Equipment Engineer - Packaging
Industry: Sterile Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Location: Woodstock, IL â Onsite
Contract: 6+ months durationwith strong potential for extensions
Role Summary
Automated Systems, Inc. (ASI) is seeking an Equipment Engineer - Packaging to support capital projects and equipment improvements at our client's pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, a contract manufacturer of sterile liquid products, located in Woodstock, IL. The facilityâs primary unit operations include compounding, blow-fill-seal (BFS), and secondary packaging, including serialization.
The Equipment Engineer - Packaging will be responsible for specifying, procuring, installing, and commissioning new manufacturing equipment and upgrades to existing equipment.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop equipment requirements, specifications, scopes of work, cost estimates, and project schedules.
- Evaluate equipment options, obtain vendor quotations, and support technical and commercial bid reviews.
- Coordinate equipment design, fabrication, factory acceptance testing, delivery, installation, and startup.
- Manage upgrades and modifications to compounding, BFS, packaging, serialization, and supporting equipment.
- Coordinate equipment layouts, utility requirements, controls integration, safety reviews, and construction activities.
- Lead or support FAT, SAT, commissioning, troubleshooting, and performance testing.
- Work with Validation and Quality to support risk assessments, change controls, qualification, and GMP documentation.
- Coordinate vendors, contractors, Operations, Maintenance, Automation, Quality, and Engineering personnel.
- Ensure equipment complies with applicable safety, regulatory, operational, and maintainability requirements.
- Complete equipment turnover, including drawings, manuals, spare-parts recommendations, training, and maintenance documentation.
Requirements
Qualifications
- Bachelorâs degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, or a related engineering discipline.
- Five or more years of equipment or project engineering experience in pharmaceutical or regulated manufacturing.
- Experience specifying, procuring, installing, and commissioning production equipment.
- Working knowledge of GMP requirements, change control, commissioning, and equipment qualification.
- Strong project coordination, vendor-management, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
- Experience with sterile manufacturing, BFS technology, liquid compounding, packaging, or serialization is preferred.