Manufacturing Process Engineer

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Cincinnati, OH

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Join our team as a Manufacturing Sciences Scientist II, where you'll contribute to ensuring consistent production of therapeutic and diagnostic products. As part of our Manufacturing Sciences team, you'll work at the intersection of research and production, supporting process optimization, technology transfer, and continuous improvement initiatives. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve technical challenges and ensure robust, scalable manufacturing processes that meet quality standards. As a Manufacturing Scientist II, you will lead and/or implement activities for the development of new and established manufacturing processes of solids, liquids, and semi-solid dosage forms. Project management skills will be applied to implement the scaling up manufacturing processes, supporting new product validations and post approval qualifications activities. This will require the writing, approval, and routing documents within a manufacturing setting. You will be the primary technical representative on client projects and will work closely work with internal and external project teams of analytical, quality, and project management representatives. Supporting process development and commercial activities will be required. Leads technical/scientific project activities and discussions to lead strategies and technical solutions that meet client needs and expectations. Investigates, creates, and validates new scientific and equipment methodologies for a diverse scope of projects. Using experimental design, established formulation processes for the following phases of product scale-up, registration, and validation. Creates processes and equipment design for clinical, scale up, and/or registration batches, including technology transfer of projects to and from clients. Leads problem solving activities as necessary with independent judgement. Makes decisions that require choosing between multiple options or may develop new options to resolve moderately complex problems.

Requirements

• Advanced Degree with no prior experience required, OR Bachelor's Degree plus 2 years of experience in GMP manufacturing, process development, or related technical role
• Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering (or other engineering field), chemistry, pharmacy, or other related science or technical field is required.
• Strong understanding of cGMP requirements, regulatory compliance, and quality systems
• Experience with process validation, technology transfer, and scale-up activities
• Strong project management and documentation skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic environment
• Demonstrated problem-solving and troubleshooting capabilities
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and relevant manufacturing/quality systems
• Experience with risk assessment and root cause analysis
• Ability to train and support team members
• Must be able to wear required PPE and work in controlled environments
• Minimum of one (1) to three (3) years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Project Management experience with a minimum (1) year of experience.
• Understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and regulatory compliance.
• Proficiency using Microsoft (MS) Office applications.
• Good critical and logical thinking skills.
• Effective written, interpersonal, and presentation skills, including leading technical discussions with internal and external clients.
• Self-starter, mature, independent, and detailed oriented.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, results oriented, and structured environment.
• Experience leading projects related to process development including scale-up production activities.
• Effective time management, multi-tasking and prioritization skills to effectively run multiple projects.
• Lead by example.
• Courages and assumes challenges in a risk based approaches.
• Transparent and knowledgeable in presenting project updates daily.
• Diligent in team meetings and discussions.
• Collaborate across multiple departments to reach goals and objectives.
• Inclusive with communication styles and ideas.
• Conscientious to fellow peers with work load requirements.
• Fast and focused execution of tasks will be required at time.
• Written communication skills expected and presentation will be expected.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in product or process development, including scale-up and technology transfer processes for both immediate and controlled release dosage forms preferred.
• Additional language skills beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead and/or implement activities for the development of new and established manufacturing processes of solids, liquids, and semi-solid dosage forms.
• Apply project management skills to implement the scaling up manufacturing processes, supporting new product validations and post approval qualifications activities.
• Write, approve, and route documents within a manufacturing setting.
• Serve as the primary technical representative on client projects.
• Work closely with internal and external project teams of analytical, quality, and project management representatives.
• Support process development and commercial activities.
• Lead technical/scientific project activities and discussions to lead strategies and technical solutions that meet client needs and expectations.
• Investigate, create, and validate new scientific and equipment methodologies for a diverse scope of projects.
• Use experimental design and established formulation processes for product scale-up, registration, and validation phases.
• Create processes and equipment design for clinical, scale up, and/or registration batches, including technology transfer of projects to and from clients.
• Lead problem-solving activities as necessary with independent judgment.
• Make decisions that require choosing between multiple options or develop new options to resolve moderately complex problems.
• Lead projects of moderate to high complexity in scope and compliance-related challenges to implementing processes to meet changing regulations.
• Coordinate and lead weekly meetings with customers.
• Build helpful ideas to increase production efficiencies.
• Transfer technical skill information to supporting departments.
• Participate and support audit participation and interaction for regulatory agencies.
• Develop and transform learning to peers with technical and mechanical result-oriented aptitudes.

Benefits

• Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level