Associate Process Development Engineer

GRIFOLS, S.A.•Clayton, NC

7d•Onsite

About The Position

As a key member of the team, the incumbent will work in a supporting function to provide scientific and technical assistance to the development, scale-up, transfer, and support of production processes for plasma derived or recombinant proteins. Activities are centered on unit operations such as tangential flow filtration, membrane filtration, precipitation, phase separation, chromatography, nanofiltration, formulation, lyophilization and process trouble shooting.

Requirements

Possess strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize personal tasks to meet deadlines.
Must maintain accurate, thorough, and timely documentation of experimental procedures, observations, and results in laboratory notebooks and study records.
Must have strong written and oral communication skills.
Has ability to apply scientific or engineering principles, established GMP techniques, and company’s policies to complete tasks.
Demonstrates knowledge in area of specialization (e.g., chromatography, filtration).
Must be proficient with use of MS Office Suite.
Must be self-motivated and able to work effectively in a matrixed organization.
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant science or engineering field with 1+ years of relevant work experience. Depending on the area of assignment, directly related experience or a combination of directly related education and experience may be considered in place of the stated requirements.

Responsibilities

Assist in the development and execution of action plans to support departmental goals.
With supervision, writes procedures and technical reports.
May report technical results in internal and cross-functional team settings.
Develop solutions to technical problems of limited scope within the area of expertise.
Assists in study design, data analysis, interpretation of results, and may execute experiments independently.
May conduct laboratory or clinical production work, as required, using standard processing and analytical equipment.
Supports the execution of start-up and commissioning of equipment and processes.
Assists in identifying and collecting data on critical parameters for process scaling.
Provide support for developmental projects, clinical manufacturing, and commercial manufacturing as needed.
Maintain laboratory and clinical manufacturing facilities in accordance with procedures.