Lead - Process Engineering

Role overview

Lead - Process Engineering at Aurigene

Interaction with the CFT team for the lab development and the manufacturing facility.

Responsibilities

• Mandatory skill: Chemical Engineer with 8 to10 years’ experience with Basic level of understanding on the GMP aspects.
• Willing to travel to SBPs at different locations.
• Process volume calculations, capacity calculations.
• Interaction with the Process R & D for the process understanding and prepare the process engineering input form.
• Evaluation of the time lines and preparation of Gantt Charts.
• Interaction with the production team run the projects in the plant with complete safety and quality compliance.
• Process screening and hazard evaluation Literature search, thorough understanding of MSDS Identification of reactive chemical group/ hazardous reaction chemistry and calculation towards the estimation of hazard potential Proper understanding the reaction chemistry interacting with Process R&D Process Optimization: Providing necessary technical inputs during interaction with scientists for process robustness w.r.t. scalability, operability and cost effectiveness; Involving in process optimization with focus on right quality & yield on scale to ensure smooth execution of scale up batches and to be in-line with the project requirements.
• Safety during execution: Identification of hazards in the process and provide justification for modification of the process w.r.t. safe execution of batches in plant to achieve safe execution of batches.
• Coordinating with the IPDO and CRA lab team generate the safety data required for the scale up process.
• Documentation: Preparation of PE package, Process hazard analysis, Risk analysis, BPR preparation on need basis.
• Technical

Required qualifications

• Good chemical engineering knowledge on unit operation like Reaction , Distillation, Crystallization and Isolation Process engineering knowledge on Mixing, Distillation, Filtration, Drying Thorough process understanding of API Scale up and Technology transfer.
• Capacity calculations and equipment evaluations.
• Gantt chart preparation.
• Mapping of the execution plant/ facility.
• Coordination for the equipment modifications taking the dummy trials at the plant.
• Timeline calculation Preparation of PFD , P&ID Utility calculations.
• Soft skill Requirement: Communication, Time management, Adaptability, Interaction with Marketing team and other CFTs, Understand the customer specifications.
• Desired Candidate Profile Good chemical engineering knowledge on unit operation like Reaction , Distillation, Crystallization and Isolation Process engineering knowledge on Mixing, Distillation, Filtration, Drying Thorough process understanding of API Scale up and Technology transfer.
• Gantt chart preparation Education and
• B Tech Chemical Engineer with 12 to 15 Years’ Experience.

Employment details

• Location: Hyderabad