Downstream MSAT Process Engineer II | Biotech Scale-Up

Lonza; Portsmouth (NH); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & benefits

Career development opportunities

On-site work in Portsmouth, NH

Job summary

Lonza Portsmouth, NH is seeking an MSAT Process Engineer/Scientist II (Downstream) to provide primary technical support for mammalian manufacturing processes. The role emphasizes process transfer, batch records, and regulatory-ready documentation, with on-call support and cross-functional collaboration.

You will develop process understanding, perform gap analyses and prepare change controls, while guiding junior team members and interfacing with customers and regulatory bodies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology, Biological Sciences, or Chemical Engineering.
• 3+ years of biotech industry experience in process development and process scale up / manufacturing.
• Experience with large scale manufacturing support (mammalian preferred), current Good Manufacturing Practices, US / EU regulations.
• Advanced knowledge of cell biology, cell culture, scale up and mass transfer, bioreactor operation, disc stack centrifugation, filtration and intermediate knowledge of statistical data analysis.
• In depth knowledge of large scale manufacturing, current Good Manufacturing Practices and US/EU regulations.
• Willingness to provide 24/7 on-call support during manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Performs all functions associated with process transfer and process support, e.g. develop process understanding, perform gap analysis/FMEA, generate process models, author / review Process Descriptions and Batch Records, author/review planned deviations and change controls, perform process monitoring author campaign summary reports, perform activities for lot release.
• May provide guidance on process transfer and support activities to junior members of the team.
• Assess all major deviations including those that impact product quality and identify potential root causes using a systematic approach.
• Experience using variety of problem solving tools e.g. Fishbone, Kepner-Tregoe etc. Able to identify potential solutions. Performs or is able to understand all types of complex data analysis such as multiple linear regression analysis, ANOVA, multivariate analysis.
• Author and review process descriptions, definitive formulations, batch records, raw material listings, change controls independently and authors/reviews/modifies the corresponding templates.
• Assess change controls for impact of any change to the process, equipment or procedures that can affect process performance and product quality. Supports documentation preparation for regulatory purposes.
• Represent MSAT on project teams and interfaces with customer technical and quality representatives. Represent MSAT on internal teams (e.g. Deviation and Run Daily Management System meetings). Participate in Customer and Regulatory Audits.

Skills

Process development

Scale-up

Mammalian manufacturing

Statistical analysis

Process transfer

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology, Biological Sciences, or Chemical Engineering

Job description

Lonza Portsmouth, NH is seeking an MSAT Process Engineer/Scientist II (Downstream) to provide primary technical support for mammalian manufacturing processes. The role emphasizes process transfer, batch records, and regulatory-ready documentation, with on-call support and cross-functional collaboration.

You will develop process understanding, perform gap analyses and prepare change controls, while guiding junior team members and interfacing with customers and regulatory bodies.