Manufacturing Upstream Associate I/II
Kashiv BioSciences LLC · Piscataway, NJ · 1 mo ago
Analyst$30–$36/hrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: h3 for headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title. We need to include only sections with real content.
We need to parse the job description.
Company Overview: "Creating a Healthier World Through Accessible Biologics Kashiv BioSciences, LLC is a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company..." This is about company. Could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" is typical heading for position summary. We have "Position Summary". So we can use heading "About the role" for position summary.
Responsibilities: There's a "Responsibilities" section with bullet points. Also "Essential Duties & Responsibilities". We'll combine.
Requirements: There's "Minimum Qualifications:" and "Preferred Qualifications". Also "Additional Position Information" includes schedule, compensation, sponsorship, location. Also "Benefits/Perks". Also "Work Environment & Physical Demands". Also "Supervisory Responsibility". Also EEO etc (to remove). Also "This position description is not a complete list..." (boilerplate, remove). Also "Kashiv BioSciences, LLC provides equal employment opportunities..." remove.
We need sections: About the role (position summary), Responsibilities, Requirements (maybe combine minimum and preferred?), Qualifications (maybe separate?), Skills (maybe from requirements?), Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We must not create sections with placeholder or vague content. Must include only if real specific content.
Let's extract:
Position Summary: "The Manufacturing Upstream Associate is a hands-on position responsible for manufacturing operations that executing mammalian cell culture processes and producing recombinant proteins for a wide range of mammalian-based biosimilars. Responsible for executing cell culture batches from 50L to 2000L volumes within a current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) environment."
That's specific.
Responsibilities: The bullet list under "Essential Duties & Responsibilities". Also earlier "Responsibilities such as preparation media/buffers, filtration, aseptic procedures biosafety cabinet and bioreactor operations, and cell removal filtration." (duplicate). We'll combine unique duties.
List items:
- Demonstrate a sound knowledge and understanding of cGMP requirements.
- Adhere to real-time documentation during production run and maintain accurate records/logs.
- Set up, operate, and break down upstream equipment including bioreactors, depth filtration, and disposables.
- Perform upstream processes at multiple scales in a cGMP environment.
- Perform calculations for processing, weighing materials, chemical and reagent additions.
- Uses programs to collect and evaluate operating data to conduct online adjustments to products, instruments, or equipment.
- Work with other teams and outside vendors to resolve technical issues as well as maintenance of production equipment.
- Follow all GMP instructions in the manufacturing area and take responsibility / ownership of environmental health and safety policies.
- Coordinate the conduction of investigations and corrections for issues found during the batch execution process.
- Comply with all company policies and standards.
- Ensuring all operations comply with cGMP, safety, and data integrity standards.
- Performs other functions as required or assigned.
- Revision of solution preparation batch records, SOPs, Protocols and logbooks.
- Providing support during quality audits and regulatory inspections.
- Material & Inventory Management: Order, maintain, track, and staging of raw materials and consumables for upstream, downstream, and media/buffer preparation processes.
- Perform label verification, receipt checks, and electronic inventory updates.
- Coordinate with warehouse and planning teams for material readiness.
- Managing material inventory inside cleanroom areas.
We can keep as list.
Requirements: Minimum Qualifications bullet list:
- Education: High school diploma or equivalent required. Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Experience in a manufacturing environment or 1-2 years of relevant experience preferred.
- Familiarity with safety protocols/procedures
- Ability to understand and adhere to written and verbal instructions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to communicate technical details at all levels, including senior leadership
- Ability to work well with a wide range of people from other groups in a team-oriented environment with cross-functional groups.
- Ability to learn to properly use various hand and electrical tools.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle changing manufacturing demands.
- Proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to troubleshoot technical issues and propose short- and long-term solutions.
- Strong time-management skills and the ability to work under demanding timelines.
- Work in a team environment and be able to work independently with minimum supervision.
