Senior Associate Pilot Plant Scientist/Engineer

Pfizer • Andover, MA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Why Patients Need You Our breakthroughs would not make it to the hands of patients without our pharmaceutical manufacturing team. We rely on a team of dedicated and agile members who understand the importance and impact of their role in Pfizer’s mission. Patients need colleagues like you who take pride in their work and always look to improve outcomes. You will help to ensure that patients and physicians have the medicines they need when they need them. Your contributions will be vital in achieving project tasks and goals, fostering a collaborative team environment, and enabling Pfizer to reach new milestones and provide aid to patients worldwide. What You Will Achieve The Pilot Plant Scientist/Engineer will be part of a diverse team of scientists and engineers focused on scale up and optimization of mammalian and bacterial fermentation, purification, and conjugation processes enabling efficient production of toxicology and process development supplies to advance Pfizer’s Bio-therapeutics portfolio. How You Will Achieve Scale-up and development of Pilot Plant processes for non-GMP production. Generation of process batch records. Acquisition of raw materials. Purchase, installation, and start-up of new capital equipment. Mining and evaluation of process data, modeling, and generation of reports to support manufacturing scale-up. Training development personnel for safe and effective operations in the Pilot Plant. Conducting process safety assessments. Collaborate on experimental studies and clinical manufacturing. Contribute to internally reviewed technical reports. Make presentations to scientists and management. Execute operational efficiency improvements. Plan and implement improvements across Bioprocess R&D work processes.

Requirements

• BS or MS degree with 4 years of experience in a biological or engineering discipline such as Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or an equivalent field.
• Demonstrated capability to work as a team member in a matrix development team.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision.
• Applicants must be organized, self-motivated, and capable of working independently, and in a collaborative environment.
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and computer skills
• Dedication to maintaining and operating in a safe work environment.
• Thorough knowledge of Biological Pilot Plant operations including mammalian cell culture, process chromatography, ultrafiltration, and filtration and an understanding of how to scale and control these processes is needed.
• Strong understanding of core principles of biotechnology, process equipment, process control, engineering concepts, material management and a broad understanding of Pharmaceutical industry practices.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in a Biological Pilot Plant or Commercial Manufacturing setting.
• Experience transferring biologics processes to pilot plants or manufacturing organizations, and knowledge of computerized and automated control systems, and data acquisition in these environments
• Prior experience in process equipment commissioning and preparation of cGMP or GLP documentation is preferred.
• Understanding of continuous improvement tools (LEAN/Six Sigma, 5S, etc)
• Must be capable of generating documents utilizing Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.

Responsibilities

• Scale-up and development of Pilot Plant processes for non-GMP production.
• Generation of process batch records.
• Acquisition of raw materials.
• Purchase, installation, and start-up of new capital equipment.
• Mining and evaluation of process data, modeling, and generation of reports to support manufacturing scale-up.
• Training development personnel for safe and effective operations in the Pilot Plant.
• Conducting process safety assessments.
• Collaborate on experimental studies and clinical manufacturing.
• Contribute to internally reviewed technical reports.
• Make presentations to scientists and management.
• Execute operational efficiency improvements.
• Plan and implement improvements across Bioprocess R&D work processes.

Benefits

• a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution
• paid vacation, holiday and personal days
• paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
• health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage

What This Job Offers

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