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We're looking for a Bioprocess Specialist to join our awesome team. You will join our Production team in London, operating mammalian tissue culture systems to support the production of cultivated fat. You will implement novel protocols and technologies to drive our progress towards large scale manufacturing, working alongside brilliant engineers, biologists, and mathematicians. As a Bioprocess Specialist, you will conduct R&D and pilot scale bioreactor operations, supporting scale-up and process validation. Your diligence, talent for collaboration, and reliability will make you an essential member of our team.
Job Responsibility:
Use your aseptic technique and organisational skills to scale up and maintain seed trains for inoculation of bioreactors
Conduct routine media preparation to support bioprocess development and production work
Operate, monitor, and maintain our in-house built pilot-scale bioreactors, including set up, inoculation, sampling, harvest, CIP/SIP, cleaning, and shutdown procedures
Execute standard operating procedures (SOPs), batch records, and other documentation, ensuring full compliance with quality and safety standards
Improve efficiency of the production operation, to successfully demonstrate yields achieved in R&D at production scale
Troubleshoot process and equipment issues in real time, including sensor faults, flow disruptions, in-process monitoring deviations, and contamination events
Support root cause analysis and implement corrective actions to maintain bioreactor performance and product quality
Support scale up efforts by assisting in the transfer of pilot-scale protocols and lessons learned into the next scale bioreactor design and validation
Requirements:
Master's degree (or equivalent experience) in biotechnology, biochemical engineering, bioprocess engineering, or related life sciences / engineering field
Minimum 1 year experience working with microbial or mammalian bioreactors in pilot / lab / manufacturing environment
Provable experience with bench scale and pilot scale bioreactor formats
Large scale media preparation
Excellent aseptic technique in biosafety cabinets
Strong attention to detail and analytical skills: sampling, performing assays, interpreting process data
Ability to follow SOPs, GMP / GLP documentation practices, batch record and deviation reporting
Exposure to Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs) software
What we offer:
Highly competitive salary (£38k)
Stock option plan
Beautiful lab and office in Old Street
Weekly socials and events
Pension plan (matching up to 5% and salary sacrifice)