Posted in Engineering 30+ days ago.
Type: Full-Time
At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!
As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.
At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.
Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!
Your Role: Bioprocess Scientist
As a Bio Process Scientist in Elanco's Technical Services & Manufacturing Sciences (TS/MS) team, you'll play a crucial role in process support, technology transfer, and commercialization of a diverse portfolio of vaccine products in a company that values inclusion, ownership, and accountability. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact while achieving your short and long-term career goals. You'll be part of a team responsible for excellence in manufacturing process technology, leveraging scientific principles to understand manufacturing processes and capabilities, and solving complex challenges.
Your Responsibilities:
Lead process related Root Cause Analysis, provide expert process knowledge in all incident investigations, analyze the process to identify process vulnerabilities and inefficiencies and create a list of potential improvement projects.
Use statistical tools to understand and reduce the sources of variability and to continuously improve the process.
Own process related events, corrective actions, and changes, as well as owning the batch records and revisions assuring they remain current and accurate.
Understand the process laboratory model and its limitations (when applicable).
Assist with execution of tech transfers to ensure that they are accomplished on time and with robust control strategies.
What You Need to Succeed (Minimum Qualifications):
Minimum of B.S., or related technical experience, in a relevant scientific discipline.
Understand the purpose and science of the process and have a good understanding of the entire process flow including customer requirements and safety critical operations.
Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment with changing priorities, and flexibility to support multiple projects simultaneously.
Always operating in a compliant manner with a high level of accuracy, integrity, and ethics and have a respect for good documentation practices related to experimentation, maintaining technical data, and reports.
What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):
Ability to understand the control strategy and the historic and potential failure modes for the process and their associated countermeasures.
Previous experience with planning, conducting and analyzing statistically designed experiments and providing meaningful conclusions.
Have established statistically based tracking metrics which are incorporated into daily process monitoring activities; ensure process is in control and capable.
Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment with changing priorities, and flexibility to support multiple projects simultaneously.
Additional Information:
The position is in Fort Dodge, a city in north central Iowa, along the Des Moines River offering a variety of outdoor recreational activities and close to Iowa State University and the urban center of Des Moines.
Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Elanco does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!
Elanco Benefits and Perks:
We offer a comprehensive benefits package focusing on financial, physical, and mental well-being while encouraging our employees to pursue our purpose! Some highlights include:
Multiple relocation packages for qualified roles
Two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and year-end) in the US (in addition to PTO)
8-week parental leave
9 Employee Resource Groups
Annual bonus offering
Up to 6% 401K matching
Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status
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