Job Title: QC Intern
Company: Wu Xi Biologics
We are a world-class biologics services provider, accelerating and transforming discovery, development, and manufacturing in the fast-growing field of biologics to benefit patients worldwide.
As a QC Intern, you will be responsible for supporting various aspects of the Quality Control manufacturing processes at Wu Xi Biologics. You will report directly into the QC Director.
Responsibilities:
* Sample management: Receiving samples from manufacturing and distributing them to the correct labs on request.
* Receiving shipments of samples from other sites (storing them correctly / Relabelling them with correct information)
* Present daily team meetings to discuss the day ahead and any issues which need to be addressed.
* Support QC Senior scientist in OOS, OOL, adverse trends, any excursion investigations, change controls, and CAPAs tasks.
* Support and lead QC test method validation and development of routine testing strategies when required.
* Update clients on method transfer/validation progress of projects.
* Routine laboratory testing of raw materials, in-process and stability samples, DS and DP, reporting and review of data.
* Troubleshooting any equipment issues (HPLC, GC, UPLC, UV Spec).
* Project Management: Support project management activities alongside interns from other departments.
Requirements:
* CURRENTLY PURSUING A BACHELORS OR MASTERS DEGREE IN SCIENCE, MICROBIOLOGY, BIOMEDICAL OR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES OR A SIMILAR FIELD OF STUDY.
* STRONG ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE WITH COURSEWORK RELEVANT TO BIOPROCESSING AND PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING.
* KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE: UNDERSTANDING OF BIOPROCESSING PRINCIPLES, INCLUDING UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING TECHNIQUES.
* FAMILIARITY WITH CURRENT GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES (cGMP) AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY.
* PROFICIENCY IN DATA ANALYSIS TOOLS AND SOFTWARE COMMONLY USED IN BIOPROCESSING.
* ABILITY TO ANALYZE COMPLEX DATA SETS AND DRAW MEANINGFUL CONCLUSIONS.
* PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS WITH A FOCUS ON IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING ROOT CAUSES.
* PROFICIENCY IN MICROSOFT OFFICE SUITE (WORD, EXCEL, POWER POINT).
* FAMILIARITY WITH DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION TOOLS (e.g., MATLAB, R, PYTHON) IS A PLUS.
Personal Skills:
* EXCELLENT WRITTEN AND VERBAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS.
* ABILITY TO ARTICULATE IDEAS AND FINDINGS CLEARLY AND CONCISELY.
* COMFORTABLE COLLABORATING WITH CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS AND PRESENTING INFORMATION TO VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS.
* DEMONSTRATED ABILITY TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY IN A TEAM-ORIENTED ENVIRONMENT.
* WILLINGNESS TO CONTRIBUTE ACTIVELY TO TEAM DISCUSSIONS AND SHARE INSIGHTS.
* STRONG ATTENTION TO DETAIL, ENSURING ACCURACY IN DATA ANALYSIS AND DOCUMENTATION.
* COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING HIGH-QUALITY STANDARDS IN ALL ASPECTS OF WORK.
* ABILITY TO ADAPT TO A DYNAMIC AND FAST-PACED WORK ENVIRONMENT.
* OPENNESS TO LEARNING NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES IN BIOPROCESSING.