About the role
Job Description
Description
The Modality Agnostic Chemistry Scaleup (MACS) Operations group within the Chemical Engineering Research & Development (CERD) Department is seeking a highly motivated individual to work in a fast-paced job that provides a high degree of technical and project management responsibility. The Specialist – Process/Facility Engineering position will report to an Associate Director, Engineering as a member of the MACS Operations Team at the Rahway NJ facility.
Responsibilities of the Specialist – Process/Facility Engineer include the following:
The process engineer role at the Specialist level will serve as a process team member supporting the Modality Agnostic Chemistry Scaleup (MACS) Center. This is a new potent, multi-modality (small molecule, macrocyclic peptides, bioconjugates) Drug Substance development and GMP clinical manufacturing plant currently planned in Rahway, New Jersey. The Specialist will work alongside their peers in the MACS Operations Team, with the Enabling Facilities group and other operations areas such as the SSO and Prep Lab (see below), as well as key stakeholders in Process R&D, Analytical, Quality, and Safety. They will be instrumental in setting up this first-of-a-kind facility by the ready for science target date of 2Q 2027.
As the MACS facility is currently under construction, the selected candidate will contribute to equipment and facility design, system commissioning/qualification, as well as other critical activity workstreams to enable facility startup and subsequent batch processing. The selected candidate is expected to be a key part of a team of process/facility engineers, supervisors, and operations specialists to drive the work and foster a culture of collaboration, learning and innovation. They will collaborate closely with the development engineers & chemists, compliance and safety representatives, and other team members to ensure the quality and safe delivery of clinical supplies, the scientific rigor of the processes, and ultimately to enable flexibility and speed of the Company’s pipeline. This role may support facility operations, process development activities, support compliance investigations/change management, author GMP documentation and manage/lead engineers in any of our enabling facilities.