
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the production scientist job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Life Science, Chemical Engineering, Biology, Science, Education, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
Skills for Production Scientist
Desired skills for production scientist include:
Chemistry
Biochemistry
Math and general science
ISO Quality standards
GMP and safety practices
Laboratory techniques
Technical report generation
ERP system would be an advantage
Microsoft Office based programs for Manufacturing/Operating procedure writing
GMP/GLP
Desired experience for production scientist includes:
May assist sales force with interactions with customers
Experience with data analysis statistical software
Requires 5-8 years of laboratory experience with a BS degree, or 2-5 years with a Master’s Degree
Industry experience with drug discovery and high-throughput screening (HTS)
Implement production and large scale manufacturing procedures to optimize processes and meet quality requirements
1 year manufacturing or relevant experience
Production Scientist Examples
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Production Scientist Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of production scientist. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for production scientist
- Develop analytical methods to advance mRNA construct analysis and production process performance
- Identify, develop, and optimize RNA purification methodologies
- Optimize unit operations to improve robustness, cycle time, throughput, and cost while maintaining product quality
- Provide technical support to operating teams
- Cross-functional communication with Process Innovation, Process Development, Automation, and Platform Analytics
- Assist in developing scalable, high-throughput processes for mRNA formulation
- Design and conduct experiments to validate scaled processes
- Develop and review standard operating protocols for formulation processes and provide training for transfer to production
- Assist production as needed to meet throughput requirements and troubleshooting
- Conduct quality control assays to ensure formulations and formulation process are within specifications
Qualifications for production scientist
- This position requires a strong technical and quality background
- Current enrollment in a university within the U.S. , pursuing a B.S
- Good knowledge of and some experience with tools such as Pig, Hive, , for working with big data in Hadoop for data extraction and prep for analysis
- Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication skills the ability to bridge the gap between data science and business management
- Experience with web service such as
- A minimum of 3 years of previous production experience, with at least 3 years of previous experience working in a cGMP biopharma manufacturing environment
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a production scientist. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for production scientist
- Lead/contribute to various production chemistry-related projects as needed
- Identify process bottlenecks and work closely with process development on improvements
- Identify automation opportunities and help co-develop solutions with the automation group
- Assist with manufacturing support projects, which include the execution of laboratory experimentation, and the analysis/dissemination of technical information necessary to manufacture plasma-derived products
- Provide technical support to Quality Operations regarding deviation investigation, process validation, change management/control, material change control, and CAPAs
- Anticipate potential problems and design preventative solutions
- Maintain an appropriate level of documentation and communication through timely and thorough drafting and execution of protocols and reports in support of R&D process development, technology transfer, manufacturing improvement, and deviation investigation
- Coordinate scientific and investigative studies through collaboration with internal customers, academic research organizations, contract laboratories, , and think creatively and provide technical justification for novel concepts and approaches
- Perform fundamental literature and patent searches related to activities and develop alternative strategies, if necessary
- Maintain an awareness of and compliance with current Good Manufacturing Procedures
Qualifications for production scientist
- This position requires a very sound technical background and direct interaction with Process Development, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Project Management and Sigma-Aldrich customers
- The desired candidate will have at least 2 years of related work experience in an industrial setting
- Qualified candidates should have deep and broad knowledge and understanding of lentiviral production and host cell packaging systems
- Must also have strong cell culture and molecular biology skills including molecular cloning, genomic and plasmid DNA purification, RNA isolation, PCR and RT-PCR and the ability to design basic and engineered recombinant protein expression constructs
- Previous experience in mammalian cell line engineering/genome editing via RNAi, ZFN and CRISPR technologies is strongly desired
- Working knowledge of bioinformatics is essential
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Our growing company is looking for a production scientist. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for production scientist
- To actively participate on product transfers to ensure the successful and timely introduction of new products
- To write and review standard operating procedures
- To maintain the area in an audit ready state and participate in area audits (internal and external) and provide information for auditors and deal directly with auditors when required
