Microbiologist jobs in Trenton, NJ

Division Overview

Eugia is US-based independent specialty pharmaceutical company focused on generic sterile injectables, oncology, hormones, and ophthalmic medicines. Eugia has best-in-class, dedicated manufacturing and R&D capabilities to meet customer needs as they emerge. We are committed to consistently providing our customers with high quality specialty medicines.

Eugia’s mission is to make the process of buying specialty pharmaceutical products an experience customers look forward to, and our vision is to become synonymous with excellent customer service and continuously improve upon this excellence by being transparent, responsive, and consistent. We are expanding Eugia’s capabilities to include the manufacture of highly complex injectables to answer that need.

Eugia is the partner of choice to deliver on the promise of generic specialty pharmaceuticals.

Job Overview

The Microbiologist I is responsible for performing microbiological testing to support manufacturing processes (Environmental Monitoring), assessing the strength, identity and purity of test samples and/or materials as required.

This position is located onsite at our East Windsor facility. Candidate must live within commutable distance to the facility. 

Responsibilities

• Completes testing and documents in compliance with Good Documentation Practices.
• Carries out documentation, investigation, author incident reports, and conducts corrective actions as assigned.
• Performs good housekeeping practices.
• Follows safety related policies. Makes recommendations.
• The Microbiologist will work as a member of team to effectively plan and Microbiology testing using established (official in USP and/or in-house) test procedures.
• The Microbiology may execute 90% - 100% of their work at the bench level.  

Qualifications - Skills & Requirements

• Microbiological method development and method validation procedures like BET, Sterility, MLT, BIO Assay and Disinfectant qualification and microbiological hold time validation, Container closure integrity validation.
• Must be able to legally work in the US without requiring sponsorship

This is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, or requirements associated with the role. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned with or without notice.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Microbiology or Biological Science and/or at least Bachelor of Arts (B. A.) degree in Life Science with a minimum of two years of experience in a GMP laboratory environment or equivalent
• Experience with sterile aseptic techniques for laboratory and clean room practices

Physical Requirements

Additional Physical Requirements

Blood/Fluid Exposure Risk