Process Engineer/Manufacturing Engineer - 1st Shift

AstraZeneca • Redwood City, CA

19d

About The Position

The Process Engineer is responsible for initiating, managing, leading, and executing process improvements within the manufacturing space. You will provide technical support and training for operations and act as a subject matter expert for manufacturing operations. May be required to lead or support investigations and correction of process-related problems and deviations from standards. You will interact and collaborate with other disciplines as well as external contractors. May be asked to develop business processes around the manufacturing and engineering business units. May be required to perform equipment maintenance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or relevant discipline
• Minimum of 0-3 years experience.
• Basic knowledge of procedures and compliance with GMP & SHE requirements
• Ability to read P&ID’s, Process Flow Diagrams, and perform mass and energy balances.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills are essential.
• Displays a high desire to learn while recognizing one's own limitations.
• Able to demonstrate technical capabilities using logical thought processes to analyze information and draw conclusions

Nice To Haves

• Bachelors degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering
• Experience with spray dryer technology
• Experience with root cause investigations
• Lean certification or experience with lean concepts
• tools and applications related to reporting, documentation, and analysis
• Relevant experience in executing process engineering processes (e.g. cleaning, qualification, validation) within a highly regulated environment for a single product

Responsibilities

• Ethical conduct and compliance and adhering to AstraZeneca values and behaviors
• Become an expert on the process and equipment to successfully lead and implement process and continuous improvements
• Provide technical support to operations teams to resolve standard engineering problems within process area.
• Identify and execute continuous improvement projects to increase safety, reduce product cost, improve product quality, improve yield, and reduce material usage
• Independently execute processes (e.g., validation, qualification, operation) within process engineering area.
• Assist in identification of manufacturing/engineering and technology requirements; support actions to address day-to-day needs/ issues within site; escalate complex issues to relevant stakeholders
• Authors, updates, reviews, and approves area procedures and master batch records to ensure correct content and compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices
• Designs studies, executes experiments and performs data analysis
• Writes study proposals, progress reports, development reports, and various technical memo’s
• Evaluates new technologies to improve the commercial production process
• Supports scale-up activities
• Acts as an effective change agent
• Investigate deviations from standards of the manufacturing process using effective root cause analysis tools. Recommending and implementing effective corrective and preventative actions
• Generate, evaluate, and implement innovative and creative solutions
• Contribute to minor site process engineering projects as required.
• Capable of generating a project scope and cost plan to effectively draft a capital request
• Assess and coordinate appropriate actions when operations/ maintenance activities need to be re-scheduled
• Provide training for equipment maintenance and process
• Equipment/System/Project/Process Life Cycle Management and Execution including project management (initiation, planning & scheduling, execution and closure)
• Proficiency in at least one of the following disciplines: equipment, process/materials, equipment maintenance, project delivery
• Coordinate and oversee external (contractor/ supplier) work in line with manufacturing and maintenance plans.
• Develop and implement engineering/ maintenance plans within areas

Benefits

• Benefits offered included a qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; and, health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees