Process Engineer

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TOMORROW MIGHT BRING

Can you turn challenges into opportunities and always focus on what is next? At Novozymes you are expected to, because we focus on solutions to tomorrow's issues. If you like to take initiative, Novozymes is the perfect match for you.

PROCESS ENGINEER (1 YEAR CONTRACT)

For our subsidiary, Novozymes Biopharma UK Ltd, Located in Nottingham UK, we wish to recruit a Process Engineer on a 1 year contract (after which a permanent position may be available). In this position, you will be part of our Technical Support and Validation team, working on Technology Transfer, project engineering and project support for our FDA & MHRA inspected large-scale biopharmaceutical production facility.

QUALIFICATIONS

As the ideal candidate, you have a first degree and post-graduate qualification in Biochemical/Chemical Engineering or related discipline which should include knowledge and experience of biotechnological unit operations, processes and validation within the pharmaceutical/healthcare industries. You should possess an awareness of cGMPs relevant to API manufacture. Experience in process modelling and statistical analysis would be an advantage.

CHALLENGES

The demand for our established and pipeline recombinant protein APIs is growing rapidly, driving the need to increase the intensity of operation, productivity and efficiency of our production facility. The successful applicant will be highly motivated and driven to seek out and implement improvements to our operations while maintaining cGMP compliance and process robustness.

To support development of our new product pipeline we also anticipate challenging opportunities for technology transfer, and pilot-scale GMP manufacturing to provide material to meet our partners' clinical development programmes. There may also be opportunities to support our global biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in China and Denmark.

POSITION IMPACT

The successful applicant will join a small highly motivated team performing a wide and varied range of roles and activities. Preference will be given to practically-minded applicants with a sound knowledge of Fermentation and Chromatography process operations and experience in operating in a GMP-environment.

RETHINK TOMORROW

Novozymes is the world leader in bio-innovation. We create tomorrow's solutions by applying technology to nature, to the benefit of both our customers' bottom line and the planet. Novozymes serves a broad array of industries using enzymes, micro-organisms, biopolymers, and biopharmaceutical ingredients.

With over 700 products in 130 countries, Novozymes' bio-innovations improve industrial performance and safeguard the world's resources because they represent superior and sustainable solutions for tomorrow's ever-changing marketplace.

Novozymes Biopharma develops and manufactures high-quality, animal-free, and regulatory-compliant recombinant ingredients and technologies to provide pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers the knowledge-based solutions needed to address the challenges in developing innovative, safer, and more consistent final products.