Engineer I -(Assistant)

Hello,

Job Title: Engineer I
Duration:  Contract
Location:   Elkton, VA
 
 Required

• Top skillsets- Technically sound, willing to troubleshoot on the floor/not a lab environment.
• Technical Operations Shift Engineer (TOSE)- Direct on floor support assisting with manufacture of sterile antibiotic product. You would form a shift team with operations, quality, and maintenance personnel.
• Your roles would include troubleshooting issues as they arise, observing the process and walking the floor to check for unusual events, escalation of events/issues to proper individuals to minimize impact and restore normalcy. Some technical writing and process deviation investigations would fall into times when you are not working on the production floor.
• There are 4 shifts and 6 TOSE. The TOSE are assigned one of the shifts
• The remaining 2 would act as coverage for the on shift persons or would be a trainee who is not ready to work independently. There are currently 4 TOSE on shift with a trainee. 

• Education and Experience Requirements:
• B.S. or M.S. degree in, biology, biochemistry, biochemical engineering, biological systems engineering, biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, computer science, integrated science, or related disciplines and 0-3 years of relevant industrial experience.
• Shift Hours: Rotating 12 Hour Shift (6am – 6pm or 2pm-2am; 7 days a week)

• Excellent academic record
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, team skills, personal character, and ethics
• Strong problem solving skills and a hands-on approach to problem solving, with a bias towards going to see problems for oneself in the field.
• Ability to examine an issue from diverse perspectives (safety, compliance, maintenance, automation, equipment, process, and people) in order to best understand and resolve it.
• Enthusiasm, confidence, and initiative-taking ability needed for continuous learning and its applications.
• Strong desire to succeed and to help others to do the same.

• Experience working in a cGMP environment
• Work, co-op, or internship experience in industry

• Providing technical support for vaccine, biologic, and sterile manufacturing processes in the form of data analysis, troubleshooting, problem-solving, report writing
• Supporting change control implementation
• Learning new processes and procedures
• Performing shift work as needed
• Conducting technical investigations and analyses
• Recommending and implementing corrective and preventative actions, and helping lead reduction of atypical events
• Writing, reviewing, and improving procedures for operation of equipment and processes
• Contributing to process and equipment safety reviews