Manufacturing Scientist - Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Molecules

OPEN JOB: Manufacturing Scientist - Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Molecules
LOCATION: Lebanon, Indiana (up to 4 days a month work from home) 
SALARY: $75,000 to $160,000

• We are looking for multiple (6) candidates - open to different experiences levels 2 years+. Salary is commensurate with years of experience. 

BENEFITS - Full
Relocation Assistance Available - Yes
Interview Travel Reimbursed - Yes
Industry: Manufacturing & Production
Job Category: Medical / Health - Pharmacy

Our customer is a global healthcare leader which discovers, manufactures and distributes life-changing medicines to those who need them. The firm has 35,000 employees

The firm is currently constructing an advanced manufacturing facility for production of API molecules located in Lebanon, IN.  This facility will provide APIs for current and future products, including new modalities.  This is a unique opportunity to be a part of the startup team for a greenfield manufacturing site, and the successful candidate will help to build the processes and systems to enable a successful startup into GMP manufacturing operations.  

Overview:

• The Manufacturing Scientist is part of the TSMS (Technical Services/Manufacturing Science) team that provides the technical support required to achieve reliable and compliant manufacturing of API molecules.
• This role will be part of the Manufacturing Process Team for its respective area, providing daily oversight to ensure safe and reliable supply of medicines. 
• The Manufacturing Scientist executes technical projects (experimental, modeling and/or production data analysis) to improve and optimize process control, yield, purity, and/or productivity. 
• In addition, the manufacturing scientist should be capable and of setting up and executing a variety of experiments at laboratory scale and conducting research on manufactured product for process improvements and troubleshooting in the technical services and manufacturing sciences laboratory. 

Responsibilities:

• Understand the scientific principles required for manufacturing intermediates and bulk drug substances, including the interaction of the chemistry and equipment. 
• Execute technical projects (experimental, modeling and/or production data analysis) to improve process control, yield, purity, and/or productivity.
• Provide technical support for preparation of relevant technical documents, as required, such as: technical reports, change controls, regulatory submissions, deviation investigations, validation protocols and summary reports, processing records, procedures, PFDs (Process Flow Documents), VMPs, etc.
• Develop and monitor established metrics in real-time to assess process variability and capability.
• Understand, justify and document the state of validation (process and cleaning) with data that evaluate the capability of the manufacturing process to meet its stated purpose.
• Ensure that an accurate instruction set (tickets & procedures) and PFD describe the process as performed and the control strategy for the discrete manufacturing steps.
• Ensure that experiments are well designed with clear objectives.
• Ability to analyze data and ensure appropriate documentation.
• Write technical reports and documents.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelors in STEM Discipline (Chemistry preferred) and at least 3 years of experience in cGMP manufacturing, or master's degree and 1 year experience in cGMP manufacturing.

Additional Preferences:

• Demonstrated basic knowledge in small molecule, peptide, or oligonucleotide API Manufacturing.
• Relevant industrial experience in any of the following discipline such as API Manufacturing, TS/MS (Technical Services/ Manufacturing Sciences), Quality Control, Quality Assurance, or Development.
• Familiarity with cGMP manufacturing environment and terminology.
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a Process Team consisting of a diverse group of management, production, science and engineering professionals.
• Creativity to identify improvement opportunities and the tenacity/initiative to see them implemented.
• Guidance/mentoring of others through processes.
• Flexibility to meet business needs.

If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please respond back and include the following:
 

• MS WORD Resume
• required compensation.
• Contact information.
• Availability

 
Upon receipt, one of our managers will contact you to discuss the position in full detail.

JASON DENMARK
Recruiting Manager
INTERMEDIA GROUP, INC.
EMAIL: jdenmark@intermediagroup.com
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasondenmark/



 

Steve Fleischner
Intermedia Group, Inc.
steve@intermediagroup.com
(212) 203-3666
www.intermediaqroup.com