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Biotechnologist, Manufacturing

Singapore, Singapore Permanent Date posted Sep. 19, 2024
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Job title: Biotechnologist, Manufacturing

Location: Tuas, Singapore

About the job

Sanofi Manufacturing and Supply (M&S) Organization is preparing its future through an ambitious program named Evolutive Vaccine Facility. The facility is at the cornerstone of Sanofi strategy as it aims at creating a new manufacturing concept consisting of a new generation of evolutive multi-product facilities, modular, adaptable, and agile, leveraging new disruptive technologies, to better address vaccine business challenges as well as Specialty Care Biologics products. One of these two Evolutive Vaccine Facilities is constructed in Singapore at a new Greenfield site, with a design identical to the one in Neuville (France). The facilities will also have highly digitalized and automated capabilities which is a key enabler for operations using technologies such as autonomous guided vehicles, cobots and cloud systems.

This role will have the title of Biotechnologist, Manufacturing and will report to the Manager, Manufacturing. The successful candidate will be part of the pioneer batch of the manufacturing operations shift team who will directly participate in the Engineering and Product Validation Runs in the state-of-the-art facility planned for early 2025.

The candidate will have a routine operational role consisting of the following:

  • Perform and complete ongoing commissioning and qualification activities of equipment, digital and automation related systems.

  • Execute routine GMP manufacturing activities in the manufacturing operations team in accordance with Process, Quality and Safety standards.

  • Perform general housekeeping of the manufacturing areas.

  • Support ongoing regulatory and audit readiness and preparation.

  • User of key digital and automation applications and software related to manufacturing systems such as ERP, MES, PCS, etc.

  • Participation in continuous improvement and optimization projects.

Sanofi EVF Singapore is hiring for Biotechnologist, Manufacturing for the following teams:

  • Upstream Manufacturing Process

  • Downstream Manufacturing Process

  • Central Manufacturing Services (Media & Buffer, Logistics)

Main responsibilities:

  • Commissioning and Qualification Activities, Operational Readiness: perform and execute commissioning activities for manufacturing equipment and systems.

  • Support the documentation readiness for procedures, risk assessment and other training documents for the manufacturing equipment and systems.

  • Tech Transfer: Participate and complete all related trainings to perform the tech transfer runs.

  • cGMP Manufacturing Operations: Perform and participate in the Engineering Runs and other Product Validation Runs

About You

  • Degree in an Engineering or Science discipline

  • Candidate should be able to start work by Feb 2025 or earlier.

  • Starting job grade of the role will be commensurate with the applicant’s highest education qualification and any other relevant experience.

  • Candidates with prior internships or industrial attachments in biopharmaceutical and biotechnology organizations would be advantageous. •

  • Self-starter and independent worker who can operate and perform in cross functional teams.

  • Possess strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to problem solve and navigate through complexity and ambiguity.

  • Able to work in fast paced and dynamic conditions with tight timelines.

  • Good presentation and verbal communication skills who can adapt and tailor communication to various stakeholders.

  • Excellent technical writing skills

  • Team Player Biotechnologist will be working in a twelve-hour rotating shift pattern consisting of day and night shifts which will include weekend workdays when the facility is fully operational expected to be in early 2025.

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