Process Engineer- R&D

The Opportunity:

Avantor, a Global Fortune 500 company is looking for a dedicated R&D Process Engineer to optimize our Biopharma Production organization by connecting laboratory characterization data with biomanufacturing capabilities while bridging innovative applications with reliable and scalable process technologies. This Bridgewater, NJ/ Innovation Center role is full-time, on-site.

What we are looking for

Minimum Education Requirement:

•          Bachelor’s degree

Travel:

•          Up to 20%

Experience:

Required (5+ years with Bachelor’s degree; 3+ years with MS degree; 0- 2 yrs with PHD degree).

• Supporting process equipment suppliers, facilities and engineering personnel to develop appropriate user requirement records to ensure reliable process system design of biomanufacturing equipment such as bioreactors, harvest, chromatography skids and/or tangential flow systems. 
• Managing of change management documentation and/or other process equipment records.
• In the case of equipment optimizations, supporting the execution of reliability improvement efforts to identify root cause and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence malfunctions ensuring that all aspects of an operation or process meet specified regulations.
• Observing manufacturing processes and independently developing innovative solutions to solve problems.
• Independently driving the execution of improvement projects.
• Compiling and analyzing experimental data using statistical tools.
• Communicating with customers to clearly define deliverables, gather customer feedback, and support project activities.
• Implementing innovative approaches and new methodologies by reviewing literature and participating in discussions.
• Presenting the analytical findings, project outcomes, and value propositions at internal or customer meetings, industry associations, and conferences.
• Conducting laboratory experiments, manufacturing operations, in project planning and performance
• Driving collaboration within R&D and cross-functional groups on key application strategies.
• Experience working within a GLP/cGMP environment
• Collaborative and inter-personal skills
• Business level presentation, written and verbal communication skills
• Interpreting an extensive variety of information in written verbal and diagram formats.
• Collaborative decision-making skills
• Excellent analytical thinking and negotiation skills
• Detail oriented; strong process and problem-solving skills.

Preferred:

• Developing product application ideas and formulating concepts for feasibility
• Evaluating manufacturability to commercializes products utilizing equipment and systems to process recombinant proteins, antibodies, viral vectors, and mRNA.
• Creating project plans of low complexity to jointly work with manufacturing and technical personnel to optimize scalable processes that meets pre-establish quality and productivity criteria.
• Supporting activities to upgrade process equipment to improve quality, safety, and reliability; this includes the associated design, procurement and qualification requirements for the equipment and/or systems.
• Simultaneously executing tasks to complete projects within the desired timeframe
• Project management
• Employing innovative approaches to achieve objectives.

• Conducting hands-on laboratory experiments for cell growth, culture harvesting, molecular interaction studies, product stability studies, and
• sample analysis using purification chromatography systems such as affinity, ion-exchange, hydrophobic interaction and mixed-mode chromatography.
• Complying with all safety, environmental, and quality policies and procedures.
• Leading and coaching others in maintaining excellence on cGMP, quality control, and safety.
• Hands-on experience in protein purification, chemical/biological analysis, synthesis, and molecular biology techniques are strongly preferred.
• Reading, analyzing, and interpreting common and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Participating in innovation/application strategy planning sessions.
• Organization and prioritization skills
• Gathering and creating market reports by conducting voice-of-customer type activities.

How you will thrive and create an impact:

Avantor’s Biopharma Production organization works side-by-side with Scientists around the world to enable breakthroughs in medicine, healthcare, and technology at scale. Our expertise and solutions, reliable products, digital solutions and innovation and manufa