Process Engineer

** Job Title** :
Process Engineer

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* Location:

** Swiftwater, PA

** About the Job*
* Sanofi is an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to pursue scientific miracles to improve lives. Our team strives to transform the practice of medicine, connecting our science to communities in meaningful ways. Within our Sanofi Manufacturing & Supply Ambition, we're redefining our strategy, culture, and processes to make a tangible impact worldwide.

In this role, you'll join the Engineering & Projects team at our Swiftwater site.  You will be responsible for providing process engineering services to assigned projects and assisting on production floor troubleshooting assignments.  You will be the one to determine how user requirements and quality requirements will be satisfied within design solutions that utilize the laws of engineering, mathematics and physics coupled with process engineering aptitude.

You will be required to manage a significant number of engineering deliverables and tasks, each with their own deadline.  In addition to technical competence, this position requires the ability to work well in a cross-functional team to accomplish the best technical solution that also considers compliance, safety, operability, maintainability and project constraints.

We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families.

** About Sanofi:*
* We're an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people's lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system and innovative pipeline - enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve lives.

** Main Responsibilities*
* As a Process Engineer, you will be a technical leader who knows their assigned equipment and processes and is passionate about collaboration and problem-solving.  You will seek to grow Sanofi's capability by delivering and supporting process equipment that is optimally suited for the end user.

** Key Accountabilities*
* + Work as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) providing support to Manufacturing, Engineering, and Capital Projects with a focus on drug substance related projects

+ Assist and develop technically sound process equipment concepts and scope

+ Specify and design process equipment

+ Manage equipment vendors as required to meet requirements, cost, and schedule

+ Develop and execute commissioning and qualification documentation as required

+ Actively manage equipment start-ups and optimization

+ Involve site Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Continuous Improvement teams throughout the design process

+ At the conclusion of each project, ensure knowledge transfer to allow for appropriate support of process equipment.

+ Undertaking routine tasks related to the process equipment area

+ Training and development

+ Interface with Operations to ensure the manufacturing process equipment consistently meets production requirements

+ Provide input to quality and safety systems

+ Providing advanced technical support to diagnose and resolve complex system issues, minimizing downtime

+ Identifying improvement opportunities for critical process systems

+ Implementing process improvements to enhance efficiency, safety, and quality

** Related KPIs & Metrics*
* + Compliance (deviations, Corrective Action Preventive Action (CAPA), change control, training)

+ Work order metrics

+ Commissioning & Qualification (CQ) completion rate

+ Deviations and discards due to equipment issues

** About You*
* ** Basic Qualifications*
* + Bachelor of Science in  
** Engineering**  (Chemical preferred; other engineering disciplines accepted)

+ 4+ years process engineering experience relevant to life sciences and/or vaccine manufacturing.

+ Technical knowledge of drug substance processes with a focus on process equipment, understanding of automated mechanical systems, and…