Pharma Process Engineer: Continuous Improvement Lead

Prochem Engineering; Waterford; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

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Job summary

Prochem Engineering seeks a Process Engineer for a pharmaceutical client in Waterford. You will lead and support operations to develop and implement improvement initiatives across manufacturing and development processes.

Responsibilities include optimising operations, leading RCA, enabling capital projects, and ensuring quality documentation. Requires strong communication, DoE skills, and a drive for continuous improvement. A background in aseptic manufacturing is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Degree in Chemical, Industrial or equivalent Engineering discipline.
• Advanced degree in Pharmaceutics, Pharmacy or related science discipline considered an advantage.
• Technical knowledge of aseptic manufacturing including lyophilisation considered an advantage.
• Design of Experiment and associated statistical techniques.
• Strong report-writing and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and support to operations teams to ensure appropriate standards are met.
• Develop and implement improvement initiatives in all manufacturing and development operations.
• Optimisation of manufacturing and development operations.
• Identification & implementation of opportunities for improvements.
• Assist in the implementation of capital projects.
• Act as process lead for inspection development.
• Lead technical problem resolution & RCA for all manufacturing operations with cross functional teams.
• Implementation and monitoring of performance metrics.
• Lead cycle time reduction initiatives with manufacturing teams.
• Implementation of best practice.
• Process development programme design / plant trials, execution and implementation.
• Constantly challenging operational standards and driving continuous improvement.
• Ability to multitask and prioritise workload.
• Maintain required quality documents in a current compliant state.
• Subject Matter Expert for new product introductions / enhancement development projects.
• Resource for Clinical supply provision projects.
• Aseptic manufacture or oral dose manufacture context.
• Subject Matter Expert for product quality attributes and process parameters.
• Design and execution of experimental programmes.

Skills

Process engineering

Leadership

Problem solving

Quality documentation

Communication

Education

Chemical/Industrial Engineering degree

Advanced pharmaceutics degree (advantage)

Job description

Prochem Engineering seeks a Process Engineer for a pharmaceutical client in Waterford. You will lead and support operations to develop and implement improvement initiatives across manufacturing and development processes.

Responsibilities include optimising operations, leading RCA, enabling capital projects, and ensuring quality documentation. Requires strong communication, DoE skills, and a drive for continuous improvement. A background in aseptic manufacturing is advantageous.