- Ability to learn to properly use various hand and electrical tools. (duplicate)
We can deduplicate.
Preferred Qualifications:
- General working knowledge of disposable bioreactors, filtration, depth filtration, and single-use consumable technologies such as bags, tube sets, and manifolds.
- Hands-on experience with mammalian cell culture and/or media preparation tasks in a biopharma or biotech manufacturing setting.
- Proficiency in aseptic operations and in-process sampling.
- Experience in supporting cGMP operations and commercial exposure is a plus.
Additional Position Information includes schedule, compensation, sponsorship, location.
Schedule: "As a biologics/biosimilars company, our schedules are driven by process requirements. Manufacturing Operations is 12hr shifts for 24/7 coverage (2-2-3 work schedule), including holidays and weekends. Shift A (day shift): 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM EST and Shift B (night shift): 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM EST. o Initial training may be performed on the day shift Required Overtime (time-and-a-half pay), holidays, and weekends. During the interview process, please let us know whether you have a preference for the day shift, the night shift, or are open to both."
Compensation: "Compensation: These are hourly FTE positions with overtime eligibility and shift differentials for applicable evenings. Manufacturing Associate I (0–2 years of biologics manufacturing experience): o $30–$36 per hour with up to a 5% yearly cash bonus Manufacturing Associate II (2–4 years of biologics manufacturing experience): o $34–$38 per hour with up to a 5% yearly cash bonus Kashiv BioSciences can provide sponsorship support for qualified candidates. Please let us know if you currently require sponsorship or may require sponsorship in the future. Interviews and employment are conducted onsite at our Piscataway, NJ facility. Candidates should currently reside within a reasonable commuting distance or plan to relocate to the area."
Benefits/Perks: list many.
Work Environment & Physical Demands: details.
We need to decide sections.
We can have:
- About the role (position summary)
- Responsibilities
- Requirements (maybe combine minimum and preferred? Could split into Requirements and Qualifications? The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can have Requirements for minimum qualifications, Qualifications for preferred, Skills maybe from abilities? But we can also put skills under Requirements. To avoid thin sections, we can combine.
We need to avoid sections with filler. So we need to ensure each heading has substantive content.
Let's plan:
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." The e.g. suggests those are examples, but we should likely stick to those. Safer to only use those headings. So we cannot add a Work Environment heading. We could incorporate work environment details into Responsibilities or Requirements? Might be okay to put under Responsibilities? Not ideal. Could we add a section like "Work Environment" as h3? It's not in the list but maybe allowed as it's not prohibited. The instruction says use h3 for section headings (e.g. ...). It doesn't say you cannot use others, but to be safe we can incorporate into existing sections.
We could put work environment details under Responsibilities as part of duties? Not exactly. Could put under Requirements as "Ability to work flexible hours..." etc. Actually those are more about schedule and environment. Could go under Requirements.
We'll try to fit.
Let's extract schedule specifics:
- Manufacturing Operations is 12hr shifts for 24/7 coverage (2-2-3 work schedule), including holidays and weekends.
- Shift A (day shift): 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM EST
- Shift B (night shift): 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM EST
- Initial training may be performed on the day shift
- Required Overtime (time-and-a-half pay), holidays, and weekends.
- Preference for day shift, night shift, or both.
Pay specifics:
- Hourly FTE positions with overtime eligibility and shift differentials for applicable evenings.
- Manufacturing Associate I (0–2 years): $30–$36 per hour with up to a 5% yearly cash bonus
- Manufacturing Associate II (2–4 years): $34–$38 per hour with up to a 5% yearly cash bonus
- Sponsorship support available.
