Process Engineer

Prochem Engineering; Waterford; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

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

You will liaise with customers, suppliers and agencies, lead RCA and DOE activities, and drive continuous improvement through performance metrics, capital projects, and new product introductions in aseptic and oral dose contexts.

Qualifications

• Degree in Chemical, Industrial or equivalent Engineering discipline.
• Advanced degree in Pharmaceutics, Pharmacy or related science discipline considered an advantage.
• Knowledge of aseptic manufacturing including lyophilisation considered an advantage.
• Design of Experiment and related statistical techniques
• Pharmaceutical product development lifecycle
• 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.
• Liaise with external and internal customers, suppliers and agencies to define and improve operations.
• Lead technical problem resolution and RCA for all manufacturing operations with cross-functional teams.
• Implement and monitor performance metrics and drive continuous improvement.
• Lead cycle time reduction initiatives with manufacturing teams.
• Implement best practices and design/execute experimental programmes.
• Resource for new product introductions / enhancement development projects.

Skills

Liaison with customers/suppliers

Problem solving / RCA

Continuous improvement

Multitasking / prioritization

Education

Degree in Chemical/Industrial Engineering

Advanced degree in Pharmaceutics/Pharmacy or related science (advantage)

Job description

Process Engineer required for a pharmaceutical client in Waterford Job

Overview

Provide leadership and support to operations teams to ensure appropriate standards are met. The chosen candidate will be responsible for the development and implementation of improvement initiatives in all manufacturing and development operation.

Job Requirement

Liaise with external and internal customers, suppliers and agencies to define and improve 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, in conjunction with cross functional teams.
• Implementation and monitoring of performance metrics
• Lead cycle time reduction initiatives in conjunction with manufacturing teams
• Implementation of best practice
• Process development programme design / plant trials, execution and implementation
• Constantly seeking to challenge operational standards and driving continuous improvement.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize workload
• Maintain required quality documents in a current compliant state.
• Subject Matter Expert for and team resource 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 critical parameters
• Design and execution of experimental programmes

Qualifications and Skills

• Degree in Chemical, Industrial or equivalent Engineering discipline
• Advanced degree in Pharmaceutics, Pharmacy or related science discipline considered an advantage
• Technical knowledge(theory and practice) of aseptic manufacturing including lyophilisation considered an advantage
• Design of Experiment and associated statistical techniques
• Pharmaceutical product development project life-cycle
• Strong report-writing and verbal communication skills