Process Engineer III - Floor Support

Job description

Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Office, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

How will you make an impact? We are searching for a Process Engineer 3- Floor Support with education and experience in biopharmaceutical processing or a related field. This member of our team provides technological input in the development, validation, and transfer of manufacturing processes. A Process Engineer 3 routinely supports the Process Engineering team as technical owners of customer programs in a manufacturing environment and will be highly involved and act as a subject matter expert in defining and shaping Thermo Fisher Scientific’s own technology programs.

This role will collaborate internally with supervisors and technicians in the Operations department, Quality Assurance, fellow Engineers, and scientists in Process Development and with the client as a Process Engineer program lead. These activities are conducted in projects and involve teamwork with experts across functional groups to ensure project success. What will you do? Troubleshoot technical challenges on the manufacturing floor as needed for a 24/7 manufacturing facility.

Contribute to Internal and Customer meetings based upon sound evidence guided by minimal supervision. Manages internal projects and tasks and lead client projects and manage timelines with minimal support from supervision. Actively identify error proofing opportunities and initiate and drive engineering initiatives to improve practices and procedures with minimal supervision. Provide scientific expertise for GMP deviations by assessing, reviewing and approving the impact of major deviations on both the product quality and the validation of the process.

Lead changes to equipment and process design, proactively and with minimal supervision. Draft, review and approve Manufacturing Batch Records, Performance Qualifications, Process Validation protocols, process flow diagrams, automation methods, and Bill of Materials, ensuring the process is technically accurate and designed for Manufacturing.

Draft, review, and approve

• Process control documents, campaign summary report and process validation reports
• Reviews, analyzes and trends process data without supervision
• Provide technical feedback on documents created by other departments, such as Tech Transfer Protocols and SOPs
• Support our MSAT team with additional tasks to improve the site, ensure patient safety, and deliver for our customers.

Provides development and training for Process Engineers/Scientists. How will you get here?

Education

Bachelor’s degree required in a scientific field, preferably an engineering field. 5+ years of experience in GMP regulated Biologics / Pharma Industry, or equivalent experience (or master's degree in a scientific field + 3 years' experience or Ph.D.).

Experience

5+ years of experience in GMP regulated Biologics / Pharma Industry, or equivalent experience (or master's degree in a scientific field + 3 years' experience or Ph.D.). Follow Environmental, Health and Safety policies and procedures and ensure a safe and healthy workplace environment. Ability to self-motivate, prioritize work and time. Demonstrates a foundation in general scientific practices, principles, and concepts. Writes and communicates effectively.

Ability to work both independently and as part of a team. Knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practices and US/EU regulations. Intermediate knowledge of statistical methods used for Pharmaceutical Process Analysis is a plus. Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel. Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time and gown into manufacturing areas.