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We offer a competitive benefits package that includes healthcare, life insurance, planning for retirement, and more!\nYour Future Matters.\nKnown for our customer-focused scientific and manufacturing excellence, as well as our strong commitment to quality and safety, we offer a range of career and growth opportunities across our global network of locations. Together with our customers, we aim to improve the quality of life for patients around the world. Start a career where You Matter by applying today!\nOverview:\nAs a Process Engineer II, you’ll build on your chemical engineering experience while continuing to receive mentorship from senior engineers and scientists who support your professional growth. In this role, you’ll operate with increasing independence, contributing your expertise across all stages of bringing new products from the laboratory to full-scale batch manufacturing. You’ll gain hands-on experience with diverse processes and unit operations such as reactions, distillation, extraction, filtration, and drying, while also beginning to lead small to moderate projects.\nAs part of a global contract development and manufacturing organization, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate directly with pharmaceutical clients worldwide and to work on multiple processes each year. This position offers clear pathways for career development, whether you choose to specialize in technical expertise, project leadership, or operations. Over time, you’ll have opportunities to advance into roles as a subject-matter expert, project manager, or operations leader - making a lasting impact on both the industry and patients worldwide.\nResponsibilities:\n► Draft the conceptual process design for individual chemical steps including: scaling calculations for unit operations, equipment selection, and determination of operating parameters.\n► Lead process reviews for operability, safety, and quality.\n► Provide technical information directly to external clients and internal stakeholders.\n► Lead and participate in production campaigns for single chemical steps through planning, technical analysis, and in-person observation.\n► Develop process understanding and recommend improvements through process modelling and the analysis of production and laboratory data.\n► Perform quality investigations and corrective action / preventative action implementation.\n► Conduct process improvement projects to reduce cycle time, increase yield, and improve quality.\n► Draft manufacturing documents: process flow diagrams, batch records, validation protocols, standard operating procedures, quality investigations, campaign reports\nQualifications / Skills:\nApplied Math and Science: A complete understanding of the core chemical engineering fundamentals (thermodynamics, heat transfer, mass transfer, transport, kinetics, etc.).\nData Analysis, Visualization, Troubleshooting: The ability to analyze data from various sources, including sensors and experiments, to identify trends, troubleshoot issues, and improve efficiency.\nProcess Simulation and Modeling: Use of software (spreadsheets, programming, simulators) to model chemical unit operations and processes.\nProcess Safety and Risk Management: Assess and manage risks associated with chemical processes, ensuring the safety of personnel and the environment.\nProcess Scale Up & Equipment knowledge: Assess equipment capability of key processing equipment (reactors, filters, heat exchangers) with respect to process fit.\nProblem-Solving: Identify, analyze, and solve complex problems related to chemical processes and plant operations. 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