Chemical / Process Engineer - 40K+ / year

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Chemical / Process Engineer - Pharma Industry

Job Purpose

Provide process engineering support for existing and new processes in the Cork site to ensure that the site’s technical, quality and safety metrics are all achieved.

Be the engineering technical expert for assigned processes and equipment

GSK Behaviours

Flexible Thinking
Being able to understand and state different perspectives, or develop at least multiple different options for the way forward simultaneously.

Developing People
Seeking to raise levels of performance by tackling the status quo, asking the ’why’ and driving improvement to achieve targeted measurable goals aligned to the GSK strategy

Continuous Improvement
Implementing plans and holding self and team fully accountable for delivering short and medium-term goals

Enable & Drive Change
Understand the needs and requirements of the ‘patient at the end of our supply chain. Ensure everything they do helps them do more, feel better and live longer

Customer Driven
Build long lasting trusting relationships with peers and stakeholders through excellence in delivery and meeting customer expectations. Teamwork focussed interactions leveraging the strengths of each team member.

Building Relationships
The ability to solve problems is a key skill for this role. The ability to use personal knowledge and expertise is essential. Effective use of problem solving tools such as RCA is a requirement.

Interpersonal Skills
Demonstrated ability to work as part of a cross-functional team. Ability to work across teams and functions.
Clear communication skills

Accountability Scope of Responsibility
• Continuously develop engineering capability and knowledge of processes and equipment to drive a continuous improvement mindset.
• Support the introduction of new technologies to improve processes in line with business requirements.
• Support ongoing performance management of key measures of the production processes.
• Provide technical and process engineering support for both wet end processes, product isolation and drying and product particle size reduction as required.
• Support troubleshooting activities.
• Manage the required engineering changes in ones area of responsibility.
• Participate in rigorous technical risk assessments for plant changes/product introduction.
• Contribute to the resolution of technical investigations on plant.
• Support process and equipment validation activities on plant.
• Support the completion of critical safety assessments for plant changes, process changes and new product introduction.
• Work closely with the operations team on all aspects of production and production support including process start-up, routine production, and product change-over.
• Actively participate to Technology Transfer process from R&D or other sites.
• Support the completion of assessments of new business opportunities.
• Provide technical support for Capital engineering projects relating to NCE’s, existing products, and major process re-development.
• Perform duties in a compliant manner and behave in accordance with site SOP’s, GSK EHS standards and guidelines and relevant legal requirements
• Perform duties in a compliant manner and behave in accordance with site SOP’s, GSK EHS standards and guidelines and relevant legal requirements.

Decision Making Responsibility
• Engineering change controls, validation documentation and batch documentation

Problem Solving
• The ability to solve problems is a key skill for this role.
• The ability to use personal knowledge and expertise is essential
• An understanding of when to escalate issues and when to draw on the expertise of others is also required.
• Effective use of problem solving tools such as RCA is a requirement.

Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Responsibilities/Scope of Responsibilities
• Perform duties in a compliant manner and behave in accordance with site SOP’s, GSK EHS standards and guidelines and relevant legal requirements
• Read and understand Standard Operation Procedures applicable to role
• Report all accidents, incidents and any EHS issues using the appropriate process /system to your line manager or, if required, the Occupational Health Advisor.
• Maintain work area in an inspection ready state and clean as you go to maintain good safe housekeeping standards.
• Be aware of the impact of your job activities on EHS issues
• Ensure all engineering changes made have safety considerations and best practices as core attributes.
• Ensure Basis of Safety files are available and up to date for processes

Quality Responsibilities/Scope of Responsibilities
• Perform duties in a compliant manner and behave in accordance with our Quality Management System requirements.
• Participate fully in our site’s quality initiatives and ensure that all relevant quality standards are adhered to.
• Maintain GMP standards where appropriate to your role
• Read and understand relevant Standard Operating Procedures and Global Quality applicable to role
• Management Policies relevant to your job role.
• Attend training and complete assessments as required.
• Ensure Quality and GMP are at the forefront of changes proposed.
• Ensure all technical changes are risk assessed

Salary dependent on experience, along with extensive benefits suite. Minimum salary for somebody with 3 year experience circa €40K +

Cerinte:

Requirements:

• Honours degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent qualification
• Have 1-6 years’ experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Primary Pharmaceutical process introduction and manufacturing support (Commercial or R&D)
• Process development and technology transfer
• Motivated self-starter with a strong interest in understanding the fundamental engineering and science associated with NCE development.
• Positive, can-do approach and enthusiasm with a high level of flexibility, accountability and drive.
• Strong planning, organisational and positive interpersonal skills.
• Proven performance in high performing, multi-disciplined teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• IT literate to the demands of current data system architecture and electronic communications.
• Proven track record in delivering safety and quality performance in a fast-paced production environment
• Effective problem solving skills and use of root cause analysis tools

Required Behaviours:

• Always be Flexible and deliver continuous improvement
• Ability to Develop self and others appropriate training
• Clear Accountability for personal and team achievements and goals
• Customer focused, Using of initiative to add value and development of rewarding relationships
• High Quality Interpersonal Skills and ability to deliver in high performing multi-disciplined teams

Additional Requirements:

The following experience would be advantageous for the proposed candidate:
• Lab based process development, scale up and troubleshooting
• Process intensification and sustainability improvements
• Process Data Management and process metrics
• Process modelling and simulation and associated packages
• Secondary processing environment and unit operations
• Project Management
• Green Belt (Lean Six Sigma) qualification


To apply, please send your CV and the salary expectations on jordan.anghel@aaeurorecruitment.com