Biotech Associate Job at MSD, Ireland | Freshers, Apply Online
How are living cell cultures transformed into biologic drug substances? This Biotech Associate Job at MSD’s Dunboyne Biologics facility offers the opportunity to support that manufacturing process. Working within a self-directed shift team, the Manufacturing Biotech Associate will help deliver batch operations, monitor equipment and resolve production issues while maintaining quality and safety standards.
- Position: Manufacturing Biotech Associate
- Location: Dunboyne, County Meath, Ireland
- Employment: Full-time, site-based
- Schedule: 24/5 operations with rotating day and night shifts
- Requisition ID: R426570
About The Company
Dunboyne Biologics is a single-use, multiproduct biotechnology facility that joined MSD’s network in September 2020. As the company’s first Biologics Drug Substance Single Use Commercialisation Facility, it supports the commercialization of key medicines.
Biotech Associate Job: Role Overview
In this Biotech Associate Job, the associate will support biologic drug substance production, from inoculation and cell culture through filtration and purification. The role involves preparing and operating equipment, following automated recipes through paperless systems, and completing cleaning, validation and in-process testing activities.
Team members are expected to identify improvements while following Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare, operate and monitor equipment during manufacturing batches.
- Follow automated production recipes using paperless technology and business systems.
- Support inoculation, cell culture, filtration and purification activities.
- Set up single-use equipment between production runs.
- Perform cleaning, validation and in-process testing tasks.
- Identify and help resolve manufacturing issues.
- Improve processing activities through standard work and lean techniques.
- Maintain a strong focus on safety, right-first-time execution and team development.
Education and Experience
Applicants should have:
- A qualification in a technical, engineering or science-based discipline, or equivalent.
- Zero to three years of biotechnology and/or pharmaceutical industry experience, or equivalent.
- Experience in a highly regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
Understanding biologic drug substance production is important; relevant production experience is an advantage.
Technical and Professional Skills
Relevant skills include cell culture, media preparation, GMP documentation, in-process testing, equipment maintenance and manufacturing quality control.
Candidates should also demonstrate logical thinking, proactive problem-solving and the ability to work constructively under pressure. Flexibility, self-motivation and confidence working both independently and within a shift team are essential.
Working Arrangements
This is a site-based position requiring rotating day and night shifts within a 24/5 operation. No travel is required.
Salary and benefits are not specified in the supplied posting.
Application Details
- Application cutoff: November 19, 2026, at 11:59 PM.
- Listed posting end date: November 20, 2026.
For candidates interested in the practical side of biologics production, this Biotech Associate Job offers involvement across cell culture, purification and manufacturing operations. Bring your technical foundation, commitment to GMP and collaborative approach to a team helping prepare medicines for patients.
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