Aseptic Manufacturing Lead

KBR Careers; Fox Woods (DE); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan with company match

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Flexible spending account

Paid time off

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

KBR is seeking an Aseptic Manufacturing Lead to provide specialized oversight in the formulation, sterile filling, and aseptic processing. This position is crucial for ensuring that facility designs, equipment selections, and operational strategies align with aseptic manufacturing standards.

The role requires at least 10 years of experience in the field and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering. The successful candidate will serve as a primary engineering advisor and oversee a team, ensuring

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in aseptic processing and manufacturing systems.
• Strong knowledge of engineering best practices and code requirements.
• Experience with multidisciplinary engineering for major capital projects.

Responsibilities

• Ensure designs and operations support aseptic manufacturing requirements.
• Serve as primary engineering advisor for drug product manufacturing.
• Oversee design and engineering team meeting project requirements.

Skills

Aseptic processing

Formulation

Regulatory compliance

Project management

Engineering design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Title: Aseptic Manufacturing Lead KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

KBR is seeking an Aseptic Manufacturing Lead provides specialized oversight of formulation, sterile filling, aseptic processing, and associated manufacturing systems. This role ensures facility designs, equipment selections, and operational strategies support aseptic manufacturing requirements, contamination control objectives, regulatory expectations, and startup readiness while serving as the primary engineering advisor for drug product manufacturing and fill-finish operations.

Functional job responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Ensure facility designs, equipment selections, and operational strategies support aseptic manufacturing requirements, contamination control objectives, regulatory expectations, and startup readiness.
• Serve as the primary engineering advisor for drug product manufacturing and fill-finish operations.
• Oversee design and engineering team responsible for meeting the project requirements in this area, including but not limited to participation in design reviews.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience with formulation, sterile filling, aseptic processing, and associated manufacturing systems.
• Strong knowledge of engineering, design, constructability, operability, and maintainability best practices and code requirements for these systems.
• Experience successfully coordinating multidisciplinary engineering and design activities for capital projects in excess of $500M TIC.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills:

• Experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or GMP-regulated facilities.
• Prior experience in an Owner’s Representative or PMC role for major capital projects in excess of $1B TIC.
• Experience supporting commissioning, qualification, and startup activities.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.

Decarbonization – Energy Transition – Sustainability

KBR Benefits

• 401K plan with company match
• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• AD&D
• flexible spending account
• disability
• paid time off
• flexible work schedule

We support career advancement through professional training and development.

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

KBR — Delivering Solutions, Changing the World.

KBR brings together the best and brightest to deliver science, technology and engineering solutions that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most critical missions and objectives.

In everything we do, we are guided by our ONE KBR Values:

We Value Our People – We create diverse, inclusive environments in which each person can feel safe, respected and valued, and where everyone has opportunities to grow and reach their full potential. We Deliver – We are uncompromising in our commitment to deliver innovative, high-quality, technology-led solutions for our customers and exceptional, sustainable value for all our stakeholders. We Are People of Integrity – We value honesty, trust, courage, fairness, prudence and tenacity. We believe doing what’s right for the planet, the communities where we work, and our people is good for business. We Empower – We empower our people with a shared purpose, the right tools and the supportive culture they need to be proactive decision-makers, to be adaptive to change, and to succeed. We Are a Team of Teams – We have a will to succeed, but we value the achievements of our team of teams over individual accomplishments. Our collective focus making us a better, stronger, more effective company. We have also embedded environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles in every business operation and corporate function. Not only are we committed to operating safely, sustainably and equitably, but we are also committed to using our capabilities and expertise to help our customers accomplish their sustainability goals.

Worldwide, KBR employs a diverse workforce approximately 29,000 people strong, with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in 40 countries. At KBR, We Deliver.