Senior Technician, Cell Therapy Manufacturing

Key Responsibilities

• Perform manufacturing procedures inside a manufacturing clean room in accordance with established SOPs, cGMPs, and safety regulations.
• Qualified to perform aseptic manipulations of cell culture operations.
• Able to make cell-culture decisions based on cell observations and guidelines in written procedures.
• Document all operations in Electronic Batch Records and log sheets according to cGMPs and established SOPs.
• Maintain manufacturing-controlled areas in an inspection ready state.
• Perform clean room equipment sanitization.
• Record equipment and facility metrology data to ensure the equipment operates within specifications.
• Report out of specification readings to production management.
• Able to work independently upon completion of training.
• Demonstrate the ability to organize, plan and manage time to effectively complete daily tasks.
• Be receptive to feedback and guidance from manager and other more experienced staff.

Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree, or HS Diploma/GED or equivalent with 0 - 1 years of experience working in a cGMP environment in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite.

Preferred Qualifications

• Biotechnology certificate that includes hands-on laboratory courses.
• Experience in small scale tissue culture processing.
• Experience working within a regulated environment that is frequently audited by internal and external agencies, such as the FDA and ISO.

Basic Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree, or HS Diploma/GED or equivalent with 0 - 1 years of experience working in a cGMP environment in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite.

Benefits

• Vericel Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
• EEO Statement