Title: Engineer - AMAGJP00013132
Locations: Thousand Oaks, CA
Duration: 12 months to begin with
Description:
Ideal Candidate: Previous biotech / pharma experience. Experience working with equipment.
Upstream cell culture or downstream purification experience.
Nice to have: Chemical Engineering B.S preferred. Instrumentation background, preventative maintenance, automation background (DeltaV or Finesse controllers), and process monitoring or trending experience. Bioreactors, Chromatography
Responsibilities include:
• Perform the system owner role for assigned systems to ensure equipment reliability and technology development initiatives.
• Develop and maintain process control automation solution for bench top Finesse and DeltaV Controllers systems in Next Generation Lab
• Coordinating projects for equipment modification/improvement
• Data trend analysis of the system and equipment used for technology development to identify and proactively manage performance trends.
• Ensuring the preventive maintenance schedule for the systems is successfully implemented.
• Create a critical spare parts list for the systems/equipment and maintain appropriate levels of spares.
• Troubleshooting of performance trends and equipment reliability.
• Support of new product introductions and implementation of new equipment/technology.
• Support of continuous improvement project monitoring effectiveness of implemented projects.
• Initiating review and approval of changes to operating procedures and EHS change control process relating to the system.
• Identify and implement engineering-based improvements or upgrades to process equipment, including identification of design requirements, options analysis, design, installation, startup and qualification of equipment.
• Designing, executing, implementing and leading engineering or process projects
• Working in a collaborative manner with various functions and contributing to investigations
