INCOG BioPharma is seeking a highly motivated individual with extensive experience leading capital projects installing and qualifying GMP pharmaceutical packaging equipment. Technologies include automated and manual visual inspection, labeling, assembly operations, cartoning, and serialization. After completion of the packaging expansion project, this role will transition into one responsible for short and long-term process improvements. The ideal candidate will have experience with biopharmaceutical based GXP manufacturing operations including technology transfers and process/equipment improvements. Food & beverage packaging industry experience is also acceptable.
The successful candidate will lead the technical team in packaging by providing technical assessments, rationales and approval for engineering and process changes as well as documentation pertaining to equipment lifecycle, qualification, audit responses, and validation to meet regulatory requirements. Shall have excellent oral/written communication skills and strong technical writing ability to lead and/or participate on teams with internal partners, customers, and vendors. Additionally, the candidate must thoroughly understand and be able to adapt to the changing needs of a contract manufacturing environment.
Essential Job Functions:
- Leading the packaging equipment specification, procurement, installation and qualification activities. This includes managing portions of the capital budget and providing routine project updates.
- Monitor and analyze manufacturing data as necessary to provide support for process improvement and investigations.
- Participate and support process FMEAs to understand process and product risks as a pre-requisite for process validation.
- Mentor and train other team members.
- Ensure successful manufacturing process comparability and process validation runs by assessing risk, setting preventative measures in place, investigating, and troubleshooting equipment and process issues.
- Lead and ensure systematic DMAIC based approach utilization for process/product related investigations to identify root cause and provide impact assessment to maintain routine manufacturing operations and determine process improvements for manufacturing.
- Participate and report to a cross-functional team to advance production activities.
- Participate in evaluation of new technology and process automation for introduction into GMP manufacturing.
- Write technical documentation (protocols & reports for equipment/instrument qualifications, comparability, process, and manufacturing process validation testing)
- Execute engineering studies, recipe development, and validation test cases.
- Work with vendors and suppliers to define requirements and understand functional specifications.
- Understand manufacturing needs and adapt to the changing needs of the manufacturing environment.
- Work flexible hours for the coverage of the production facility.
Special Job Requirements:
- Knowledge of data management tools and RCM.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in chemical, electrical, or mechanical engineering, biochemistry, bioengineering, or related scientific field.
- 5+ years’ experience in biopharmaceutical or other GXP regulated industry.
Additional Preferences:
- CMO/CDMO experience
- Technical and/or lean six sigma certifications
Additional info about INCOG BioPharma Services:
At INCOG BioPharma we have built a world-class CDMO for parenteral injectable drugs. Our culture and priorities are different by design: focused on building long-term value for our customers, we are committed to a service-culture mindset, technical excellence, and a collaborative and team-centered approach to doing business.
If you crave the challenge of creating systems from scratch and believe you have insights for a better way of doing business, which benefits customers by ensuring quality outcomes and accelerating their route to market, we want to hear from you. Unless otherwise specified, all positions are based out of our Fishers, IN offices. Please note, we are a smoke-free campus.
INCOG BioPharma is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions at INCOG BioPharma are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical disability, sexual orientation, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
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