Description

ICON Government and Public Health Solutions specializes in preclinical through phase IV support of clinical research and clinical trial services for biologics, drugs, and devices. We help our customers get their products to market faster with a wide array of research, regulatory, and sponsor services both within the US and around the globe and respond rapidly to global health crises.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Reasonable Accommodation Statement:

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

- Provide expert-level mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineering support by performing aerosol exposures and facilitating the design and maintenance of aerosol exposure equipment. Test and design new equipment, execute scientific studies, analyze data, and maintain laboratory space and equipment. Will attend training scheduled and provided by qualified division staff.

- Generate, characterize and sample biological aerosols to support pathogenesis and medical countermeasure studies against biothreat agents. This shall include animal plethysmography, aerosol supervision and assisting; attendance is required at scheduled trainings provided by qualified division staff. All laboratory tasks shall be conducted under the guidance of a study Principal Investigator and under the authority of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and in compliance with GLP standards. Studies will be conducted in a BSL-2, BSL-3, or BSL-4 laboratory environment. Workload is approximately 100 - 200 aerosol exposures per year.

- Assist with SOP writing, revision and review to meet GLP requirements. Workload is typically ten (10) to fifteen (15) SOPs per year.

- Assemble, maintain and troubleshoot aerosol systems to support medical countermeasure studies. Record and document all equipment maintenance IAW USAMRIID SOPs and in compliance with GLP standards. Calibrate, validate and certify approximately ten (10) to fifteen (15) systems per year.

- Perform and supervise biological decontamination procedures for Class III biosafety cabinets post-aerosol. Typical workload is approximately 100 - 200 decontaminations per year.

- Certify and maintain Class III biosafety cabinets IAW USAMRIID SOPs and GLP standards. Typical workload is approximately fifteen (15) to twenty (20) Class III biosafety cabinets and transporters.

- Coordinate and collaborate with Aerobiology leadership and personnel to assist in the development and implementation of a division technical training program. Contract staff will receive necessary training and once qualified by division leadership, assist in the training of other technical staff.

- Complete annual GLP training and maintain records at that standard IAW all applicable regulations and USAMRIID SOPs.

- Timely report observations of safety or standard operating procedure non-compliance IAW applicable USAMRIID SOPs, guidance and regulations.

- Hold and maintain BPRP status IAW the provisions in this contract and applicable regulations.

Candidates for positions under ICON Government and Public Health Solutions contracts with the Department of Defense (DoD) may be required to pass one or more background/security investigations conducted by the DoD, U.S. Army, or other Federal Government agency.Qualifications

Education
Bachelors of Engineering (required)

Experience
2 years: Relevant aerobiology experience (required)
Enroll and maintain eligibility in the Biological Personnel Reliability Program in order to work in BSL-3 and BSL-4 (required)
Must be a US citizen. (required)

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c).