- Adhere to CLIA/CAP/GLP systems and processes in the lab
- Design high to ultra-high temperature/high pressure lab experiments and run the lab following OE guidelines
- Identify technical gaps, generate new ideas, and lead Strategic Research/Technical Development projects
- Ensure lab safety - laboratory Operational Excellence/Health, Environment, Safety
- Will be required to set-up, operate, and clean/sterilize large scale bioreactors and cell harvesting equipment on a daily basis
- Will perform cell paste qualification through use of small scale protein/nucleic acid purification techniques
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of scientific principles, biology (hepatic preferred)
Qualifications for production scientist
- Candidates must have competency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and statistical software packages
- Will be expected to interface with our Marketing, Business Development and Legal groups to define product specifications, product configuration, assays, manufacturing procedures, ensuring smooth progression through the research development process
- Must be able to work and communicate effectively both independently and in a team-oriented environment and to supervise/mentor junior scientists
- Candidates must exercise significant judgment when analyzing complex projects and demonstrate a high level of scientific achievement and understanding
- The ability to work in a regulated environment and be skilled in data analysis, troubleshooting, report writing and oral presentations is required
- Qualified candidates must have deep and broad knowledge and understanding of lentiviral production and host cell packaging systems
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of production scientist. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for production scientist
- Record information accurately into various electronic databases
- Communicate effectively with supervisor to ensure expectations, progress, and results are clearly understood
- Represent Production Research and Manufacturing interests at research hubs to meet field testing needs and help drive technology advancements
- Provide regional collaboration with Production Research Agronomist and greater Production Research team to meet the needs of local Manufacturing plants
- Drive high quality research, data and results to impact Manufacturing decisions and process
- Commitment to ISO, regulatory compliance and safety culture
- Understand and apply the benefits of precision agriculture, spatial data analysis, field imaging, and new technologies to high quality field research
- Strong communication skills necessary to conduct business in a positive, constructive, matrix environment
- Assist in troubleshooting production performance issues such as but not limited to potency, inactivation, stability and contamination
- Write and review SOP's, Process Records, Quality Standards, Change Controls, Unusual Occurrences, and other reports as required
Qualifications for production scientist
- Must exercise significant judgment when analyzing complex projects and demonstrate a high level of scientific achievement and understanding
- Experience with 1H, 13C, 19F and 2D NMR including experimental design, sample preparation and qualitative and quatitative interpretation of data for organic and inorganic compounds/mixtures (small organics, steroids, peptides, proteins, and natural compounds)
- Ability to independently complete projects
- Collaborates well as a team with internal and external customers
- Ability to lead projects and mentor teammates
- New instrument/software set up to meet specific timeline
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of production scientist. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for production scientist
- 30% Strategy – Develop novel scientific investigation strategy that supports the advancement of Integrated Operation’s Digital Field Tools and Predictive Ag platform
- 70% Execution – Ensure predictive ag scientific investigation strategy is executed by leveraging R&D, Data Scientists, Field Technology Innovation lead, Field Operations Managers, and Production Research Scientists
- Lead IO Digital Field Tool Science Team – Provide technical and scientific leadership for Predictive Ag strategy and development of digital tools for IO
- Seed Field Uniformity Index– Refine a standard and objective data driven approach to measuring seed field uniformity indexes with the ultimate goal of minimizing yield variability and improving cost of goods
- Seed Field Yield Prediction and Analytics– Identify key drivers in seed field yield prediction through novel digital data collection, remote sensing, photometry, and spatial analysis
- Digital Field Tool Test and Release -Validate digital field tools for adequate sampling protocol procedures and adequate signal to noise ratio prior to release to seed production field teams
- Production and titering of HIV stocks to support early discovery programs
- Preparation and/or sourcing of plasmid DNAs and reagents to support virus production
- Maintain virus stock/plasmid database
- Document work clearly
Qualifications for production scientist
- Production shift work, 12 hour night shift schedule working various days of the week
- Requires the ability to lift and carry up to 80 pounds while wearing personal protective equipment, including respirators, for an extended time
- Customer interaction potentially elevates the responsibilities of this position
- Laboratory knowledge and / or experience in Organic Chemical synthesis and associated analytical techniques
- With directional oversight, demonstrate potential for technical proficiency and scientific creativity
- At all times, treat others with respect, create a positive work environment, and communicate effectively with all other co-workers to facilitate development activities