2026 Future Talent Program - Associate Specialist, Engineering
About The Position
Our Engineers support internal manufacturing operations to ensure they remain operational, and continuously improve and innovate. With our extensive range of facilities and environments, our Engineers have opportunities across many diverse areas including Biological, Chemical, Automation, Capital Projects, Maintenance, Safety, Process Development, Technical Services, Utilities, and Validation. Position Description: Positions consists of the Automation/MES, Deviation Management, Manufacturing Technical Operations, Validation, New Product Technical Transfer Departments, Supply Chain Management, Quality, and other areas at the Durham Site. The Associate Specialist role will support one of the aforementioned Departments. The Durham Site contains a team of dedicated individuals who strive to understand, monitor, improve and support the transfer of our manufacturing processes. Within these groups, there are opportunities to support day-to-day activities and strategic projects to ensure the Durham Bulk and Formulation/Filling facilities operate Right-First-Time in a cost-effective manner, and to ensure on-going Technical Transfer activities to the site meet the financial and timeline requirements for the vaccine programs. This role requires daily problem solving with other Technical CoE groups, Operations, and Quality. The successful candidate will be expected to be a first responder to requests from the manufacturing areas when support is needed from their respective field. The well-qualified candidate must have analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. In this role, the candidate will provide support for the manufacturing of aseptic products. Furthermore, the candidate will be required to work in a fast-paced environment. Some roles may require full-time shift assignments, and some roles may require temporary shift assignments to support critical projects or manufacturing steps.
Requirements
- Ability to perform aseptic gowning during the execution of job duties
- Strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral) are required
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering or Sciences by Dec 2025 or May/Jun 2026
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma practices and methods
- Knowledge of aseptic processing operations
- Knowledge of data analysis
Responsibilities
- Accountable for delivering on Durham manufacturing objectives
- Accountable for providing technical support to Durham current and pipeline vaccine manufacturing
- Lead technical and business system process improvement projects
- Lead troubleshooting and resolution of unplanned events to ensure a reliable supply of Durham manufactured vaccines
- Author technical documentation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
