Sr. Engineer (3176781)
Senior Engineer (3176781)
📍 Location: East of Puerto Rico (Open to Puerto Rico residents)
🏢 100% Onsite | 🕗 Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
📅 Duration: Approximately One Year
👥 Open Position: 1
Summary
Our client, a leader in the biotechnology industry, is seeking a Senior Engineer to independently provide and/or direct process optimization strategies and troubleshoot operational issues in operations, manufacturing, pilot plant, or capital project environments. This role applies advanced and diverse engineering principles to design and implement major system modifications, experiments, and capital projects. You will be responsible for developing, organizing, analyzing, and presenting interpretations of results for operational issues or engineering projects of significant scope and complexity.
Preferred Qualifications:
- HVAC systems experience
- Project management experience
- Knowledge of HEPA certification
- Familiarity with Maximo system
Primary Responsibilities:
General:
- Complete complex or novel assignments requiring the development of new and/or improved engineering techniques and procedures.
- Develop engineering policies and procedures impacting multiple organizational units.
- Supervise, coordinate, and review the work of a small staff of engineers, associates, and/or technicians both on an ongoing and project basis.
- Employ advanced engineering techniques and/or modifications of existing techniques within your area of expertise.
- Apply knowledge of engineering principles across multiple disciplines for a variety of assignments.
- Serve as a peer-recognized specialist in at least one engineering technology area, determining methodologies in that area.
- Apply mature engineering knowledge in planning and conducting projects.
Other functions may be assigned as necessary.
Design Engineering:
- Develop technical solutions to complex problems using ingenuity and creativity.
- Collaborate with research, manufacturing, process development, utilities, facilities, quality assurance, and validation teams to develop requirements and recommendations for large and/or complex system and facility modifications.
- Partner with project managers to complete design and engineering projects within schedule, budget, and quality constraints.
- Coordinate the work of consultants, architects, and engineering firms in the development of standard design documents.
- Develop departmental or project budgets encompassing multiple disciplines or entire smaller projects.
Education Requirements:
- Doctorate in Engineering, OR
- Master's Degree + 2 years of Engineering experience, OR
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering + 4 years of Engineering experience
Competencies & Skills:
Technical Knowledge:
- Working knowledge of pharmaceutical/biotech processes
- Familiarity with validation processes and documentation in a regulated environment
- Ability to operate specialized laboratory equipment and computers
- Interpretation and application of GLPs and GMPs
- Application of engineering science to production
- Development of solutions to routine technical problems
Engineering & Project Management:
- Problem solving and applied engineering
- Basic technical report writing and verbal communication
- Validation protocol execution and writing
- Planning and managing technical changes
- Analytical problem-solving and computer literacy
- Specialized equipment/process expertise
- Deep understanding of validation requirements for new equipment installations
Collaboration & Leadership:
- Effective interaction with diverse communication and working styles
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Schedule development, facilitation, and collaboration
- Basic project management skills and follow-up
- Established expertise in multiple engineering technologies
- Ability to manage both internal and external resources to solve technical problems
- Project cost development and financial analysis
- Negotiation, persuasion, conflict resolution, leadership, and team-building
- Management of contractors and vendors
If you are interested in joining a dynamic and impactful team within the biotechnology industry, we invite you to apply through the job description link and submit your updated resume!