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AstraZeneca · 2 hours ago

Senior Engineer, Process Engineering

Redwood City, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$97K/yr - $146K/yr

3+ years exp

AstraZeneca is a global biopharmaceutical company, and they are seeking a Senior Engineer in Process Engineering. The role involves leading manufacturing-related engineering projects, optimizing processes, and providing mentorship to junior engineers while ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.

BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Expertise in equipment and manufacturing process, capability to support multiple process areas

3+ years of leadership and project management skills; Lead executions of Manufacturing related engineering projects. Works on several different projects and prioritizes these projects with guidance

Proficiency in all of the following fields equipment, process/materials, maintenance, project delivery

Support investigations, owns CAPAs, and responsible or product impact assessment, and risk assessments related to manufacturing processes

Lead solving activities to resolve critical issues, planned and unplanned activities, and anticipate future engineering developments within maintenance/process area

Designs studies, accomplishes experiments/protocols and perform data analysis. Develop and optimize processes within own area of process engineering

Track, trend, and analyze in-process data using statistical process control (SPC) methods. Monitor and improve process performance

Share technical knowledge and expertise with personnel in AstraZeneca to aid technical developments within the organization

Recommend and implement transformation/ continuous improvement initiatives within site with focus on cost saving and improvement of quality and efficiency

Employ Good Engineering Practices to streamline project executions ;collaborates with multi-functional teams to solve problems

Provide mentorship and coaching to junior engineers, interns, and manufacturing technicians

Guide execution of processes (e.g., validation, qualification, operation, evaluation and troubleshooting of process deviations) within process engineering area

Participate in communications with relevant internal teams (e.g., regulatory) for management of change control

Guide and track compliance of own work and work of others with SHE and other applicable standards and regulations. Provide engineering solutions to manufacturing challenges and meet all safety, quality, supply and requirements

Develop contacts across a range of departments and external groups acting as engineering representative. Equipment Management

Prepare equipment for qualification activities, including but not limited to: TOP preparation and review, initial testing and qualification readiness

Handles production equipment. Maintain equipment maintenance strategies, and equipment lifecycle management

Lead/ guide planning, managing, and monitoring of major manufacturing and maintenance plan projects from concepts to implementation

Lead equipment specification, design, build, commissioning and qualification to meet technical/safety/ and business

Qualification

Process EngineeringData AnalysisProject ManagementGMP Environment ExperienceLean CertificationRoot Cause InvestigationEquipment MaintenanceContinuous ImprovementMentorshipCross-Functional Collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering

Minimum Of 3 Years Relevant Experience

Breadth of experience to establish credibility with key stakeholders

Industry experience in a GMP environment

Preferred

5 years of relevant experience

Large Capital project management and execution experience

Lean certification

Experience with automatic process controls

Root cause investigation training/ 6-sigma

TPM experience

Experience with spray-drying technology

Experience with equipment maintenance

Experience with regulatory inspections and handling deviations

Experience working within cross-functional teams

Has experience in change control, budget and project management, including a track record of driving continuous improvement initiatives

Project management track record of delivering projects

Data Analysis tools (SQL, JMP, Minitab), visual management tools (Powerbi, PowerApps)

Benefits

Qualified retirement programs

Paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves)

Health, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans

Company

AstraZeneca

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AstraZeneca is a pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription medicines. It is a sub-organization of Investor.

Founded in 1999

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GBR

10001+ employees

https://www.astrazeneca.com

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