Sr. Downstream Bioprocess Specialist (Night Shift) – 990147 Elanco

Farmer Veteran Coalition; Kansas; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-On Bonus 2,500

Relocation assistance available

8-week parental leave

Employee Resource Groups

Annual bonus offering

401K matching up to 6%

Job summary

Elanco Animal Health Elwood, KS is seeking a Sr. Downstream Bioprocess Specialist (Night Shift) to lead manufacturing execution in Clarification, Chromatography, and Tangential Flow Filtration.

You will act as process leader, coach, and problem-solver, ensuring changeovers, maintenance, and process documentation are completed with precision. Qualifications include a High School Diploma and 3+ years in Liquid Protein A Chromatography at manufacturing scale; preferred skills include root-cause

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma / GED.
• Experience: 3+ years in Liquid Protein A Chromatography at manufacturing scale.

Responsibilities

• Executes the operation with the team, serving as process leader, coach, trainer, and responsible party.
• Performs and verifies maintenance, process setup, troubleshooting, change over, and process intervention.
• Represents the operations team for cross-functional process support and real-time problem solving.
• Ensures process documentation is prepared with accuracy and concurrence.

Skills

Team leadership

Troubleshooting

Problem solving

Process documentation

Education

High School Diploma / GED

Tools

SAPGMP manufacturing

Tangential Flow Filtration

Chromatography

Job description

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals! As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People. At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you'll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights. Making animals' lives better makes life better – join our team today! $2,500 Sign-On Bonus!

Relocation Assistance Available

Your Role:

Sr. Downstream Bioprocess Specialist (Night Shift) – The Sr. Downstream Bioprocess Specialist (Night Shift) is a technical process leader on the Downstream operations team responsible for manufacturing execution, changeover, and production control. The role is dedicated to the execution and oversight of the Clarification, Chromatography, and Tangential Flow Filtration operations.

Your Responsibilities:

• Executes the operation with team serving as process leader, coach, trainer, and responsible party
• Performs and verifies Maintenance, process setup, troubleshooting, change over, process intervention.
• Operations representative for cross-functional process support team, engaging in processReal-time problem solving, process intervention, and technical experiment delivery
• Ensures process documentation is prepared and completed with accuracy and concurrence

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):

• Education: High School Diploma / GED
• Experience: A minimum of 3 years of experience in Liquid Protein A Chromatography at manufacturing scale

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):

• Production scale filtration
• Formal Root Cause Investigation training
• Proficiency with SAPGMP manufacturing
• Tangential Flow Filtration

Additional Information:

• Travel: Minimal
• Location: Elanco Animal Health Elwood, KS

Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Elanco does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position.

Elanco Benefits and Perks :

• 8-week parental leave
• 9 Employee Resource Groups
• Annual bonus offering
• Up to 6% 401K matching

Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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