Assistant Scientist, Analytical Development

Assistant Scientist, Analytical Development

Catalent is a global, high-growth, public company and a leading partner for the pharmaceutical industry in the development and manufacturing of new treatments for patients worldwide. Your talents, ideas, and passion are essential to our mission: to help people live better, healthier lives. 

Catalent Biologics is a fast-growing business within Catalent Pharma Solutions focused on providing innovative technologies and solutions to help more and better biologic treatments get to patients. The business includes our proprietary GPEx cell line engineering platform, our new state-of-the-art biomanufacturing facility in Madison, WI, and our market leading biologics analytical services as well as SMARTag Antibody Drug Conjugate technology in Emeryville, CA. Leveraging our growing differentiated technology portfolio, world class manufacturing capability, and other integrated services across the Catalent network, Catalent Biologics is positioned to drive significant growth for Catalent.

The Analytical Development team is responsible for evaluating client analytical methods and/or optimizing/developing methods required to support cell line, upstream, and downstream development, and transferring them to the QC department for phase appropriate validation. The team is also responsible for characterizing primary and high order structures; confirming product comparability across scale and establishing product degradant profiles and specifications for reference standards of mRNA proteins/mAbs generated at Catalent’s Madison site. This role will be focused on general laboratory support, primarily equipment maintenance and upkeep, along with ensuring lab analysts have the tools available for their everyday tasks. Furthermore, this role will also support procurement of lab reagents, compendial testing and general 5S of lab stock, enabling a patient first culture that are essential in providing high quality drug products for our clients and their patients.

This is a full-time on-site hourly position, Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm

Please Note: This role may require some weekend shift work to support business need.

Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer, and Catalent employee. 

The Role:  

• Accurately complete routine and preventative maintenance on laboratory equipment, including qualification and calibration, file paperwork and work orders
• Execute general laboratory maintenance, dishwashing, autoclaving, and solution preparation
• Order and stock consumables in general lab areas and satellite areas
• Maintain organization and 5S standard in the lab areas and execute and document 5S audits of laboratory space and updates as needed or requested
• Assist in developing improvements to 5S standards, SOPs, and systems required to improve and enhance team performance
• Some lab testing support (as required)
• Become fully trained on applicable departmental SOPs, write procedural SOPs as necessary
• Strong understanding of GMP documentation and guidelines and follow Good Documentation Practices (GDP)
• Other duties as assigned

The Candidate:  

• Must have High School Diploma/GED with 10+ years of experience OR
• Associate’s degree in STEM discipline with 2-5 years of experience OR
• B.S/B.A. in any STEM discipline with no related experience
• Ability to work effectively under accelerated timelines to meet multiple deadlines.
• Well organized with ability to handle and direct multiple activities simultaneously
• Frequent lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds and occasional lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds is required

Why you should join Catalent:

• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process 
• Diverse, inclusive culture 
• Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives 
• 152 hours of paid time off annually + 8 paid holidays 
• Competitive salary with yearly bonus potential 
• Community engagement and green initiatives 
• Generous 401K match and Paid Time Off accrual 
• Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment 
• Tuition Reimbursement 

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to [email protected]. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

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