Biotech Downstream Supervisor

We have an exciting opportunity for a **Manufacturing Supervisor (Biotech Downstream)**to join the Biotechnology Manufacturing Facility team in Broadmeadows. Reporting to the Senior Manager Downstream, this role will provide operational leadership and technical expertise to support the manufacture of recombinant protein Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) while ensuring compliance with quality, safety, and regulatory requirements.

This is an ongoing permanent opportunity.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise Manufacturing Associates and Manufacturing Assistants to deliver operational objectives.
• Plan and execute routine manufacturing activities for recombinant protein APIs.
• Support equipment commissioning, validation, and re-validation activities.
• Participate in technology transfer activities for new products and manufacturing processes.
• Ensure compliance with cGxP, quality, safety, and environmental requirements.
• Lead investigations of production deviations and implement corrective actions.
• Review production documentation and ensure adherence to good documentation practices.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and cross-functional projects.

About You

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Chemical/Process Engineering, Food Science, or a related discipline.
• Experience in cGxP regulated manufacturing or food production environments.
• Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing, process operations, and quality systems.
• Demonstrated leadership and people management capability.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, organisational, and communication skills.
• A proactive approach with the ability to perform in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment.

 

This is an exciting opportunity to shape new manufacturing capabilities, build team capability, and make a significant contribution to the successful delivery of CSL's future operations.

How to Apply

Please submit your application, including your CV, as a single document.

About CSL Behring

CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.

CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.

To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor  visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/.

Our Benefits

For more information on CSL benefits visit How CSL Supports Your Well-being | CSL.

You Belong at CSL

At CSL, Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out. By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity and empathy, we are able to better understand and connect with our patients and donors, foster strong relationships with our stakeholders, and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our company and industry into the future.

 To learn more about inclusion and belonging visit https://www.csl.com/careers/inclusion-and-belonging

Equal Opportunity Employer

CSL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please visit https://www.csl.com/accessibility-statement.