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ManpowerGroup - Rahway, NJ
posted about 2 months ago
Full-time - Senior
Rahway, NJ
Administrative and Support Services
About the position
The Biochemist - III (Senior) position at ManpowerGroup involves working in the Protein Engineering group to support biochemistry capabilities. The role focuses on designing and engineering enzymes and therapeutic proteins/peptides to facilitate drug discovery and development. The successful candidate will manipulate DNA to produce enzymes, set up reactions, and analyze data generated in support of protein-directed evolution workflows.
Responsibilities
- Manipulate DNA to produce enzymes in cell-free or E. coli expression systems.
- Set up reactions using enzyme preparations as catalyst solutions.
- Quench reactions and prepare them for HPLC or MS analysis.
- Analyze data generated in support of protein-directed evolution workflows.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in biological, biochemistry, engineering, or chemical science with a minimum of 4 years of experience, or an MS degree with 2+ years, or a PhD with 0-1 year of experience.
- Hands-on experience with laboratory automation techniques, especially Biomek or Tecan liquid handling systems.
- Experience with various analytical methods including HPLC, LC-MS, spectrophotometry, gel electrophoresis, and FPLC.
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word/Excel).
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent teamwork and multitasking abilities.
- Good documentation skills for experimental reports.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with HPLC and LC-MS, particularly with Agilent systems.
- Experience in protein characterization and purification.
- Experience in molecular biology and/or protein expression platforms (cell-free, microbial, yeast, bacillus, mammalian).
- Industry experience is preferred.
