Senior Pharma Process Engineer: Validation & Optimization

Placements24; Noord-Kaap; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Career advancement

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a highly experienced Senior Process Engineer to oversee and optimize pharmaceutical manufacturing processes in Kimberley, South Africa. The role focuses on process development, validation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement within a GMP environment.

You will collaborate with R&D, Quality Assurance, and Production to transfer and scale new processes, ensuring compliance with GMP and regulatory standards, delivering high-quality products and cost-efficient operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering.
• 6+ years of pharmaceutical process engineering experience.
• Strong GMP knowledge and regulatory understanding.
• Experience in validation, scale-up, and troubleshooting.
• Analytical mindset with project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize manufacturing processes to improve yield and product quality.
• Lead process validation activities per regulatory requirements.
• Troubleshoot and implement CAPAs for process issues.
• Drive continuous improvement using Lean/Six Sigma methodologies.
• Collaborate with R&D, QA, and Production for tech transfer and scale-up.
• Ensure GMP compliance and regulatory standards across manufacturing.

Skills

Process engineering

GMP compliance

CAPA management

Root cause analysis

Project management

Process optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical/Mechanical Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Process modeling software

Job description

Placements24 seeks a highly experienced Senior Process Engineer to oversee and optimize pharmaceutical manufacturing processes in Kimberley, South Africa. The role focuses on process development, validation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement within a GMP environment.

You will collaborate with R&D, Quality Assurance, and Production to transfer and scale new processes, ensuring compliance with GMP and regulatory standards, delivering high-quality products and cost-efficient operations.