Microbiology Specialist At Minapharm Pharmaceuticals Cairo, Egypt (1-3 Years of Experience)
About the job
About MinapharmMinapharm Pharmaceuticals is a leading pharmaceutical company in Egypt and the Middle East with its subsidiary MigenTra Egypt the premier biopharmaceutical company in Africa with over 20 years of experience in cellular and bioprocess engineering. Headquartered in Cairo, Minapharm commercializes over 100 life-saving and life-enhancing products ranging from small molecules to complex genetically engineered proteins, with an impressive immunotherapy pipeline. Minapharm’s wholly-owned Berlin-based subsidiary, ProBioGen AG, is a world-renowned contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), a cell line-engineering specialist, and a provider of proprietary protein and viral vector technologies to large pharma and the global biotech industry. Minapharm has established an integrated business model making it to date the only gene-to-market biopharmaceutical company in the region. Minapharm employs a collective workforce of over 1400 individuals.
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MiGenTra Egypt is currently hiring the following position "Microbiology Specialist"
Duties:
Perform Microbiological analysis of intermediates and products, and environmental monitoring, of the production areas of RM-BG and Xpand C.
Perform WFI and purified water analysis.
Execute microbiological testing method validation.
Be responsible for the cleanliness of instruments and glassware present in the lab.
Ensure the continuous suitability of equipment and its readiness for good laboratory practice, for instance by ensuring routine maintenance and calibration according to the defined plan.
Strongly cooperate with other departments (for instance mammalian and yeast upstream and downstream, buffer preparation, QA, warehouse, engineering) aiming at smooth and efficient production, process and testing flow.
Issue new SOPs and revise approved SOP according to revision plan and current needs, initiate change controls.
Record and report incidents and deviations; participate in investigations and assessments.
Keep the lab in good shape and well organized.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical Science.
From 1 - 3 years of relevant experience.