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Process Engineer

Posted 11 December 2025
SalaryNegotiable
LocationWaterford
Job type Contract
DisciplineEngineering
ReferenceBBBH8195_1765449751

Job description

Role and Context

Position

Process Engineer

Reporting Position

Reporting to applicable Manager/Team Leader of the area

Working Relationship

  • Supporting Manufacturing areas and all support departments

  • Key Internal Contacts: Manufacturing, QA, QC, Validation, Regulatory, EHS, Program Management and Finance

  • Key External Contacts: Equipment vendors, component suppliers, other Genzyme sites, Development pharmaceutics groups and benchmarking organisations

Purpose of Role

  • Provide leadership and support to operations teams to ensure appropriate standards are met

  • Development and implementation of improvement initiatives in all manufacturing and development operations

Need to Do

Job Requirements

  • Liaise with external and internal customers, suppliers and agencies to define and improve manufacturing and development operations

  • Optimisation of manufacturing and development operations

  • Identification & implementation of opportunities for improvements

  • Assist in the implementation of capital projects

  • Act as process lead for inspection development

  • Lead technical problem resolution & RCA for all manufacturing operations, in conjunction with cross functional teams.

  • Implementation and monitoring of performance metrics

  • Lead cycle time reduction initiatives in conjunction with manufacturing teams

  • Implementation of best practice

  • Process development programme design / plant trials, execution and implementation

  • Constantly seeking to challenge operational standards and driving continuous improvement.

  • Ability to multi task and prioritize workload.

  • Maintain required quality documents in a current compliant state.

  • Subject Matter Expert for and team resource for new product introductions / enhancement development projects

  • Resource for Clinical supply provision projects

  • Aseptic manufacture or oral dose manufacture context

  • Subject Matter Expert for product quality attributes and process critical parameters

  • Design and execution of experimental programmes

  • Operation of process laboratories

  • Scale-up and technology transfer project role

  • Liaison for Clinical supply provision projects

  • Liaison for New formulation and product enhancement programmes

  • Technical representative for assessment and development of process change control and regulatory submission proposals

  • Technical support and trouble-shooting in support of manufacturing activities

  • Process/product deviation investigation and resolution

  • Technical report writing

  • Training delivery of technical training programmes

  • Support of process qualification and process validation activities as required

Compliance Related Tasks

  • Complaints, LCRs, Deviations, CAPAs support ensuring effective RCA Smart CAPA's and on time closure

  • Attainment of SMART goals.

  • Reduction in process cycle-times.

  • Ensure compliance to cGMP at all times

Need to Know

Qualifications

  • Degree in Chemical, Industrial or equivalent Engineering discipline

  • Advanced degree in Pharmaceutics, Pharmacy or related science discipline considered an advantage

Experience

  • 2 years + experience within Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing environment

  • OEE/SMED/RCA/CI experience.

Skills and Knowledge

  • Technical knowledge(theory and practice) of aseptic manufacturing including lyophilisation considered an advantage

  • Design of Experiment and associated statistical techniques

  • Pharmaceutical product development project life-cycle

  • Strong report-writing and verbal communication skills

  • Laboratory and pilot plant skills

  • Research skills

  • Innovation and creativity skills

  • Project management skills

  • Structured Problem-solving skills - Statistical

Designation Duty

May be required to deputise for Team Leader / Manager if required

Personal Characteristics

  • Creative and innovative approach

  • Ability to interact effectively in multi-disciplinary teams

  • Strong team player ("Owl" characteristics)

  • Seeing tasks through to successful completion

  • Excellent communicator