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Thousand Oaks, CA - USA

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$ 65 - 75

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1 Vacancy

Job Description

Job Title:Project Manager Biopharma Process/Utility Engineering (JP12143
Location:Thousand Oaks CA. 91320
Business Unit:F&E Drug Substance Supply
Employment Type: Contract
Duration:1 year with likely extensions
Rate: $65 $75/hour W2
Posting Date:01/08/2024.

3 Key Consulting is recruiting aProject Managerfor a consulting engagement with our direct client a leading global biotechnology company.

Job Description:

Fully Onsite at Thousand Oaks. Standard business hours.

This engineering position supports projects that associated with cGMP equipment and facilities at Thousand Oaks (ATO). The engineer will lead activities in alignment with the engineering workstreams (i.e. Clients Commissioning and Qualification Process (CQP) to ensure that new GMP equipment is installed and maintained in a validated state equipment & facilities design and compliance project management etc.. The engineer works in partnership with the maintenance Project Management Engineering Technical Lead and manufacturing to develop and oversee the operation and reliability of equipment. The engineer must work closely with Environmental Health Safety Services (EHSS) and Quality Assurance (QA) for compliance. The engineer will support the projects in defining strategies for quality systems verification and will work with the process development / validation team to develop and document appropriate practices for characterization.

The Engineer role will provide direct engineering technical support as follows:
  • Be individually accountable for the verification deliverables on key capital projects
  • Assist in the identification of critical quality parameters and process attributes for new equipment or facility modifications.
  • Assist in development and review of User Requirements Specifications (URS).
  • Suggest design modifications to address risks and design in quality and safety.
  • Develop the commissioning strategy based on the URS and Quality Risk Assessment for Automation and Equipment Systems (QRAES) to validate equipment design while minimizing project cost and schedule impact (riskbased approach).
  • Oversee development of validation protocols in line with CQP Automation Systems Delivery SOPs and cGMP standards.
  • Recommend evaluate and manage performance of contract resources
  • Provide oversight for verification deliverables developed by outsourced/contract verification staff.
  • Act as a liaison between Engineering and Quality Assurance during project planning and closeout
  • Ensure that validation protocols are executed and documented in accordance with cGMP good documentation and safety compliant practices.
  • Ensure safety during commissioning validation maintenance and manufacturing activities
  • Review and approve the commissioning report and ensure that all verification exceptions have been adequately addressed
  • Support Manufacturing and QA with Performance Qualification (PQ) activities if applicable
  • Suggest design modifications to address risks and design in quality and safety
  • Develop commission strategy
  • Oversee development of validation protocols Automation System Delivery
  • Lead teams
Related Activities:
  • Participate or lead when required multidisciplinary site teams e.g. Cross Functional Team Root Cause Analysis lead.
  • Support Lean Transformation and Excellence in Operations process improvement by leading supporting and documenting improvement opportunities to reduce cost improve safety/quality or improve speed.
  • Provide ad hoc technical support and guidance for manufacturing and maintenance
  • Assist in developing and project engineering & management metrics
Must have skill sets:
  • Good Fundamental Leadership and Values
  • Good Fundamental Engineering
  • Good Fundamental Project Management
  • Looking for a PM who will support manufacturing plant/ engineering group

Basic Qualifications:
Doctorate degree OR Master degree and 2 years of experience OR Bachelor degree and 4 years of experience OR Associate degree and 10 years of experience.

Preferred Qualifications / Skills / Experience:
  • Bachelors degree in engineering or another sciencerelated field
  • 5 years of relevant work experience with 1 years experience in operations/manufacturing environment
  • Direct experience with regulated environments (FDA OSHA EPA etc.
  • Working knowledge and experience with cGMP procedures and engineering practices on pharmaceutical/biotech production processes clean utilities facilities instruments and equipment
  • Experience implementing riskbased verification on major GMP process equipment / automation projects including validation protocol development and
  • Experience with combination product / medical device quality systems verification
  • Process equipment knowledge cell culture fermentation purification filling and packaging
  • Process automation knowledge understanding of automation infrastructure current technologies and automation project / verification.
  • Knowledge of Delta V Rockwell and Plant Information Systems is a plus
  • Demonstrated strong communication and technical writing skills
  • Strengths in facilitation and collaboration / networking
  • Experience in developing SOPs and delivering training
  • Individual must be a team player prepared to work in and embrace a teambased culture that relies on collaboration for effective decisionmaking
  • Good record of applying process improvement methodologies to mature and improve business processes (e.g. PDCA LEAN Six Sigma and fundamental understanding of statistics etc.
  • Demonstrated skills in the following areas:
    • Problem solving and applied engineering.
    • Basic technical report writing.
    • Verbal communication.
  • Demonstrated Skills in the following areas:
  • Basic technical presentations.
  • Personal Organization.
  • Dealing with and managing change.
  • Technical (Equipment Specific).
  • Analytical Problem Solving.
  • Computer Literacy (Maximo Track wise EBuilder PCS BMS and QEMS).
  • Specialized equipment/process expertise.
  • Ability to handle multiple projects at the same time.
  • Demonstrated Skills in the following areas:
    • Schedule development
    • Facilitation
    • Collaboration
    • Basic project management
    • Completion and followup
  • Problem solving skills requiring the application of scientific and engineering theory and calculations and creative skills in the development of hypotheses and approach.
  • Demonstrated Skills in the following areas:
    • Negotiation persuasion and facilitation collaboration
    • Project cost development
    • Conflict resolution
    • Leadership and team building
    • Schedule and resources loading development
    • Customer service in a technical setting
    • Management of contractors and vendors.
    • Flexibility to work offhours.

Red Flags:
  • Poor Leadership: Safety & Quality
  • Poor Communication
  • Poor Teamwork

Interview Process:
WebEx Screen / Interview


We invite qualified candidates to sendyour resume to. Ifyou decide that youre not interested in pursuing this particular position please feel free to take a look at the other positions on our websitewww.3keyconsulting/careers. You are also welcome to sharethis opportunity withanyone you think might be interested in applying for this role.

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Employment Type

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