Production Staff 3 – Secondary Manufacturing (Formulation)

BIONET (Ayutthaya)

Ayutthaya, Thailand

BioNet is a biotech company focusing on bio-innovation and access to genetically-designed vaccines. BioNet is the world’s only manufacturer of licensed recombinant pertussis vaccines containing a genetically-inactivated pertussis toxin (PTgen). BioNet’s vision to forge global product partnerships has led to the rapid development of genetic vaccines using DNA and mRNA technology platforms. Clinical development of BioNet COVID-19 DNA candidate vaccines are conducted in Australia by Technovalia and partners. BioNet has been manufacturing a mRNA COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chulalongkorn University and the University of Pennsylvania. BioNet is now developing a pancoronavirus mRNA vaccine with the support from CEPI. BioNet is leading a global consortium composed of US and Thai universities and the International Vaccine Institute.

About this position

The role of production staff 3 is to assist and execute Industrial formulation in large scale, formulation development and conjugation activities for vaccine development projects and routine activities related to conjugation and formulation processing as per the agreed timelines at BioNet - Asia Co., Ltd.

Responsibilities

• Execution of developmental formulation project, industrial formulation and conjugation activities according to the agreed timelines.
• Work performed based on the productivity, teamwork and cooperation.
• Report any incident, accident, near miss and any violations of the HSE or safe work practices including malfunctioning of the equipment or workplace hazards that he/she is aware of to the direct supervisor.
• Follow the health and safety procedures related to the job functions, which includes the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), safe operation of equipment, machinery, tools and handling of hazardous substances.
• Coordination and implementation of conjugation and formulation activities.
• Responsible for assisting in development and optimization of conjugation and formulation process.
• Keep accurate, legible and complete records of all experiments and observations.
• Planning and projection of various raw materials and consumables requirement of the department.
• Work in compliance with the company’s Health, safety & environment policy and procedures. (ISO14001), regulations, requirement and manual and energy management.
• Planning for the procurement of indents for various equipment’s and materials.
• Responsible for implementation of development activities and its related documents as per GMP and GDP.
• Discuss routinely with superior the status of assigned programs and potential problems.
• Responsible for shop floor level implementation supervision and control of various activities of conjugation and formulation process and reporting of the events to the supervisor and department Manager.
• To ensure strict compliance with Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practices according to Thai Law (equivalent to PIC/s GMP) and other relevant GxPs as well as Marketing authorization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree is preferable.
• New graduates or 0-1 years of experience in Biological Research or Industry and/or 0-1 years in scientists' level in vaccine development with GMP environment.
• Strong scientific background and technical skills, experience in conjugation and formulation activities is a plus.
• Good communication skills.
• Fluent in both written and spoken English.
• Good knowledge of cGMP/GLP and other relevant GxPs.