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Microbiologist I

Katalyst Healthcares & Life Sciences
Lake, IL Contractor
POSTED ON 12/15/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/15/2026
Job description:
Collects environmental and utility samples for microbiological and chemical testing. Performs microbiological testing on water and swabs.

Responsibilities:

  • Implements, maintains, and makes changes to create global solutions for a safe work environment and good manufacturing practices in accordance with procedural requirements.
  • Maintains training certifications as needed for assigned job tasks and takes responsibility to add new training diversification to meet broader team objectives.
  • Performs analytical or microbial test methods and changes as written to support product and material release with minimal error.
  • Accepts responsibility for all data generated to support material release and to complete assigned tasks as committed.
  • Independently troubleshoots and resolves analytical techniques and instrument issues.
  • Interprets experimental data for conformance with product/material specifications.
  • Understands and identifies laboratory techniques or instrumental performance in accordance with scientific principles.
  • Proposes and implements experimental design to determine exception root cause.
  • Demonstrates logical thought processes in order to determine possible contributors to exception events and initiates appropriate exception documents in accordance with procedural requirements.
  • Can work in multiple laboratory functional areas as assigned and can effectively perform a multitude of laboratory techniques for which they are trained on with minimal error, while adjusting to unforeseen technical or logistical obstacles to accomplish assignments.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Biology; Associate's Degree with at least 2 years of lab experience; High School Diploma with at least 5 years of directly related laboratory experience.
  • Ability to work with general supervision but effectively manages their own time to multi-task based upon their completed training matrix.
  • Participates and contributes to assigned teams to meet broader business objectives.
  • Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: Incumbents in this class are subject to extended periods of sitting, standing, walking, lifting materials weighing up to 25 pounds, vision to monitor and moderate to loud noise levels.
  • Work is performed in manufacturing and laboratory environments.

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