Engineering Co-op Student
About The Position
At CPL, we are passionate about pharmaceutical product development and contract manufacturing. Our aim is to be the top choice CDMO in the non-sterile liquid and semi-solid pharmaceutical products domain and ultimately bring benefits to the customers using our manufactured products. For more than 30 years CPL has partnered with the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies to provide full-service product development and manufacturing, singularly focused on innovation and efficiency. We recognize our employees are our number one asset and support their career growth. This role will assist the Engineering Department in providing process engineering support to Manufacturing and Packaging Departments. The co-op student will carry out activities related to CPL’s Engineering Department, ensuring that these activities meet current GMP/cGMP requirements as well as ensuring that they allow for the overall optimization of company processes.
Requirements
- Must be enrolled in Engineering or Science degree program, or in a related technical field.
- Must be able to understand technical drawings and documents.
- Proficient in using various types of computer software, MS Office, Minitab, Visio.
- Demonstrated competencies in CPL’s core values.
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
- Flexible with the ability to adapt, respond quickly and manage change in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong independent worker with excellent task management skills and ability to prioritize.
- Basic understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).
Responsibilities
- Responsible for working in compliance with established safe work practices and procedures; properly uses personal protection and safety equipment as required by CPL; reports any injury or illness immediately and notifies CPL of any hazards, unsafe acts or conditions in the workplace.
- Assisting lead engineers in creating, coordinating and executing: Change control activities for existing and new processes, Equipment qualification documentation for new/modified equipment, Creating and updating detailed scheduling for project/engineering activities, Creating and tracking capital expenditures and purchase requisitions to support project budget control, Co-ordinating activities between CPL project team, suppliers, OEMs, and contractors, Demonstration batches for new/modified manufacturing processes, Line trials for new/modified packaging processes.
- Performing statistical analysis of equipment performance data.
- Monitoring of downtime and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) for production floor.
- Creation and/or updating of Lockout-Tagout procedures for new/existing production equipment.
- Assisting lead engineers in updating manufacturing and packaging instructions for new/existing products and/or processes using data obtained during line and process test runs.
- Assisting lead engineers in generating/updating SOP’s and/or work instructions for new equipment/processes.
- General administrative duties including filing work orders/management of contractors.
- Other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- deferred profit-sharing plan
- paid time off
- employee’s assistance program
- work/life balance
- employee recognition program
- on-site parking
- discounted gym membership
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
Associate degree
