Process Engineer DSP

Job description

Process Engineer DSP-00000VITBeschreibung"Caring for the world... one person at a time” inspires and unites the people of Johnson & Johnson. This culture of caring is the focus of our corporate philosophy, that are anchored in the internationally applicable Credo.
Crucell is a biopharmaceutical company and part of the Johnson and Johnson Family of Companies. Crucell Switzerland AG announced that it will produce an experimental Ebola vaccine at its site in Bern. The company aims to manufacture one million doses of the vaccine regimen in 2015, a quarter of which are expected to be released for broad application in clinical trials by May 2015.Process Engineer DSPAs process engineer in downstream processing you will plan, coordinate, execute and evaluate project work in a process development/clinical phase manufacturing environment. Embedded in a small, dynamic team, your focus is on process execution, characterization, scale-up of a wide variety of techniques and contributing to investigations. With your scientific rigor, positive attitude and creativity, you will contribute to the final goal of establishing and potentially using optimized DSP processes in a cGMP-compliant pilot plant. You will profit from your scientific background and analytic mindset for reporting, analysis and interpretation of obtained results. Your easy-going nature and team spirit will allow you to take responsibility for, and efficiently lead your peers through, selected work packages.
Tasks
- Planning, coordination and execution of process development and scale up.
- Generation of candidate vaccines for preclinical and/or clinical evaluation.
- Establishment, review and implementation of process related documents (study plans, batch records, study reports, standard operation procedures …).
- Sample organization within the downstream processing (DSP) area including reception and evaluation of data.
- Evaluation of new or improved technologies to enhance product quality, manufacturing cost efficiencies, personnel safety and regulatory compliance.
- Contribution to activities such as maintenance of equipment and rooms, ordering, and support of other departments.
- Group-internal responsibility and technical lead for selected work packages.
Qualifikationen
- Bachelor or Masters Degree within the area of Biotechnology, Food Technology, Biology or similar with a minimum of 3
- 5 years of professional experience (pharma, biotech or vaccine industry preferred)
- In-depth knowledge/hands-on experience with different DSP techniques (centrifugation, tangential flow filtration, chromatography, depth filtration, etc.)
- Flexible team player with the ability to prioritize
- Ability to work according to tight and changing timelines
- Basic knowledge and/or experience in cGMP/GLP
- Language skills: Business fluent in German, good conversational EnglishIf you feel attracted by this challenge and want to be part of a successful and growing organization, then please send us your online application (CV, Motivation Letter, Working References etc.) .Primärer Standort: Europa/mittlerer Osten/Afrika-Schweiz-Bern-BernOrganisation: Crucell Switzerland AG (8851)Funktion: Process Engineering