Intern, Quality Control Microbiology

Job Description

Our Company is an innovative, global healthcare leader that is committed to improving health and well-being around the world. Our product offering categories include oncology products, vaccines, infectious diseases and animal health. We continue to focus our research on conditions that affect millions of people around the world while expanding our strengths in areas like vaccines and biologics. We also devote extensive time and energy to increasing access to medicines and vaccines through far-reaching programs that donate and deliver our products to the people who need them.

Quality Control (QC) Microbiology, is part of our Manufacturing Division, where we ensure that safe and efficacious medicines and consumer healthcare products are delivered to patients around the world every day through accurate and reliable testing services.

As part of the QC Microbiology team in Singapore, Microbiologists and Analysts also qualify competent employees to perform precise sampling to monitor the quality of the facility's critical systems, such as water systems and cleanrooms to meet pharmaceutical grade waters and classifications for its intended manufacturing use. The data generated from the laboratory is analyzed by the Microbiology department, and valuable in supporting the Manufacturing Division for decision making, and as sharing for other network sites to leverage on.

Intern's main responsibilities are as follows:

- Participate and support continuous improvement initiatives as part of the Organisation Production System, in the gemba, problem solving, solution development, planning, execution and presentation

- Provide data management support to laboratory staffs for GLIMS results related to critical utility and cleanrooms, compilation of data to support trending for microbiologists

- Provide administrative support to laboratory staffs such as management of logbooks, request for high critical controlled datasheets and filing of laboratory data sheets

- Any other tasks as assigned by the supervisor

Job Requirements
- Candidates who are pursuing diploma of related field
- The intern is expected to be an excellent team player who is meticulous, good attitude, willing to learn and able to work independently. Intern is also expected to be effective in communication and presentation, proficient with IT e.g. Microsoft office, as well as good critical thinking and problem solving skills. Basic cGMP knowledge and professional behavior is a must.

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