Manufacturing Team Lead - Primary Cells (Biotech)
Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. While we work in science, there's no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that's the kind of work we want to be part of.
The Manufacturing Team Lead – Primary Cells position is based at our Durham, NC facility and plays a key role in supervising and supporting the Production team responsible for manufacturing primary cell products derived from human and animal tissues for use in research. This individual coordinate daily lab operations, provides hands-on training, and ensures all procedures are executed accurately, efficiently, and in compliance with SOPs. As the subject matter expert (SME) for hepatocyte isolations from both human and animal livers, the Team Lead is responsible for performing, training, and continuously optimizing isolation techniques. This role requires flexibility, including participation in a rotating on-call schedule (weekdays, weekends, and holidays) and overtime.
Key Responsibilities:
Acts as the SME for hepatocyte isolations (human and animal): conducts isolations, trains staff on isolations, and optimizes procedures to ensure isolated product meets quality standards
Performs isolations of additional primary human and animal cell types from various organs and tissues as required (lung, kidney, bone, blood, etc.)
Performs screening, feeding, passaging, harvesting and cryopreservation of cells
Maintains lab in good working order, which includes scheduling and coordinating daily, weekly, and monthly laboratory activities to meet company objectives, ensuring equipment is operational and maintained, and necessary materials are ordered and stocked
Responsible for writing and updating of SOPs
Responsible for peer review of batch records and ensuring cell specific logs are maintained and meet quality standards
Prepares media and other materials used in production processes and ensures products are packaged and labeled according to specifications
Generates and participates in an on-call rotations (weekdays, weekends, and holidays) to support isolations, feeds, splits, cryopreservation, and other tasks required outside of regular business hours.
Performs other duties as assigned
Key Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Life sciences with 5+ years cell culture/biology experience (Years of experience may substitute for education in some instances.)
Experience isolating hepatocytes from livers required
Experience and comfort working with rodents
Proven experience in leading, coaching, and training/developing team members
Aseptic technique and experience in cell culture required including the ability to use pipettes and other scientific equipment including microscopes, laminar flow biological safety cabinet, and centrifuges
Ability to read and follow SOPs and understand the importance of SOP compliance
Ability to learn multiple procedures and understand importance of specific scientific techniques
Written and oral communication skills to include accurate and legible documentation skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Computer skills including Microsoft Office and familiarity with databases
Organization skills, recordkeeping, filing, time management skills, regular attendance are required
Self-motivated, strong work ethic, and ability to “get the job done” and take responsibility for results without direct authority
Working Conditions:
A majority of the work is done in a laboratory environment.
Individual is required to wear, gown, booties, hair net, gloves, mask, and safety glasses.
Working conditions can include heavy lifting (up to 50 lbs), confined space (small lab areas), repetitive motion (vialing with Wheaton and Eppendorff, pipetting, processing tissue), excessive noise (from HEPA filters in ceiling and hoods all day), and chemical hazards including acids, bases, Trypan Blue, DMSO, formalin, PMA
We recognize that attracting, developing and retaining the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure that we are able to attract the best candidates. As required by law in this state, the quoted salary range for this on-site position is $68,000.00 – $108,000.00. We use broad salary ranges that reflect the competitive market for similar jobs, provide sufficient opportunity for growth as you gain experience and expand responsibilities; while also allowing for differentiation on performance based on the breadth of our ranges, most new hires will start at the company between the lower and the middle part of the applicable range. We tailor our offers within the range based on job-related factors, including organizational needs, internal equity, market data, geographic area and the selected candidate's experience, education, industry knowledge, location, technical and/or communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the selection process. This range is only inclusive of base salary, and base pay is just one component of Lonza's total compensation package for employees. Full-time employees are eligible to receive a performance-related bonus, as well as a comprehensive benefits package including medical and dental coverage, 401k plan, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off (PTO), and more.
Every day, Lonza's products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.
People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.
Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
