Microbiologist

**THE OPPORTUNITY**
- ** Be part of the team that ensures sustainable products meets standard quality and committed to deliver to customers worldwide**:

- ** Based in Singapore**, the regional hub for **Asia Pacific (AP) **and **top-ranked biopharmaceutical company on the Straits Times **and** Statista’s list of Best Employers in Singapore for two consecutive years (2020, 2021).**:

- Join the** premier biopharmaceutical company** that has been **in Singapore for more than 25 years and in AP for over 60 years.**

Our Quality Assurance group ensures every single material inside our products is manufactured, processed, tested, packaged, stored and distributed aligned with our incredibly high standards of quality and meets all regulatory requirements. Partnering across our internal manufacturing facilities, external contract manufacturers and suppliers we create an interdependent global manufacturing network committed to deliver a compliant, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time, across the globe.

QC Microbiology team in Singapore, as part of the company Biotech Facility performs quality monitoring of the facility's critical utility systems such as pharmaceutical grade water systems, environmental monitoring of classified cleanrooms for their intended usage in sterile drug product manufacture, in-process testing and final product microbiological release testing, as well as and analysis to support the Manufacturing Division for decision making / sharing for other network sites to leverage on.

**What will you do**
- Perform routine/non-routine quality monitoring and testing of utility systems and environmental monitoring of facility inclusive of Purified Water, Water for Injection, Pure steam, Compressed Gases, Classified Cleanrooms, Hygienic Areas and Laboratories.
- Perform in-process and release samples testing of excipient/ packaging components for the different drug products, semi-finished drug product and drug substances. i.e., Sterility test, Bacterial endotoxin test, Bioburden test, Microbial Limits Test, etc., as appropriate
- Perform media receival, sterility check and Growth Promotion Tests for media used for testing, as well as culture maintenance, and microbial identification
- Documentation support to the department by participating in writing/revising of SOPs, protocols, Test reports, and any other work assigned by the Senior, Lead Microbiologist, Sr/ Manager.
- Liaise with external vendors and suppliers on instrument calibration, maintenance, and laboratory consumables.

**What you must have**
- Degree in Life Science or related discipline
- Preferably with 2 years’ experience in pharmaceutical industry. **Fresh graduates with relevant internship experience will be considered**:

- Good understanding of Safety and cGMP practices with previous OJT is preferred
- Experience in operating laboratory equipment and lab computer systems is very desirable.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Analytical development mindset in research and commercialization activities
- Computer Literacy

**WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT**
- Limitless opportunities across various areas in Manufacturing; well-structured career path
- A state-of-the-art facility that delivers solution to its customers world-wide

Our Manufacturing & Supply Division is committed to be the most trusted supplier of bio-pharmaceuticals worldwide. Our facilities, along with our external contractors, suppliers, and partners, create an interdependent global manufacturing network that’s committed to delivering a high quality, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time.

**Who we are **

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

**What we look for **

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approa