Chemical Process Engineer Boulder

Chemical Process Engineer job at Corden Pharma - A Full-Service CDMO. Boulder, CO.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Corden Pharma provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Corden Pharma embraces fair hiring practices.

Corden Pharma is a leading full-service contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), excipients, and pharmaceuticals Drug Products (DP) and packaging capabilities with > 2,600 employees across the world. Our services enable pharmaceutical and biotech companies to manufacture medicines with the ultimate goal of improving people’s lives. Our network in Europe and the U.S. offers flexible and specialized solutions across five technology platforms:
Peptides, Lipids, & Carbohydrates;
Injectables;
Highly Potent & Oncology; and Small Molecules. We strive for excellence in supporting this network and are committed to providing the highest quality products for the well-being of patients.
Summary Performs research and development activities for the purpose of transferring and designing/improving a process or technology. Provides process engineering support for manufacturing processes in assigned group or plant through developing and implementing continuous improvements. And through troubleshooting methods and equipment used in the production of bulk pharmaceutical intermediates and active pharmaceutical ingredients.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Provides day-to-day support to assigned processes, at times requiring attention outside of the normal work hours
• Evaluates new process fits into manufacturing with supervisory oversight, including consideration of safety, cost, equipment, chemistry, and unit operation technological needs
• With supervisory input, performs process development via process modeling or testing at lab scale, concentrating on key scale up parameters to scale up from kilo-scale to full production scale
• Participates in technology transfer from one manufacturing site to another; develops plans for successful tech transfers, and implements processes into pilot or commercial facilities, with supervisory oversight. Assembles technology transfer packages
• Implements process improvements and optimization that reduce costs; improve yields, cycle times or product quality; resolve or prevent environmental, health and safety impacts; reduce down time; improve process consistency; and improve process robustness
• Performs process troubleshooting to resolve operating or product problems; identifies and implements solutions to improve process robustness
• Supports manufacturing through compiling technical requirements for batch record generation; providing technical input on equipment setup requirements; providing process training for operators; providing technical support in production for processes in development; writing process validation protocols; providing technical input on deviations and investigations; and writing campaign summary reports. Ensures that documentation is consistent with the process filing
• Contributes to meeting Process Safety Management compliance by participating in Process Hazard Analysis reviews; and by providing mass and energy balances and other engineering data for the assigned process
• Strives to improve professional skills by participating in on-the-job training, attending guest lectures, being an active member of a professional organization, and attending formal training courses and conferences