Senior QC Microbiologist

Oxford Biomedica is seeking a highly skilled Senior QC Microbiologist to join our team. As a key member of our quality control team, you will be responsible for ensuring the highest standards of quality and integrity in our manufacturing processes.

• Supervise and support a team of microbiologists to ensure the quality and integrity of our products.
• Plan, organize, and perform testing of raw materials, in-process, intermediates, and final product samples to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Maintain accurate and detailed records of microbiological test data.
• Ensure the microbiology laboratory is maintained to GMP standard and equipment is calibrated, maintained, cleaned, and monitored appropriately.
• Develop and review SOPs, protocols, and reports to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Communicate and initiate deviations or out-of-specification (OOS) results to manufacturing and other relevant departments to ensure timely corrective actions.
• Represent the microbiology laboratory in communications with manufacturing and supply chain to synchronize microbial testing as needed.

• Degree in Microbiology or other Life Science, or significant supplementing industry GMP QC Microbiology experience.
• Excellent knowledge of cGMP requirements, with a focus on documentation and laboratory activities to ensure compliance.
• Good understanding and knowledge of practical and theoretical microbiology techniques and aseptic techniques to enable effective and accurate environmental monitoring and microbial testing.
• Thorough understanding of GMP and cleanroom biocontamination control.
• Relevant experience in microbiology laboratory and GMP/clean rooms.
• Monitoring regulatory/industry updates.
• Experience in bioburden testing, environmental monitoring, endotoxin testing, sterility testing, media qualifications, and growth promotion testing.
• Working within ISO 8 to ISO 5 clean rooms and experience within aseptic fill finish activities.

Oxford Biomedica is a quality and innovation-led viral vector CDMO with a mission to enable its clients to deliver life-changing therapies to patients around the world. We collaborate with some of the world's most innovative pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, providing viral vector development and manufacturing expertise in lentivirus, adeno-associated virus (AAV), and adenoviral vectors.

• Highly competitive total reward packages.
• Wellbeing programmes.
• Development opportunities.
• Welcoming, friendly, supportive colleagues.
• A diverse and inclusive working environment.
• Our values are: Responsible, Responsive, Resilient, Respect.
• State-of-the-art laboratory and manufacturing facilities.