Co-Op, Quality Control Operations

Who is BlueRock?

BlueRock Therapeutics LP is a clinical stage cell therapy harnessing the power of cell therapy to create a pipeline of new medicines for people suffering from neurological and ophthalmic diseases. Two of our novel investigational cell therapies, bemdaneprocel (BRT-DA01) for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and OpCT-001 for the treatment of primary photoreceptor diseases are clinical stage programs. BlueRock was founded in 2016 as a joint venture of Versant Ventures and Leaps by Bayer. Our culture is defined by the courage to persist regardless of the challenge, the urgency to transform medicine and deliver hope, integrity guided by mission, and community-mindedness with the understanding that we are all part of something bigger than ourselves.

What Are We Doing?

Our foundational science harnesses the ability to create and then direct the differentiation of universal pluripotent stem cells into authentic, functional cells that can be used as allogeneic cellular therapies to treat a broad array of diseases. We can also further engineer these cells, enabling them to produce enzymes, antibodies, and other proteins for additional therapeutic benefit.
We are passionate about delivering on the promise of cellular and gene therapy, shaping the future of cellular medicine, and delivering new therapies to millions of patients with treatment options.
We are seeking individuals who are collaborative, thrive in a fun and dynamic culture, and are steadfast in the commitment to advance cutting-edge cellular therapies to impact patients’ lives.

The Quality Control Operations (QC Ops) Co-Op is responsible for providing support for the QC Ops team for wide variety of QC Operational requirements for the laboratory activities facilitating testing of cell-based therapeutics destined for human clinical trials. The successful candidate will report to QC Ops Manager and work closely with the A&QC teams and sub-teams and other cross-functional teams as required.

Responsibilities:
• Support the QC Ops team with purchasing reagents and consumables for QC laboratory operations.

• Support the team with receiving and stocking reagents and consumables appropriately and updating appropriate forms and completing relevant documentations.

• Coordinate and maintain material management within the laboratory for consumables, reagents, and standards inventory.

• Maintain and regularly update the Cryo sample management system.

• Assist with general lab upkeep including equipment checks, maintenance and reagent inventory and preparation and review of logbooks.

• Set up shipping requests in portals for outsource testing.

• Assist the team with shipping samples for outsource testing.

• Assist in maintaining an accurate inventory of reagents and consumables.

• Assist the team in generating tools and templates for process development.

• Other duties as required.

Qualifications & Requirements:
• Have (Currently enrolled in a degree program at an accredited college or university cell biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, biotechnology, or related field of study.

• Possess the ability to work a 6-month assignment, full-time.

• Must be 18 years of age by the start of the internship/co-op.

• Must have transportation to the site in Toronto, ON, CA.

• This position is intended to be on-site, and candidates will be informed should anything change.

• Excellent organizational skills, sufficient to multi-task in an extremely fast-paced environment with changing priorities.

• Self-motivated and with a proven ability to be highly productive and successful in a fast-paced work environment, with excellent attention to detail.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to engage stakeholders across multiple functional areas.

Work Environment:
• In this position you will work in a controlled laboratory environment

• You may be periodically required to move heavy equipment/boxes around up to 50 lbs

• Working in the laboratory requires mandatory use of personal protective equipment.

BlueRock Therapeutics Company Culture Highlights
Winner of Boston Business Journal's Best Places to Work (Mid-size Company) 2023
Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Company for Diversity 2022
Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Company for Women 2022
Winner of Comparably's Award for Best CEO 2022
BlueRock Therapeutics is ranked in the top 5% of companies for Overall Culture on Comparably.
Engineering Department is ranked in the top 5% of companies for Overall Culture on Comparably.

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Equal Opportunity Workplace: At BlueRock, we welcome and support differences and diversity and we are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Please let us know if you require disability-related accommodation or other grounds protected by human rights legislation during the recruitment process so that we can work with you to meet your needs.