Process Development Engineer - API Manufacturing

Placements24; Willows (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a Process Development Engineer for an API-focused facility in a hybrid setting. This role emphasizes optimization, scale-up, and validation of manufacturing processes, applying chemical engineering principles within a GMP environment.

You will balance lab work with plant activities and remote collaboration to drive innovation in API production. Responsibilities include process development, parameter testing, validation studies, CAPA implementation, and close collaboration with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in chemical engineering or related field.
• Experience applying chemical engineering principles in GMP environments.
• Strong experimental design and data interpretation skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and scale-up chemical processes for API manufacturing, ensuring robustness and reproducibility.
• Design and execute experiments to investigate process parameters, identify critical process controls, and improve yields and purity.
• Conduct process validation studies and generate comprehensive validation reports.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing process deviations and implement CAPAs.
• Collaborate with R&D, manufacturing, quality control, and quality assurance teams to ensure seamless technology.

Skills

Chemical engineering

GMP experience

Process optimization

DOE design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Job description

About the Role

Our client, a dynamic player in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, is seeking an experienced Process Development Engineer for their facility in Welkom. This hybrid role focuses on the optimization, scale-up, and validation of manufacturing processes for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). You will be instrumental in enhancing process efficiency, ensuring product quality, and driving innovation in API production. This position requires a strong foundation in chemical engineering principles applied within a GMP-regulated environment. The hybrid nature of the role allows for focused lab and plant work, coupled with the flexibility of remote collaboration and analysis. Join a dedicated team committed to excellence in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and scale-up chemical processes for API manufacturing, ensuring robustness and reproducibility.
• Design and execute experiments to investigate process parameters, identify critical process controls, and improve yields and purity.
• Conduct process validation studies and generate comprehensive validation reports.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing process deviations and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs).
• Collaborate with R&D, manufacturing, quality control, and quality assurance teams to ensure seamless technology