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Sr. Spec, Engineering

Inseriert am: 14.08.2018
Sr. Spec, Engineering-CHE006114 

Description

 

MSD is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company – one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us. Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of an individual like you.  To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork.  As part of our global team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.


 


The Global Technical Operations External Manufacturing Sterile Organization is seeking a highly motivated individual to fill an open position to support sterile drug product manufacture at contract manufacturing sites in Europe. This position is located in Lucerne, Switzerland. 


 


This is an exciting opportunity to work with key strategic external partners, grow technical experience in sterile manufacturing, and work on high visibility network initiatives with direct access to senior management. Our team strives to provide technical excellence in our work and be strong partners, collaborators, and leaders within the small and large molecule lines of business at MSD.  We are looking for new talent to incorporate new and innovative approaches to our work.


 


The Sr. Specialist provides process technical support to drug product sterile fill finish manufacturing at CMO sites, including process performance, implementation of process improvement strategies, and development of process models. The incumbent will be responsible for driving change in sterile manufacturing, owning the production processes and key performance measures, and managing the technical change portfolio. This role will potentially support multiple CMOs supporting process analysis for sterile processes, formulation, filling, visual inspection and packaging. This may also include leading technical transfers, implementing process improvement projects, change control, on-site support for manufacturing, risk assessments and other initiatives. The incumbent will also support regulatory inspections and filings for sterile drug products.  The incumbent will have technical and leadership skills in addition interpersonal and communication skills, as they will be part of high performance teams.


 


The Senior Specialist:


 



  • Reports to Associate Director or Director, External Manufacturing Sterile, and receives general direction on goals and objectives.

  • Executes technical transfers, provides on-going support to External Partners to resolve manufacturing issues, and develops plans to meet capacity needs.

  • Provides a single point of technical contact to assigned EP's, impacted Manufacturing Division sites and Commercialization.

  • Troubleshooting sterile drug product processing technologies and equipment such as formulation, filling vials/syringes/devices, lyophilization, inspection, and transportation.

  • Supports commercial drug product manufacturing operations with technical evaluation of scale up, validation, and technology transfer.


The position has upward growth potential and the opportunity to see many different sterile products and areas. The department is growing in the coming years and we are seeking top talent to fill open positions.  


The position includes travel to internal and external sites within Europe at approximately 25%.


Qualifications

 

Education:



  • Required: Minimum Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Biological/Chemistry Sciences or related discipline.


Required:



  • Ability to work effectively across boundaries to build strong collaborative relation with other internal Global Technical Operations, Sterile, External Services partner groups, Small and Large Molecule Sites and external partners.

  • Demonstrated strategic ability to develop innovative solutions for undefined problems and business processes to meet the needs of key stakeholders and project sponsors.

  • A minimum of 3+ years of experience in support of specific areas such as Sterile Processing, Tech Transfer or Validation or Operations.

  • Strong knowledge of Quality systems, Drug Product Manufacturing and Validation.

  • Excellent command of English (both written and oral).


Preferred:



  • Proven analytical and technical problem-solving abilities.

  • Experience in sterile/ aseptic processing or formulation, filling and packaging.

  • Experience working with external contractors/suppliers with demonstrated use of interpersonal skills to build strong technical relationships.

  • Project management skills including the ability to manage multiple projects and evaluate project resource requirements would be a plus.

  • Ability to work both independently and as a part of a team, using strong collaboration skills.

  • Demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills; ability to influence peers.


Your role at MSD is integral to helping the world meet new breakthroughs that affect generations to come, and we’re counting on your skills and inventiveness to help make meaningful contributions to global medical advancement. At MSD, we’re inventing for life.


 


MSD is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity.  Please, no phone calls or emails.  All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at MSD via email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of MSD.  No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by MSD as a result of the referral or through other means.

 

Job

: Chemical Engineering

Primary Location

: EMEA-Switzerland-LU-Luzern

Employee Status

: Regular 

Number of Openings

: 1Company Trade Name:MSD

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