Operations Support Technician

About PSC Biotech

Who we are?

PSC Biotech is a leading Biotech Consultancy firm founded in 1996, headquartered in Pomona, California, USA, with Global operations in Ireland, India, Singapore, Australia, and the US, serving 350 clients in more than 23 countries worldwide. We provide cloud-based software solutions for Quality Management and Regulatory Inspections, pharmaceuticals contract manufacturing professionals, and metrology services to our clients.

Take your Career to a new Level

PSC Biotech disrupts the conventional consultancy model by aligning our EVP as one of the unique selling points which includes the opportunity to work with the most talented cohort of like-minded professionals operating in the Pharma/ Biotech Industry. We offer a permanent contract of employment giving exposure of working in Top Pharmaceutical client sites in a diverse-cultural work setting.

Employee Value Proposition

Employees are the heartbeat of PSC Biotech, we provide unparalleled empowering career development though Learning & Development in-house training mentorship through constant guidance to facilitate career progression. We believe in creating high performing teams that can exceed our client s expectations with regards to quality of all scalable and business unit deliverables, staying under budget and ensuring timelines for our deliverables are being met.

Requirements

This role is for Operational Support in a facility working with bovine calves to produce starter material for a cattle vaccine. The role may require some interaction with the calves and will involve handling and processing their faeces, in which the parasite of interest resides, and which must be recovered to manufacture the vaccine.

The process is largely manual involving physical input such as loading plates with faeces and inserting them onto wheeled racks, then manoeuvring the racks into and out of incubation. The role requires good attention to detail and housekeeping e.g. tidying and cleaning of work equipment and areas at the end of a session, plus completion of basic paper records.

Role Functions

Production duties including handling (harvesting & incubation) of calf faeces plus recovery of larvae therefrom.

Maintenance of high housekeeping standards including cleaning, tidying and completion of basic paper records.

Potential for interaction with the calves e.g. collecting faeces, turning out and in for exercise/socialisation plus performance of animal husbandry duties like provision of feed, bedding, water and general checks on wellbeing, reporting of concerns etc.

To assist production staff at Milton Keynes with picking & packing type operations as required.

Experience, Knowledge & Skills

Willingness to be involved in mostly physical work (including weekends) is required.

Experience in an environment following SOPs (or similar) and completion of paper records is desired.

Ability to get to primary site (Graveley) and between primary and secondary sites (Graveley and Milton Keynes) for prompt start times is required.

Experience and/or confidence to work with calves/livestock is desired, but not essential.

Qualifications & Education

No formal qualifications required but ability to read and follow instructions plus write entries into paper records is required.

This role is for Operational Support in a facility working with bovine calves to produce starter material for a cattle vaccine. The role may require some interaction with the calves and will involve handling and processing their faeces, in which the parasite of interest resides, and which must be recovered to manufacture the vaccine. The process is largely manual involving physical input such as loading plates with faeces and inserting them onto wheeled racks, then manoeuvring the racks into and out of incubation. The role requires good attention to detail and housekeeping e.g. tidying and cleaning of work equipment and areas at the end of a session, plus completion of basic paper records. Role Functions Workwear including personal protective equipment (PPE) will be provided together with training on how to complete tasks according to standard operating procedure (SOP). Production duties including handling (harvesting & incubation) of calf faeces plus recovery of larvae therefrom. Maintenance of high housekeeping standards including cleaning, tidying and completion of basic paper records. Potential for interaction with the calves e.g. collecting faeces, turning out and in for exercise/socialisation plus performance of animal husbandry duties like provision of feed, bedding, water and general checks on wellbeing, reporting of concerns etc. To assist production staff at Milton Keynes with picking & packing type operations as required. Experience, Knowledge & Skills Willingness to be involved in mostly physical work (including weekends) is required. Experience in an environment following SOPs (or similar) and completion of paper records is desired. Ability to get to primary site (Graveley) and between primary and secondary sites (Graveley and Milton Keynes) for prompt start times is required. Experience and/or confidence to work with calves/livestock is desired, but not essential. Qualifications & Education No formal qualifications required but ability to read and follow instructions plus write entries into paper records is required.