6-months VIE Assignment - Salt Lake City, USA - Quality Control Analyst

6-months VIE Assignment - Salt Lake City, USA - Quality Control Analyst

Location: Salt Lake City, United States

Position Type: VIE

Job Function: Manufacturing

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A world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics for more than 60 years, bioMérieux provides diagnostic solutions which determine the source of disease and contamination to improve patient health and ensure consumer safety.

In North America we have more than 6,200 team members across 11 sites or subsidiaries, including Salt Lake City-based BioFire Diagnostics and one subsidiary in Montreal, Canada.

Come and join a family-owned global company with a long-term vision, and a human-centered culture.

A family-owned company, bioMérieux has grown to become a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics. For more than 60 years and across the world, we have imagined and developed innovative diagnostics solutions to improve public health. Today, our teams are spread across 46 countries and serve 160 countries with the support of a large distribution network.

Come and join a family-owned global company with a long-term vision, and a human-centered culture.

Build with us the future bioMérieux production facility in La Balme-les-Grottes.

As part of its GO•28 strategic plan, bioMérieux is developing a new BIOFIRE production facility in La Balme-les-Grottes. The project is an ambitious international project bringing together teams from Salt Lake City, Grenoble and La Balme-les-Grottes around a common goal: building the industrial future of bioMérieux by replicating in France the expertise developed in the United States.

Why join the the future bioMérieux production facility in La Balme-les-Grottes?

You will benefit from an immersive experience in Salt Lake City before contributing to the deployment of activities at the La Balme-les-Grottes site. This is a unique opportunity to take part in the creation of a new production facility while developing valuable expertise in an international environment.

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Your mission

To support the growth of the TWINS team, we are looking for our future Quality Control Analyst who will report to the Manufacturing Leader.

Your main responsibilities:

Quality control activities:

• Learn and perform core laboratory operations, including setup and running BIOFIRE products that means PCR controls using reference materials and instruments, and strict adherence to WID/BR/SOP documentation.
• Shadow and support Team Leads, focusing on workflow organization, documentation compliance, troubleshooting, and coordination of daily production activities.
• Work with Technical Team Leads on advanced technical tasks (investigations, process improvements, troubleshooting).
• Work in collaboration with data science teams to understand automated analysis of QC data and QC criteria
• Shadow supervisors and managers to understand appropriate use of certain override features in QC LIMS (e.g. Terminate Testing, Off-tool Release, QCfail) and desired oversight to ensure lab data integrity
• Assist the QC Specialist in the oversight of lab safety and ergonomic improvement
• Participate in special projects as directed by QC lab management

Documentation, standardization & training:

• Contribute to the update or creation of WID, BR, SOP, and training materials for the La Balme site.

Quality, investigations & continuous improvement:

• Take part in testing, functional checks, and investigation activities (Quality Events, lab investigations, out-of-spec (OOS) investigations).

During your immersion in Salt Lake City:

• Train on the processes, methods and standards used at the U.S. site
• Develop the skills required to support the transfer of activities to France
• Build your expertise alongside American teams
• Prepare the transfer of knowledge to French teams

Upon your return to France:

• Contribute to the deployment of Quality Control activities at the La Balme-les-Grottes site
• Train and support French teams of Quality Control
• Support industrial transfer activities and project ramp-up
• Contribute to the development of future operational standards

Your profile

Education:

• Master's degree (bac +5) or Engineering degree in molecular biology, biotechnology, biochemistry, or equivalent.

Experience:

• First experience in laboratory in execution of functional tests and basic data analysis associated with laboratory activities, and laboratory technical writing/documentation review.

Skills:

• Molecular biology techniques (PCR, qPCR, RT-qPCR) are considered a plus
• Proficiency in statistical tools and experience in data science are considered a plus.
• Excellent communication skills: able to convey technical information clearly and effectively.
• Team spirit, emotional intelligence, curiosity and adaptability in an international multicultural environment.

Languages:

• English operational proficiency, written and spoken (minimum B2).
• French fluent

Additional information

• Start date: January 2027
• Location: Salt Lake City (USA), then La Balme-les-Grottes (France)
• Mobility type: VIE
• Duration of immersion: 6 months

Would you like to help build a new bioMérieux production facility and contribute to a strategic project that will shape the next stages of our development?

Join the adventure.

bioMérieux welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, physical characteristics, social origin, disability, union membership, religion, family status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any unlawful criterion under applicable law. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.

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BioMérieux Inc. and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. Please be advised that the receipt of satisfactory responses to reference requests and the provision of satisfactory proof of an applicant's identity and legal authorization to work in the United States are required of all new hires. Any misrepresentation, falsification, or material omission may result in the failure to receive an offer, the retraction of an offer, or if already hired, dismissal. If you are a qualified individual with a disability, you may request a reasonable accommodation in BioMérieux's or its affiliates' application process by contacting us via telephone at (385) 770-1132, by email at [email protected], or by dialing 711 for access to Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS).

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