This is where you save and sustain lives
At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.
Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.
Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.
Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives— where your purpose accelerates our mission.
Your Role at Baxter
This is where your creativity addresses challenges
You are creative, thorough, and a heads-down do-er. You embrace a challenge and truly apply the collaborative powers of your team to produce great results. You are motivated by work that is never the same from one day to the next. As a Quality Technician- Micro, you are unafraid of navigating through necessary internal processes to facilitate a product you deeply believe in. You can absorb and act on complex procedures and data and train your team or peers if needed. You take pride in getting things done quickly without sacrificing safety or quality.
Your Team at Baxter
Within Quality, every role makes a difference. Products that Baxter makes are shipped worldwide for patients in need. Whether it's building a new process from scratch or facing a never-before-seen production hurdle, individuals within Quality are given the trust and opportunity to bring creativity to the table. Regardless of your specific role with a product, it is sure to touch a portion of our global operation.
The mission of Baxter is to save and sustain lives. This mission is embedded into everything we do. This means if there is a decision to be made where quantity and quality are at odds, we will always choose quality. Our patients come first, always.
The Quality function values both working together as a team and independently. We draw energy from working in a plant or an office where there are opportunities to collaborate. As the company evolves, so does the way our team approaches work as it strives to create top-of-the-line products.
We build relationships with each other to get work done. Building these relationships is easy because we all share common traits of being reliable, ethical, and caring. We lean on our colleagues for their expertise and hold each other accountable. We feel empowered to speak up when there's a new insight or opportunity to improve something. This open dialog builds trust within the team and helps create a better product for our customers.
What you'll be doing
- Perform microbiological sampling and testing for product release, microbiological control and protocols as needed following company specifications and cSOP's. Assure that complies with company policies and internal and external regulations.
- Perform environmental (water) monitoring and Microbiological and Chemical tests, such as Total Organic Carbon, Conductivity, HPLC, pH, etc.
- Performs Chemical and Microbiological testing to initial, in-process and finished product.
- Control materials and inventory. Carry-out weekly inventory of USP standards, reagents, wastes, culture media and sampling equipment.
- Dispose toxic agents in compliance with Company policies and procedures.
- Support the training activities for new Laboratory Technicians in the assigned area.
- Complete all testing, including special projects and protocol testing, in a timely and appropriate manner.
- Ensure compliance with company SOP’s, specifications and company policies, FDA, GLP and GMP regulations.
- Support auditing microbiological test procedures and SOP's in the laboratory and submit changes, as required.
- Performs growth tests to culture media.
- Perform preventive maintenance to laboratory equipment as required.
- Provides supports on laboratory and production product sterilization autoclave qualification studies,
- Prepared media requested to perform the different testing at the Micro Lab.
- Fill out, analyze and understand all necessary documentation to comply with all specifications and company standards.
- Keep the working area clean and organized.
What you'll bring
Bachelor’s degree in Science (preferably in Chemistry, Microbiology, Biology, Medical Technology or Biotechnology); one to two years of previous experience and/or training is highly preferable.
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