Hands-On Pharma Plant Engineer

Penn Life Sciences; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Performance bonus potential

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Penn Life Sciences seeks a Plant Engineer to drive reliability and performance of plant equipment, building systems, and supporting infrastructure in a sterile pharmaceutical environment.

The role conducts field investigations, implements sustainable engineering solutions to reduce failures and variability, and develops technical designs and documentation for manufacturing and packaging equipment. Collaboration across manufacturing, maintenance, quality, validation, EHS, and vendors is essential.

Qualifications

• Hands-on engineering troubleshooting of equipment and plant systems.
• Experience applying structured root‑cause analysis to improve reliability and performance.
• Familiarity with cGMP practices and change controls is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct, hands-on engineering support with field investigations, equipment inspections, functional checks, measurements, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Investigate recurring equipment failures and facility-system problems using data, history, and field observations to develop corrective improvements.
• Analyze process performance, yield losses, scrap, defects, and variability to implement improvements increasing throughput and availability.
• Evaluate manufacturing and packaging operations to identify bottlenecks and implement improvements for throughput and cycle times.
• Develop technical assessments, engineering designs, specifications, and modifications for equipment and facility systems.
• Create and maintain AutoCAD drawings, P&IDs, layouts, schematics, and final as-built documentation.
• Execute engineering projects from scope through commissioning, qualification, and turnover.
• Support change controls, deviations, CAPAs, investigations, and required cGMP documentation.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Troubleshooting

Field investigations

Process improvement

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Manufacturing/Industrial engineering emphasis

Tools

AutoCAD

P&IDs

Job description

Penn Life Sciences seeks a Plant Engineer to drive reliability and performance of plant equipment, building systems, and supporting infrastructure in a sterile pharmaceutical environment.

The role conducts field investigations, implements sustainable engineering solutions to reduce failures and variability, and develops technical designs and documentation for manufacturing and packaging equipment. Collaboration across manufacturing, maintenance, quality, validation, EHS, and vendors is essential.