Job Description

Position Description

The function of this position is to provide engineering technical support to the manufacture of liquid vaccines. The role encompasses technical services support with primary focus in the area of deviation management along with other areas such as validation and product franchise support. Specific assignments maybe focused in one area or span across multiple areas of focus.

The field engineer will be responsible for:

• Providing on-the-floor support of operational and technical issues; collaborating with the shop floor to provide immediate responses to deviations and potential deviations.

• Conducting real time investigations with the goal of fully understanding root cause and product impact within five days of event discovery.

• Performing deviation investigations aimed to prevent deviation re-occurrence, including determining the root cause, identifying corrective/preventative actions, identifying event scope, and conducting a product impact assessment. Where applicable, complete investigational test protocols to determine root cause, product impact, event scope, etc

• Completing projects to improve the performance of our processes, including projects aimed at improving Right-First-Time performance or preventing/reducing deviations, and continuous improvement projects that seek to improve yield, reduce cost, or lower our processing cycle times.

• Preparing source documentation for regulatory filings, supporting requests for regulatory inspections related to process overviews, investigations, projects and validation.

• Authoring updates to Master Batch Records (production process descriptions) and SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures).

• Supporting team safety, environmental and compliance objectives.

• Managing investigation, project and validation study timelines to ensure key compliance and customer due dates are met; escalating any potential misses and develop remediation plans when possible.

• Collaborating effectively with the area Coaches, Operators/Mechanics, support groups (Maintenance, Automation, Technology, Quality, and Planning).

• Executing projects and assigned studies in a right-first-time manner.

• Actively using and championing the use of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and our Production System (MPS) tools, both in problem solving and day-to-day operational activities

Position Qualifications:

Education Minimum Requirement:

• B.S. or B.A. in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering degree or other science degree

Required Experience and Skills**:

• Engineering or science educational background

• 2 years of relevant work experience

• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as a part of a team.

• Demonstrated leadership and teamwork skills, excellent analytical abilities, established written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Support of vaccine operations or technical services support.

• Experience with troubleshooting biotech equipment and closed system processing.

• Experience with MEDS, SAP

• Ability to read Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams

• Support of deviation investigations and/or project work

• LSS/MPS certification / experience

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Requisition ID:R327641