Production Officer - Primary Manufacturing (Downstream)

BIONET (Bang Pa-in)

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.

Detail posisi

Main duty of Production Officer, working in downstream processing area is to plan and execution the experiments and routine activities related to the downstream processing as per the agreed timelines at BioNet - Asia Co., Ltd.

Kewajiban

• Develop experiment plan, strategy and execution according to the agreed timelines.
• Pilot facility commissioning, validation and monitoring
• Documentation as per the regulatory requirements
• GMP compliance as per regulatory requirements.
• Work performed base on the productivity, teamwork and cooperation.
• Planning and projection of various raw materials and consumables requirement of the department.
• Handling of equipment, supervision and maintenance follow up with complete documentation.
• Responsible for shop floor level implementation supervision and control of various activities of the downstream section and reporting of the events to the department
• Resolves the problems by examining and evaluating data by corrective steps.
• Discuss routinely with supervisor about the status of assigned programs and potential problems
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading technical publication.
• Other jobs assigned by superiors to support the organization achievement as well as cooperation in company rule and regulations, safety policy and all activities according to company policy.
• 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.
• Work in compliance with the company’s Health, safety & environment policy and procedures (ISO14001), regulations, requirement and manual and energy management.

Kualifikasi

• Bachelor’s, master’s degree in Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Microbiology or related fields is preferable.
• 2-5 years for bachelor’s and 0-2 year(s) for master’s degree of experience in Biological Industry or specialize in downstream processing and conscripted military status only
• Experience in purification process is preferable.
• Fluent in both written and spoken English.
• Good scientific background and technical skills.
• Good Scientific knowledge of vaccine development & cGMP/GLP and other relevant GxPs.