Senior Specialist - QC Microbiology

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. Bristol-Myers Squibb (Cruiserath Campus) is seeking to recruit a Senior Specialist to join the Environmental Monitoring & Utilities team within QC Microbiology. This role brings together training coordination and delivery responsibilities with the technical testing, compliance, and support responsibilities of a QC Senior Specialist. The successful candidate will report to the QC Microbiology Manager and will dedicate approximately 40% of their time to training coordination and delivery activities for the team, with the remaining 60% of their time spent performing Senior Specialist duties, including Environmental Monitoring, Utility Sampling, Biological Indicator testing, Short Turn Around Time (STAT) testing for Protein Concentration, Media Fill reads and laboratory compliance activities.

Training Coordination & Delivery (approx. 40% of role) •     Perform Door 2 Floor (D2F) induction training for new employees in line with the D2F schedule. •     Deliver training for new and existing employees across all required on-the-job (OJT) training within the team. •     Take ownership for training progression on shift, ensuring OJTs are planned, delivered, and completed by appropriately qualified personnel, while maximising opportunities for peer-to-peer training and knowledge transfer. •     Support the Training Manager with coordination of the D2F programme and OJT training. •     Actively work to ensure training metrics are met and that assigned training is completed on time. •     Monitor training progress in real time, anticipate obstacles, and implement timely solutions. •     Support amendments to on-the-job training content to enhance delivery and quality. •     Assign or amend curricula as required to support training needs. •     Support completion of training waivers where required. •     Apply a continuous improvement mindset to enhance training delivered to the team. •     Collaborate with functional area personnel and Quality system owners to support implementation of process improvements. •     Approve SOPs, training documents, and related materials where required. Senior Specialist – Environmental Monitoring & Utilities (approx. 60% of role) •     Perform QC Environmental Monitoring in cleanrooms and Utility Sampling (Water and Gas Systems), with associated testing and timely, accurate completion of laboratory documentation. •     Provide support to other departments to ensure qualification and production schedules are adhered to. •     Work on own initiative with minimum supervision, and as part of a team. •     Assist in authoring and reviewing documentation, including trend reports, SOPs, risk assessments and training materials as required. •     Keep abreast of current corporate and industry requirements and compliance trends relevant to laboratory operations and aseptic manufacturing. •     Review batch paperwork and data, and reconcile analyses performed in the laboratory; ensure out-of-specification results are investigated per site procedures. •     Assist with excursions and out-of-specification investigations. •     Maintain a high standard of housekeeping and safety in the laboratory, with adherence to and improvement upon lean lab and 6S practices. •     Perform QC testing or other QC support activities as