Process Engineer
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- Sligo
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provide engineering support to all manufacturing and control system related issues. Tasks include, daily trouble shooting, optimisation, cost reduction, training and coaching of manufacturing personnel.
- Support commissioning and validation activities during project start-up.
- Process and equipment optimisation to sustain and improve product quality, yields and throughput. Making recommendations and implementing measures to improve production systems, equipment performance, yields and quality of product.
- Execution of process development on existing products or new late-stage clinical products including scale up to plant equipment.
- Identify continuous improvement activities and lead or participate in cross functional teams to implement these initiatives.
- Supporting activities in the areas of cost reduction, process efficiency and operational excellence.
- Provide on-the-floor technical support to the Production Team Leaders for process/equipment optimization and troubleshooting.
- Identify and project manage continuous improvement projects.
- Develop and update batch and cleaning documentation for NPIs.
- Support process front runs for both NPI and commercial processes.
- Develop process control recipes for NPIs and optimise of existing commercial process recipes.
- Adhere to and support all EHS&E standards, procedures and policies.
- Other activities as assigned.
- Degree or higher qualification in chemical engineering, process engineering or related technical discipline
- Minimum of 2 years experience in process engineering
- Relevant experience of batch processing, automation, technical transfers, scale up, commissioning and validation in a cGMP pharmaceutical industry.
- Experience in new product introductions to pharmaceutical facilities is desirable.
- Demonstrated project management skills, including the ability to deliver projects on schedule, within budget, and meeting the predefined quality requirements are required.