Senior Pharmaceutical Process Development Engineer (Hybrid)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Professional development opportunities

Competitive compensation and benefits

Impactful pharmaceutical projects

Dynamic, collaborative environment

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a highly skilled Pharmaceutical Process Development Engineer to join our Polokwane team. The role focuses on designing, optimizing, and scaling up manufacturing processes for new pharmaceutical products, bridging lab development and commercial production.

You will collaborate across R&D, manufacturing and QA to ensure robust, compliant processes and successful tech transfer, enabling innovative medicines to reach patients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Engineering or related discipline.
• 6+ years of experience in pharmaceutical process development.
• Strong knowledge of granulation, tablet compression and sterile filling.
• Experience with process validation, scale-up and tech transfer.
• Proficiency in SPC and Design of Experiments (DoE).
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize manufacturing processes for new drug products.
• Conduct process validation studies and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Scale-up processes from pilot to commercial manufacturing.
• Troubleshoot technical issues in development and manufacturing.
• Collaborate with R&D, manufacturing and QA teams.
• Prepare process documentation and technical transfer packages.

Skills

Process development

Scale-up

DoE

SPC

Tech transfer

Pharma manufacturing

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Chemical/Pharmaceutical Eng

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a highly skilled Pharmaceutical Process Development Engineer to join our Polokwane team. The role focuses on designing, optimizing, and scaling up manufacturing processes for new pharmaceutical products, bridging lab development and commercial production.

You will collaborate across R&D, manufacturing and QA to ensure robust, compliant processes and successful tech transfer, enabling innovative medicines to reach patients.