Engineer I -(Assistant)

Job Title: Engineer I
Duration: 12 Month Contract
Location: Onsite - 2778 South East Side Highway, Elkton, VA 22827 
Pay Rate: $34/hr-  $36.96/hr. 


About the role:

• 50/50 floor/desk work.
• Mixture of doing investigations, floor support, desk work. Previous Manufacturing or working with equipment.
• Perfect candidate- Mechanically inclined but can also document it effectively (SOP's, etc.), Technically sound, willing to troubleshoot the field not a lab environment (working with union operators, managers, maintenance folks)

Qualifications:

• B.S. or M.S. degree in, biology, biochemistry, biochemical engineering, biological systems engineering, biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, computer science, integrated science, or related disciplines and 0-3 years of relevant industrial experience.

The successful candidate must have:

• Excellent academic record
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, team skills, personal character, and ethics
• Strong problem solving skills and a hands-on approach to problem solving, with a bias towards going to see problems for oneself in the field.
• Ability to examine an issue from diverse perspectives (safety, compliance, maintenance, automation, equipment, process, and people) in order to best understand and resolve it.
• Enthusiasm, confidence, and initiative-taking ability needed for continuous learning and its applications.
• Strong desire to succeed and to help others to do the same.

Heavily Preferred Experiences:

• Experience working in a cGMP environment
• Work, co-op, or internship experience in industry

Responsibilities:

• Technical Operations Shift Engineer (contract) position available on our client's Technical Operations Team.
• The manufacturing facility is located in the Shenandoah Valley along the Shenandoah River and the Blue Ridge Mountains a short distance from the University of Virginia and James Madison University.
• The successful candidate will have the opportunity to apply their enthusiasm and technical skills as a member of a multidisciplinary team supporting the operation of pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, vaccine product manufacturing facilities. 
• Providing technical support for vaccine, biologic, and sterile manufacturing processes in the form of data analysis, troubleshooting, problem-solving, report writing
• Supporting change control implementation
• Learning new processes and procedures 
• Performing shift work as needed
• Conducting technical investigations and analyses 
• Recommending and implementing corrective and preventative actions, and helping lead reduction of atypical events
• Writing, reviewing, and improving procedures for operation of equipment and processes
• Contributing to process and equipment safety reviews