The Process Engineer II / III will provide engineering support and leadership for Drug Substance Manufacturing operations, including cell culture, purification, and/or preparation operations for process buffers and small equipment. This role will be a technical leader who is responsible for process equipment troubleshooting as well as the design, procurement, installation, and start-up of process equipment systems for an entire operational area.
Responsibilities
- Provides technical management and expertise for the design, procurement, fabrication, and/or commissioning phases associated with custom equipment and/or automation of manufacturing systems.
- Leads cross-functional teams for technical continuous improvement projects.
- Plans the execution of start-up and commissioning activities for assigned systems for an operational area.
- Troubleshoots complex equipment- or automation-related issues and develops sound engineering solutions to address identified problems.
- Supports the development of engineering standards and best practices.
- Seeks out and implements performance and reliability improvements for assigned systems.
- Owns or supports complex small projects and/or capital projects, including change management strategies.
- Leads complex deviation investigations related to process equipment to identify root cause and implement appropriate corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs) to prevent reoccurrence. Demonstrates mastery of root cause analysis methodologies.
- Trains other engineers and technical staff (Engineer III).
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field.
- Bachelor’s degree with 3+ years (Engineer II) or 7+ years (Engineer III) of related industry experience, or Master’s degree with 1+ years (Engineer II) or 4+ years (Engineer III) of experience.
- Direct experience in pharmaceutical/biotech operations or other regulated environments (e.g., cGMP, OSHA, EPA).
- Design experience with pharmaceutical or biotech process or automation systems.
- Experience with medium or large projects to implement new or modified process equipment.
- Experience with cell culture/fermentation or protein purification processes is preferred.
Occupational Standards
Bending/Reaching
- For equipment operation or material movement tasks Computer Use
- May be for greater than 4 hours per day Noise
- Environment may exceed 80 decibels Walking/Standing
- Up to 8 hours throughout the workday Lifting
- Up to 40 lb