Biopharma Process Development Engineer — Scale-Up & Impact

Placements24; Midrand; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus program

Medical and retirement benefits

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a highly innovative Process Development Engineer for a pioneering biopharmaceutical company in Midrand, Gauteng. This role focuses on developing, optimizing, and scaling up manufacturing processes for novel therapies, bringing life-saving treatments from lab to production.

The ideal candidate has a strong engineering foundation, 5+ years in biopharma process development, and expertise in cell culture, fermentation, purification, and DoE with JMP.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on biopharmaceutical process development experience.
• Strong understanding of up-/downstream processing and scale-up challenges.
• Familiar with regulatory expectations and GMP.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize upstream and downstream bioprocessing steps for therapeutic proteins and antibodies.
• Design and execute experiments to characterize and improve process performance, yield, and quality attributes.
• Scale up processes from laboratory to pilot plant and commercial manufacturing scales.
• Develop and implement process control strategies and CPP definitions.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing issues and implement corrective actions.
• Prepare detailed technical reports and regulatory documentation.
• Collaborate with R&D, manufacturing, QA, and regulatory teams.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and best practices in biopharmaceutical process development.
• Contribute to the design and qualification of new equipment and facilities.

Skills

Bioprocessing

Statistical analysis

Process modeling

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Master's or PhD in Chemical/Biochemical/Bioengineering

Tools

JMP

DoE

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a highly innovative Process Development Engineer for a pioneering biopharmaceutical company in Midrand, Gauteng. This role focuses on developing, optimizing, and scaling up manufacturing processes for novel therapies, bringing life-saving treatments from lab to production.

The ideal candidate has a strong engineering foundation, 5+ years in biopharma process development, and expertise in cell culture, fermentation, purification, and DoE with JMP.