Sr. Process Engineer
Location: US, NC, RTP 
Department: biotech
Employment type: Contract
Industry: Biotechnology
Function: Engineering
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Bachelor's Degree

Company profile:
Maynard Consulting Company has more than 20 years experience in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, chemical, and validation engineering fields. In addition, we have over 10 years in project management, software engineering, telecommunication, testing, and networking engineering.  MCC partners with skilled candidates to meet and exceed their career expectations.

Description:
The Production Department is responsible for the production of sterile injectable mixtures, inhaled products (MDI, pMDI, DPI, and nasal), and other formulations compatible/accessible with the production equipment available at the Client’s Morrisville site.  This includes maintenance, setup, operation, changeover, and routine maintenance of automated and manual production equipment.  The Production Department executes, completes, and reviews all associated master batch record documentation; creates and reviews standard operating procedures; creates manufacturing metrics documentation and assists with process development and validation studies.The position is a manufacturing core team leader supporting the commercial manufacturing process and equipment expansion, as well as ongoing operations.   This position will be responsible for all technical and operational elements of the new commercial inhalation manufacturing process including:   process engineering and troubleshooting, process and product improvement, equipment selection and usage, capacity utilization improvement, lean process design, ensuring delivery to customer specifications and timelines, and customer, supplier and communications.   This technical leadership role will work to deliver customer satisfaction and, with the cross functional core team, will deliver the product on time, with high quality, and at the correct cost.  This position works closely with all site organizations and with the customer. 

Requirements:
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