# Microbiology Analyst Chemist

**Company**: Pfizer
**Location**: Toluca
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Other
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

At Pfizer, quality and safety start with excellence in microbiological processes. As a Microbiology Analyst Chemist, you will be part of a team ensuring the microbiological quality of pharmaceutical products, critical systems, and controlled environments that directly impact medication production for patients globally.

**Responsibilities**

In this role, you will:

- Conduct microbiological analysis of raw materials, in-process products, finished products, stability studies, and critical systems.

- Perform environmental monitoring and sampling of critical systems, including water, steam, and nitrogen, to ensure compliance with established quality standards.

- Prepare and use culture media, reagents, standards, and microbiological strains according to internal SOPs.

- Analyse, document, and report microbiological results following data integrity and good documentation practices principles.

- Identify out-of-specification results, adverse trends, or events that may pose a risk to product quality.

- Participate in validation studies of processes, holding times, transfers, and implementation of microbiological methods.

- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure compliance with regulatory and quality requirements.

- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, process standardisation, and operational excellence within the laboratory.

**Requirements**

- Completed degree in QFB, QBP, QFI, or related fields in chemical, pharmaceutical, or biological sciences.

- At least 2 years of experience in a microbiological laboratory within the pharmaceutical industry.

- Knowledge of microbiological analysis of pharmaceutical products and critical systems.

- Experience in environmental monitoring and pharmaceutical water systems.

- Familiarity with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), Good Documentation Practices, and Data Integrity.

- Ability to analyse information, solve problems, and work in highly regulated environments.

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools.

- Basic to intermediate English language comprehension for technical procedures and documentation.

**Desirable Requirements**

- Laboratory management systems.

- Validation or implementation of microbiological methods.

- Analysis of microbiological trends and critical systems.

- Support for regulatory audits and inspections.

- Mastery of aseptic techniques and contamination control.

- Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.

- Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively in multidisciplinary teams.

- Skill in managing multiple activities and priorities simultaneously.

- Experience with artificial intelligence tools, including generative technologies like Microsoft Copilot, to support problem-solving and productivity improvement.

## Skills

### Required
- Microbiological analysis
- Environmental monitoring
- Good Manufacturing Practices
- Good Laboratory Practices
- Microsoft Office
- English language

### Nice to have
- Laboratory management systems
- Validation of microbiological methods
- Microbiological trend analysis
- Aseptic techniques
- Artificial intelligence tools

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