Associate III, Manufacturing

Why Choose Us? Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else – it's as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world's largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better. When you choose to be a force for good, you'll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life's work with an ongoing mission that's bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you're cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work. Where Your Career is a Force for Good! What You Need to Know: The Diagnostic Manufacturing Division (DMD), which is an FDA licensed manufacturer of blood banking reagents, currently has a unique job opportunity for an experienced blood banker as a new product development specialist. You will join an experienced manufacturing team and will be trained to perform advanced manufacturing processing procedures to produce a variety of blood banking reagents. You will learn all aspects of reagent production including finishing and distribution. You will use your knowledge and experience to design, perform and interpret experiments for new product development as well as designing forms, records and verification/validation studies and protocols. You will establish requirements, identify formulations, verify and validate performance of new products. You will be able to use your excellent written, computer and verbal communication skills to communicate with customers, coordinate field testing trials, and write standard operating procedures as well as submissions to the FDA.The DMD team works collaboratively together, and you will become a part of the dedicated team that supplies the 44 Red Cross Immunohematology Reference Labs with quality, cost effective blood banking reagents. The DMD is located in Gaithersburg, Maryland, which is close to Washington, DC, and a wonderful, safe place to work and a great area to live. Standard Schedule : This is a salaried day shift position, with no weekends, holidays, evenings or night shifts. There is call responsibility, but only 2 to 4 weeks per year. You will have the flexibility to set your own schedule when required. Pay Information : The salary range for this position is: $90,000-$100,000.Note that American Red Cross salaries are aligned to the specific geographic location in which the work is primarily performed. Other factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. What You Need to Succeed:

Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and related experience required. MLS or MLT (ASCP) preferred

Experience: Minimum 5 years blood banking experience or equivalent combination of education and related Medical Technology or related field experience required. Management Experience: N/ASkills and Abilities: Ability to work on a team

Travel: May travel and participate in meetings and conferences throughout chapter jurisdiction, state and Red Cross system

Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 15 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The work environment will consist of moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phones and printers, light traffic). The employee must have the ability to work in a small cubicle and have the ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time.

Benefits: For YouMedical, Dental Vision plans Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending AccountsPTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on type of job and tenure

Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays 401K with up to 6% match Paid Family Leave Employee Assistance Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term Service Awards and recognition