Senior Process Engineer in Bangor

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SENIOR PROCESS ENGINEER

If you like the idea of leveraging your chemical engineering and project management skills and becoming part of a growing chemical manufacturer and a major supplier of chemical ingredients to the bio-pharmaceutical industry, this may be the job for you!

BioSpectra is seeking a Senior Process Engineer to lead and execute engineering projects in support of BioSpectra’s chemical manufacturing and process development initiatives. These projects include development/validation of new products and processes, increasing the capacity of current products, improving safety, compliance, cost of manufacturing and other areas of continuous improvement.

This is a career opportunity for someone who has the right technical skills and background and the drive to make a meaningful impact as a process engineering leader with a growing company!

Major Roles & Responsibilities:

The ideal candidate will be able to perform the following responsibilities.

• Process Engineering & Design: Designs chemical manufacturing processes establishing and documenting process path and equipment selection to ensure the effectiveness of the process. Implements complex chemical manufacturing processing to meet the compliance requirements for associated products.
• Process Optimization: Evaluates manufacturing processes, development/manufacturing batch records and operational procedures and makes recommendations to leadership to improve increase throughput, reduce costs and improve safety.
• Equipment Selection & Installation: Provides input into the design and selection of process equipment and troubleshoot process equipment and utilities as required.
• Documentation: Ensures executed development plans are documented, reviewed and approved by appropriate personnel. Documents work performed in batch records, validation protocols, logbooks, laboratory notebooks, etc. Creates process flow diagrams, risk assessments, operating procedures.
• Change Management: Works closely with process validation to ensure that changes to process and equipment are properly handled within BioSpectra's change management procedures.
• Training: Trains engineering and manufacturing personnel in how to best operate manufacturing equipment to ensure manufactured products meet required specifications.
• Leadership: Guides process engineers and manufacturing operators on the design and execution of process development projects and improvements.
• Project Management: Executes process and product development projects as assigned by effectively planning, monitoring and taking action to design and develop processes and resolve issues that arise in a timely manner. Communicates the status of these projects to members of management, as needed.
• Environmental Health & Safety Assessment: Works closely with EHS management to assess manufacturing processes and equipment with respect to safety and environmental impact and make recommendations as to changes needed.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have a degree in chemical engineering or other related fields and/or commensurate experience.

• Five or more years’ experience in process engineering for a chemical or ingredients manufacturer.
• Must be able to demonstrate the following technical knowledge and experience:
  • Working knowledge of chemical manufacturing processes.
  • Working knowledge of equipment used in chemical manufacturing including reactors, piping and hoses, pumps, centrifuges, dryers, agitators and associated utilities (chillers, heaters).
  • Working knowledge of the use of solvents in chemical manufacturing.
  • Knowledge and understanding of chemical synthesis and acid/base reactions.
  • Successful design and development of processes from bench scale (grams) to pilot scale (kilos) to commercial scale (tons).
  • The ability to read, understand, create and make changes to P&IDs.
  • Apply the principles of good manufacturing practices (GMPs), policies and procedures to effectively develop batch procedures and manage process changes and validations per regulatory guidelines.

In addition, the following qualities which will be critical to the successful candidate in this role.

• Technical Expertise: Knowledge of process controls and demonstrated excellence in designing and optimizing chemical manufacturing processes. Experience with driving continuous process improvements, with a general working knowledge of SPC, DOE, Six Sigma, Lean and/or other process improvement methodology and systems.
• Achieve Results: Results- with a proven ability to deliver tangible outcomes and measurable results.
• Problem-Solving & Decision-making: Demonstrated the ability to diagnose chemical process and equipment challenges, decide on a course of action and resolve the issue.
• Communication: Ability to write, orally communicate and effectively communicate technical information in a concise and understandable way.
• Software Technology: Demonstrated ability to use Microsoft and other software technology and systems, including statistical software to assist the organization in driving process performance excellence.

If you believe you have the experience and the right stuff to lead and drive process engineering excellence for BioSpectra’s Process Development team, please reach out to us!