Benefits list:
- Medical Insurance - Aetna
- Prescription Drug Converge | Rx
- Virtual Visits - Aetna/Teladoc
- Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Dental Insurance - Aetna
- Vision Insurance - VSP
- Life and AD&D Insurance
- Disability Benefits
- Supplemental Benefits
- Legal Services
- ID Theft Protection
- Travel Assistance
- Value Added Benefits & Services
- Health Advocate
- Life Assistance Program (LAP)
- Student Loan Assistance Program
- 401K
- Monthly Cell Phone Allowance
We'll list as
About the role
position summary
Responsibilities
- list of duties
Requirements
- minimum qualifications
Qualifications
- preferred qualifications
Skills
maybe we can extract skills like communication, technical, teamwork, etc. But we already have them in requirements. Could create Skills section from abilities like "Ability to understand and adhere to written and verbal instructions", "Excellent written and verbal communication skills", etc. But that may duplicate. Better to not create Skills if it's just repeating. Could combine into Requirements. But instruction says we can use those headings; we can omit if not needed. Prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we might omit Skills and just have Requirements covering both min and preferred? But they said we can have Requirements and Qualifications separate. Might be okay to have both. We also need Benefits, Pay, Schedule sections if they have specific content. Benefits: list specific benefits. Pay: compensation details. Schedule: shift details. Thus we will have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not include sections like Work Environment & Physical Demands unless we make a heading? Not in allowed list. Could we put under Requirements? Not appropriate. Could we add a section like "Work Environment"? Not in allowed headings list. The instruction says use h3 for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It implies we should use those headings; we can also possibly add others? It says "use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." The e.g. suggests those are examples, but we should likely stick to those. Safer to only use those headings. So we cannot add a Work Environment heading. We could incorporate work environment details into Responsibilities or Requirements? Might be okay to put under Responsibilities? Not ideal. Could we add a section like "Work Environment" as h3? It's not in the list but maybe allowed as it's not prohibited. The instruction says use h3 for section headings (e.g. ...). It doesn't say you cannot use others, but to be safe we can incorporate into existing sections.
We could put work environment details under Responsibilities as part of duties? Not exactly. Could put under Requirements as "Ability to work flexible hours..." etc. Actually those are more about schedule and environment. Could go under Requirements.
We'll try to fit.
Let's extract schedule specifics:
- Manufacturing Operations is 12hr shifts for 24/7 coverage (2-2-3 work schedule), including holidays and weekends.
- Shift A (day shift): 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM EST
- Shift B (night shift): 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM EST
- Initial training may be performed on the day shift
- Required Overtime (time-and-a-half pay), holidays, and weekends.
- Preference for day shift, night shift, or both.
Pay specifics:
- Hourly FTE positions with overtime eligibility and shift differentials for applicable evenings.
- Manufacturing Associate I (0–2 years): $30–$36 per hour with up to a 5% yearly cash bonus
- Manufacturing Associate II (2–4 years): $34–$38 per hour with up to a 5% yearly cash bonus
- Sponsorship support available.
Benefits list:
- Medical Insurance - Aetna
- Prescription Drug Converge | Rx
- Virtual Visits - Aetna/Teladoc
- Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Dental Insurance - Aetna
- Vision Insurance - VSP
- Life and AD&D Insurance
- Disability Benefits
- Supplemental Benefits
- Legal Services
- ID Theft Protection
- Travel Assistance
- Value Added Benefits & Services
- Health Advocate
- Life Assistance Program (LAP)
- Student Loan Assistance Program
- 401K
- Monthly Cell Phone Allowance
We'll list as .
Now craft HTML.
We must not include any markdown fences. Just raw HTML.
Let's produce:
About the role
The Manufacturing Upstream Associate is a hands-on position responsible for manufacturing operations that execute mammalian cell culture processes and produce recombinant proteins for a wide range of mammalian-based biosimilars. The role involves executing cell culture batches from 50L to 2000L volumes within a current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) environment.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate
About the role
The Manufacturing Upstream Associate is a hands-on position responsible for manufacturing operations that execute mammalian cell culture processes and produce recombinant proteins for a wide range of mammalian-based biosimilars. The role involves executing cell culture batches from 50L to 2000L volumes within a current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) environment.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate