Job Description

We are seeking a Growth and Improvement minded Deviation Management investigator that can help drive our Strategic Operating Priorities.

• Invent| Pursue the Most Promising Internal and External Science to Address Significant Unmet Medical Needs

• Execute| Prioritize Resources Behind Our Key Growth Drivers (Vaccines,) While Optimizing Our Base Business

• Adapt| Develop Our People, Culture and Business Model to Evolve with a Dynamic Landscape

• Diverse Talent| We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment with supporting leadership behaviors because having a high-performing, engaged workforce is critical to our ability to deliver innovative solutions to patients and customers around the world

• Values and Standards| Our Steadfast Commitment to Our Values and Standards will Continue to Guide Us as We Take on New Challenges and Will Always be Fundamental to Our Success - They are a Competitive Advantage for Us

Summary

As part of our Manufacturing Division, Polysaccharide Vaccines Technical Operations at West Point is seeking a highly motivated individual to partner with the Operations, Quality Operations, and Regulatory groups to meet targeted supply and compliance initiatives. Polysaccharide Vaccines includes fermentation processing, vaccine purification, media preparation, bulk formulation, sterile filtration, and manufacture of conjugate vaccine processes. Specifically, you will be responsible for providing Deviation Management support, and becoming a technical expert to support the manufacture of these products.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads and/or works as a team member on manufacturing investigations and/or process improvement projects with low to medium complexity or scope.

• Ability to examine an issue from diverse perspectives (safety, compliance, automation, equipment, process, and people) in order to best understand and resolve the root cause

• Assures consistent application of standardized work, engineering and process tools

• Provides technical support to manufacturing shop floor for problems and issues

• Authors and updates technical and manufacturing documents necessary for investigations, process design/definition, engineering studies, process demonstrations, change control and validation

• Develops/coaches team members with lesser experience levels.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering or Biological Science or other appropriate science or engineering field.

Required Experience and Skills

• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as part of a team

• Strong technical problem-solving abilities

• Demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills

• Strong collaboration and leadership skills

• Minimum 1 year of experience as a Deviation Management author

• Minimum 2 years of experience in GMP manufacturing and/or technical support of GMP manufacturing operations

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Requisition ID:R321915