Lead Process Engineer

Hobson Prior are seeking for a to join a Lead Process Engineer Biotech organisation in London on a permanent basis. Our client are determined to develop treatments who can save patients' lives.

Please note that to be considered for this role you must have the right to work in this location.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for devising and implementing a process engineering improvement strategy within manufacturing.
• Accountable for leading major process engineering changes within the GMP gene therapy manufacturing facility.
• Accountable for process data and control systems improvement for all critical manufacturing equipment.
• Accountable for developing and sustaining technical documentation systems to increase manufacturing equipment understanding e.g. drawings, operational guides, etc.
• Accountable for change management activities for process engineering equipment and systems within the scope of manufacturing, with a responsibility to act as process safety technical authority for all changes.
• Responsible for the design, planning and project management and delivery of proactive, corrective and preventative improvements to the manufacturing process, procedures, and ways of working.
• Responsible for leading internal investigations into manufacturing deviations and safety incidents.
• Responsible for preparing and fronting process engineering topics during audits and regulatory inspections.
• Responsible for ensuring that own work complies with GMP, Data Integrity and Good Documentation Practice (GDP) and is undertaken in accordance with applicable procedures.
• Responsible for ensuring that own training is undertaken in a timely and GMP compliant manner before the task is undertaken.
• Responsible for ensuring that any GMP documentation assigned e.g. (but not limited to) Issues, CAPAs, Change Controls, BMRs & audit/inspection actions are closed timely and in a right-first-time state.

Key Skills:

• Meets challenges with resourcefulness; generates suggestions for improving work; develops innovative approaches and ideas.
• Speaks clearly; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions; demonstrates good presentation skills; participates effectively in meetings.
• Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively; able to read and interpret written information.

Requirements:

• University degree in Chemical / Process / Biochemical Engineering.
• Engineering Chartership desirable.
• Professional experience in process design, project management and continuous improvement.
• Good understanding of pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) desirable.

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