Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer (JP12913 Location: Thousand Oaks CA. 91320 Business Unit: Facilities and Engineering Drug Substance Supply Group Employment Type: Contract Duration: 5 months (with likely extensions for 2025 Rate: $38 $42 /hour Posting Date: 6/18/2024. Notes: Only qualified candidates need apply. Fully onsite at ATO no opportunity for remote Full time onsite support in required. Standard business hours some possibility for overtime
3 Key Consulting is hiring! We are recruiting a Manufacturing Engineer for a consulting engagement with our direct client a leading global biotechnology company.
Job Description: Looking for industry experience as a manufacturing engineer. This engineering position supports manufacturing activities associated with manufacturing process equipment at our clients Thousand OaksCA facility. The engineer works in partnership with the maintenance Project Management Engineering Technical Lead and manufacturing to develop improve and oversee the operation and reliability of equipment. The Engineer role will provide direct engineering technical support as follows:
Identify support and/or lead implementation of engineeringbased improvements or upgrades to the process equipment. This may include development of rationale for improvement and identification of design requirements and then translation of requirements into process equipment/system design specification and supporting the construction startup and validation of equipment.
Be individually accountable for the verification deliverables.
Assist in the identification of critical quality parameters and process attributes for new equipment.
Advising and coordinating equipment maintenance as vital to ensure systems are in proper working order.
Provide oversight for verification deliverables developed by outsourced/contract verification staff.
Assist in development and review of User Requirements Specifications (URS).
Suggest design modifications to address risks and design in quality and safety.
Develop or oversee development of commissioning and function test plan for any equipment modifications and acquisition in line with CQP Automation Systems SOPs and standards.
Act as a liaison between Engineering and Manufacturing during project planning and closeout.
Ensure safety during commissioning validation maintenance and manufacturing activities.
Monitor systems to identify performance risks and implement risk reduction strategies.
Providing problem solving support to reduce production downtime. This will involve leading and/or supporting technical root cause analysis involving multidisciplinary site teams and implementation of corrective/preventive action.
Ensure systems are installed and operating safely align with pertinent environmental health/safety practice rules and regulations.
Lead and provide ad hoc technical support and guidance in a timely manner for manufacturing and maintenance on equipment troubleshooting.
Support Manufacturing and QA with Performance Qualification (PQ) activities if applicable.
Identifying reliability improvements for assigned equipment to improve equipment uptime.
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.
Work schedule flexibility to support 24/7 operations requiring occasional afterhours engineering coverage as required from time to time.
Provide concise and clear documentation for actions taken on systems.
Top Must Have Skill Sets:
Engineering and technical background (process equipment troubleshooting data driven tech skills)
Ideally would have 2 5 years pharmaceutical industry background. Bachelor degree Engineering
Team work experience
Day to Day Responsibilities:
Identify support and/or lead implementation of engineeringbased improvements or upgrades to the process equipment. This may include development of rationale for improvement and identification of design requirements and then translation of requirements into process equipment/system design specification and supporting the construction startup and validation of equipment.
Be individually accountable for the verification deliverables.
Assist in the identification of critical quality parameters and process attributes for new equipment.
Advising and coordinating equipment maintenance as vital to ensure systems are in proper working order.
Provide oversight for verification deliverables developed by outsourced/contract verification staff.
Assist in development and review of User Requirements Specifications (URS).
Suggest design modifications to address risks and design in quality and safety.
Develop or oversee development of commissioning and function test plan for any equipment modifications and acquisition in line with CQP Automation Systems SOPs and standards.
Act as a liaison between Engineering and Manufacturing during project planning and closeout.
Ensure safety during commissioning validation maintenance and manufacturing activities.
Monitor systems to identify performance risks and implement risk reduction strategies.
Providing problem solving support to reduce production downtime. This will involve leading and/or supporting technical root cause analysis involving multidisciplinary site teams and implementation of corrective/preventive action.
Ensure systems are installed and operating safely align with pertinent environmental health/safety practice rules and regulations.
Lead and provide ad hoc technical support and guidance in a timely manner for manufacturing and maintenance on equipment troubleshooting.
Support Manufacturing and QA with Performance Qualification (PQ) activities if applicable.
Identifying reliability improvements for assigned equipment to improve equipment uptime.
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.
Work schedule flexibility to support 24/7 operations requiring occasional afterhours engineering coverage as required from time to time.
Provide concise and clear documentation for actions taken on systems.
Basic Qualifications:
Master degree OR Bachelor degree and 2 years of experience OR Associate degree and 6 years of experience OR High school diploma / GED and 8 years of experience
Basic technical report writing and presentations
Verbal communication
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/troubleshooting at the same time
Schedule development facilitation and collaboration
Basic project management project 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.
Project Cost development
Conflict Resolution
Customer service in a technical setting
Management of contractors and vendors.
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
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in engineeringrelated field
5 years of relevant work experience with 3 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
Direct knowledge of design and troubleshooting with GMP Biopharmaceutical Production
facility equipment/systems such as cell culture reactors chromatography filtration as well as other
equipment needed to support these processes such as autoclaves clean in place (CIP) systems
washers clean steam etc.
Process automation knowledge understanding of automation infrastructure current technologies
and automation project / verification.
Why is the Position Open Supplement additional workload on team.
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