Gummy Production Process Engineer - Pharma/Nutraceutical

Lavida Pharmaceuticals; Sydney; In loco; AUD 95.000 - 140.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Lavida Pharmaceuticals in Sydney seeks a Production Process Technician/Product Development Chemist to develop, optimise and maintain pharmaceutical manufacturing processes at Eastern Creek. Initial focus on gummy production with involvement across dosage forms and scale-up to commercial manufacturing.

The role covers equipment evaluation, process parameter optimization, validation, and continuous improvement across GMP-compliant operations, with collaboration among QA, Engineering and NPD teams.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Pharmaceutical, Nutrition, Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical, Chemical or Process Engineering, or related field.
• Experience in product development, process or manufacturing engineering.
• Experience analyzing and improving manufacturing equipment, processes, capacity and production performance.
• Experience supporting equipment installation, commissioning or qualification.
• Experience in gummy, confectionery, food or regulated process manufacturing is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of risk assessment, root-cause analysis and continuous improvement.
• Strong technical-report writing, data-analysis and problem-solving capabilities.
• Commercially responsible engineering decisions with good communication and time-management.

Mansioni

• Develop, review and optimize manufacturing processes for gummy products and other dosage forms.
• Evaluate equipment, processing parameters, plant capacity, material flow and layouts to improve productivity and quality.
• Prepare process-flow diagrams, equipment specs, operating parameters and engineering calculations.
• Provide engineering support across gummy manufacturing activities, including ingredient preparation, cooking, depositing, moulding, cooling and packing.
• Investigate variability, defects, losses, yield issues and risks, implementing lean solutions.
• Coordinate equipment selection, installation, modification, commissioning and qualification.
• Prepare technical specs, layouts, commissioning protocols and change documentation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and ensure GMP, safety and compliance.
• Support technology transfer, validation batches and scale-up from laboratory to production.

Conoscenze

Process engineering

Manufacturing optimization

Data analysis

Quality systems

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical/Engineering

Descrizione del lavoro

Lavida Pharmaceuticals in Sydney seeks a Production Process Technician/Product Development Chemist to develop, optimise and maintain pharmaceutical manufacturing processes at Eastern Creek. Initial focus on gummy production with involvement across dosage forms and scale-up to commercial manufacturing.

The role covers equipment evaluation, process parameter optimization, validation, and continuous improvement across GMP-compliant operations, with collaboration among QA, Engineering and NPD teams.