Process Engineer - Day Shift
Listed on 2026-10-02
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Engineering
Process Engineer, Quality Engineering
Welcome to Coppell, Texas
, one of over 400 sites here at AstraZeneca, providing a collaborative environment where everyone feels comfortable and able to be themselves is at the core of AstraZeneca’s priorities, it’s meaningful to us that you bring your full self to work every day.
THIS IS A 12 HOUR DAY SHIFT ROTATING POSITION WORKING 5am-5pm
Day Shift - Process Engineer Shift coverage
: 5am to 5pm shift
- Ability to work 12-hour rotating shifts (2 days-on, 2 days-off, 3 days on, 2 days-off) working every other weekend per this rotation.
- Ethical conduct and compliance and adhering to AstraZeneca values and behaviors
- Become an expert on the process and equipment to successfully lead and implement process improvements
- Develops conceptual strategies, processing schemes, feasibility studies, PFD’s, and detailed scopes of work
- Identify and implement projects to increase safety, reduce product cost, improve product quality,improve yield, and reduce material usage
- Work on several different projects and be able to prioritize these projects
- Works with contractors and project teams on the buildout and expansion of the facility while demonstrating confidence in voicing concerns and driving the project team to deliver a usable product for the end internal customer
- Assists in developing control strategy and instrument process design, including emergency and shutdown procedures, instrument specification sheets, control ranges, alarm points, and automation strategy
- Authors, updates, reviews, and approves area procedures and master batch records to ensure accurate content and compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices
- Designs studies, implements experiments and performs data analysis
- Writes study proposals, progress reports, development reports, and various technical memo’s
- Evaluates new technologies to improve the commercial production process
- Supports scale-up activities from R&D to production
- Supports the assurance of a robust manufacturing process for the current registered process as experience is gained post-launch.
- Acts as an effective change agent
- Acts as a key player for the expansion of projects as needed to increase the scale of manufacture
- Investigate deviations from standards of the manufacturing process using effective root cause analysis tools. Recommending and implementing effective corrective and preventative actions
- Generate, evaluate, and implement innovative and creative solutions
- Assist as subject matter expert for technical projects
- Capable of generating a project scope and cost plan to effectively draft a capital request
Familiarity with pharmaceutical batch manufacturing processes preferred, other industries experience will be considered based on transferable chemical engineering principles and experience/ abilities. Experience with batch reactors, agitation systems, filter dryers, filtration, acids/base reactions, solids/API handling and bulk packing equipment, vacuum transfer systems, vacuum pumps, heat exchangers, condensers, and pulse-jet filters, water purification systems.
Technical writing and analysis:Strong ability to rapidly assess trends and data and develop impact assessments addressing risks to quality, safety, and production KPIs.
Automation and SCADA:Experience with PLC and SCADA or DCS control systems ( operational/engineering level). Preferred with Factory Talk Rockwell Automation Platform and AVEVA/Wonderware SCADA.
Data historian:Familiarity with OSIsoft PI Data Historian and PI Process Book preferred or similar process data trending software.
Qualification/validation:
Experience executing or supporting IQ, OQ, PQ, and PPQ, commissioning, dry-runs for activities for new systems/equipment.
- Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering…
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