Fluid Bed Scientist

Glanbia•West Haven, CT

27d•Onsite

About The Position

Supports Research & Development to develop products and processes for internal and external customers. Create production batch records to assist in the scale-up of these products into production. Provide technical support to production operations where assistance is needed.

Requirements

Minimum of B.S., preferably in food science, food & nutrition, biology, chemistry, chemical engineering
Working knowledge and experience with fluid bed technology. Should possess basics of fluid bed process troubleshooting knowledge.
Must be able to successfully troubleshoot problems found during fluid bed production runs.
Must have excellent decision making and reasoning skills.
Must have excellent written and oral communication skills.
Must be organized, thorough, and self-motivated.
Must have familiarity with cGMP’s, SOP’s, HAACP’s, or other similar quality programs.
Strong mechanical aptitude and willing to be hands on.
Strong ability to prioritize tasks, and handle multiple tasks.
Must be able to learn and retain training.
Proficiency in spoken and written English
Strong SAP knowledge
Proficient with MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and SharePoint.

Nice To Haves

Preferred experience of 1 - 3 years of technological, production or R&D experience in pharmaceutical solid dosage forms or food processing utilizing fluid bed technology.

Responsibilities

Understand proper lab documentation to create historical records that can be referred to for correct information. Document processing changes from one batch to the next.
Understanding formulation folders, and what should be contained in them.
Have a basic understanding of bulk densities and calculating batch sizes.
Calculate ingredient weights from a formula.
Selecting the proper scale to weigh amounts.
Weighing ingredients accurately.
Making common solutions with mixing, including heated solutions. Filtering solutions when necessary.
Proper assembly on fluid bed including but not limited to:
Outlet filter selection and proper installation.
Proper nozzle and wand assembly, including insulating the wand.
Setting up spraying off of a scale, or hot plate and a scale.
Proper operating parameter range selection for the different size fluid beds.
Proper operation and cleaning of the GPCG-1 and Pilot fluid bed, Pilot Spray Dryer, lab spray dryer, lab blenders, lab mill, tablet presses and other equipment as necessary.
Calculation and adjusting of spray rates.
Making judgements of parameter changes (including changing the filter) to produce the best product, based on visual cues, and in-process tests performed in order to make those judgements.
Understand physical testing procedures including but not limited to free flow and tapped bulk density, particle size distribution (stacked sieve, airjet, Malvern), Loss On Drying.
Understanding sizing options at the completion of a batch and performing the sizing.
Proper packaging and labeling of samples for shipment.
Shipping of samples using FedEx
Working with R&D department, Quality and Production to scale the product up into production.
Suggest operating parameter changes during production to optimize the production process.
Educate the production team on insights regarding key operating and testing parameters of the new product.
Recommends fluid bed and spray dryer productivity, efficiency, quality and safety improvements.
Performs technical investigations in support of non-conformance reports.
Acts as a resource in CAPA investigations as requested by the CAPA committee.
Learns the operating basics and formulation functions in PDM, SAP, C4C and knows how to retrieve formulation and project information.
Create a fluid bed or spray drying batch record (for lab and pilot equipment) from a template.
Understand how to create a specification data sheet.
Understanding what information is needed for the proper pricing of a product, including equipment selection, batch sizes and expected process times.
Completes additional tasks and projects as assigned by management.