Equipment Engineer

Title: Equipment Engineer Location: Thousand Oaks, CADuration: 12 months Description:The Engineer will be joining Facilities & Engineering (F&E) group within Manufacturing and Clinical Supply organization. The group’s mission is to enable introduction and integration of new technologies while ensuring existing clinical and commercial facilities and equipment operate reliably. This position will report into Senior Manager of Engineering supporting drug product supply at Thousand Oaks site.

Responsibilities

Provide system ownership for Biopharmaceutical process equipment. Identify, support, and/or lead implementation of engineering based improvements or upgrades to the equipment or facility systems. This may include development of business case for improvement and identification of design requirements and then translation of requirements into process equipment/system design, specification and supporting the construction, startup, and validation of equipment.Directing and coordinating equipment maintenance as necessary to ensure systems are working at peak capacity.Ensure necessary commissioning and qualification of systems is completed and interact with inspectors as necessary.Monitor systems to identify performance risks and implement risk reduction strategies.Solving issues to support and reduce production downtime. This will involve leading and/or supporting technical root cause analysis and implementation of corrective/preventive action.Support new product/technology introductions by performing engineering assessments, implementing equipment modifications, and supporting engineering runs.Ensure regional medical activities align with practices, policies and standard operating procedures.