Senior Process Scientist
Position Summary
Catalent’s Greenville, N.C. facility specializes in end-to-end turn-key solutions for oral solid dosage forms, including integrated formulation development, analytical services, commercial manufacturing, and packaging. This state-of-the-art facility has had over $100M of investments in recent years and features fit-for-scale capacity with potent handling capabilities, ideal for orphan or targeted drug development. Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer and Catalent employee.
The Senior Process Scientist will support technical transfer and process development activities for late stage and commercial products at the site. The Senior Process Scientist will support existing commercial products as technical subject matter expert in manufacturing events and investigations.
The Role
Provide support in the planning and scheduling of development, scaleup, and qualification batches while taking into consideration demand and capacity as well as time requirements and constraints.
Under supervision, assist development staff in activities related to the manufacture and optimization of suitable processes and GMP batches.
Lead small transfer projects and process improvement initiatives; Support project stakeholders in strategic planning to ensure that project activities are progressing according to established timeline.
Act as technical subject matter expert for commercial products. Perform root cause analysis and assist in manufacturing investigations for commercial products at the site. Ensure effective CAPAs are implemented.
Author and revise master batch records and protocols as needed to support the activities above.
All other duties as assigned.
The Candidate
Doctorate degree in science or engineering OR
Master’s degree in science or engineering with at least 1 year of relevant pharmaceutical industry experience OR
Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, engineering, or related science with at least 2 years of relevant pharmaceutical industry experience OR
Associate degree in chemistry, engineering, or related science with at least 6 years of relevant pharmaceutical industry experience OR
High school diploma or equivalent with at least 8 years of equivalent pharmaceutical industry experience.
Experience with oral solid dosage form manufacturing preferred.
Position requires the ability to occasionally lift 40 lbs unassisted, and occasionally push and pull a maximum of 100 lbs.
Majority of workday is performed while sitting, standing, and walking .
Requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations.
Ability to climb, bend, stoop, twist, and have full range of motion in upper and lower extremities.
Occasional exposure to dust, fumes, gases, skin and respiratory irritants, moving machinery parts, and damp, humid and wet environments.
This position requires that a respirator be worn for your safety, and as such, employment is contingent upon being able to complete a medical evaluation with satisfactory results. The medical evaluation is conducted via an external vendor assigned by Catalent.
Why You Should Join Catalent
Competitive medical benefits and 401K
152 hours of PTO + 8 Paid Holidays
Dynamic, fast-paced work environment
Opportunity to work on Continuous Improvement Processes
Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.
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