Senior Project Engineer
Asahi Kasei

At Asahi Kasei we believe anyone can buy equipment or build a facility. It is our diverse team members around the globe who will enable us to develop ideas and technologies and capture the exciting opportunities that lie ahead. We look for candidates with a fresh perspective, people with a wide variety of skills who are creative thinkers, enjoy challenges and are driven to excel.

We are currently seeking applications to fill the following job opening at Asahi Kasei Bioprocess where we sell Planova® virus removal filters and develops and manufactures related bioprocess equipment.

Company:
Asahi Kasei Bioprocess America, Inc.

Job Description:

Asahi Kasei Bioprocess (AKB) provides pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturers with a comprehensive suite of tools to maximize safety and improve yields of biotherapeutics during research, clinical and commercial-scale production. Planova™ virus-removal filters anchor a diverse product portfolio defined by quality, consistency and scalability. Additional areas of expertise include liquid chromatography, inline buffer dilution and oligonucleotide synthesis.

We are a growing team (130+) of professionals excited about what we do and our ability to impact healthcare delivery systems worldwide. We offer a "big company" benefits package and a "small company" culture and work environment. Every employee at Asahi Kasei Bioprocess America can impact our future.

As an Asahi Kasei Bioprocess America employee, you will enjoy:

• Competitive compensation with bonuses
  
• Great health and wellness benefits with the company paying over 80% of insurance premiums
  
• Paid time off
  
• Strong company match to 401(k) contributions
  
• Tuition reimbursement program
  
• Paid parental leave
  

Position Summary:
We are currently looking for a Senior Project Engineer to join our team at Asahi Kasei Bioprocess! The qualified individual will be responsible for managing the design, build, and testing activities for new, custom pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical equipment performing chromatography, dilution, filtration, and synthesis and other downstream processes. This individual will ensure project timelines and budgets stay on track. This individual will also have very close interaction directly with the customer and ownership of capital equipment projects from order to install.

Responsibilities:

Engineering:

• Lead the design and assembly of specifically assigned customer projects to communicated requirements
  
• Direct procurement of required materials for a specific project, including raw materials, fabrication, off-the-shelf components, custom components, parts for stock and testing supplies
  
• Maintain open channel of communication with customer to manage expectations regarding scope, timeline, progress, and required customer feedback
  
• Schedule and execute testing activities for a specific project, including mechanical and automation commissioning, GAMP qualification, customer Factory Acceptance Testing and customer Site Acceptance Testing
  
• Ensure project documents are created accurately in a timely manner and review documents created by other engineers, including datasheets, drawings, specification documents, test documents, or other customer-specific documents
  
• Project Management - 3 to 8 concurrent projects (30%)
  
• Identify and clarify project scope internally and with customer, and prevent scope creep throughout project
  
• Identify critical customer contacts for a specific project and communicate with each as necessary
  
• Manage specific project schedule and communicate when critical path tasks will potentially or definitely cause a delay
  
• Apply awareness of specific project budget for labor and materials to prevent impact on margin
  
• Employ a customer-focused approach to each project to ensure customer satisfaction
  
• Customer Support (10%)
  
• Respond to and research customer inquiries and complaints within an ISO 9001 environment
  
• Address issues in person or over the phone by communicating solutions to customer and providing effective training to relevant personnel
  
• Leverage vendor or manufacturer expertise to solve component-related problems
  
• Utilize subject matter experts to solve process- or automation-related problems
  

Project Management:

• Identify and clarify project scope internally and with customer, and prevent scope creep throughout project
  
• Identify critical customer contacts for a specific project and communicate with each as necessary
  
• Manage specific project schedule and communicate when critical path tasks will potentially or definitely cause a delay
  
• Apply awareness of specific project budget for labor and materials to prevent impact on margin
  
• Employ a customer-focused approach to each project to ensure customer satisfaction
  

Customer Support:

• Respond to and research customer inquiries and complaints within an ISO 9001 environment
  
• Address issues in person or over the phone by communicating solutions to customer and providing effective training to relevant personnel
  
• Leverage vendor or manufacturer expertise to solve component-related problems
  
• Utilize subject matter experts to solve process- or automation-related problems
  

Additional Responsibilities:

• Contribute technical expertise to Sales & Marketing for quotation support when requested
  
• Contribute technical support to Quality for addressing customer inquiries and complaints when requested
  
• Administrative duties such as timecard entry, internal and external meetings, training, and regular workplace cleanup
  
• Pursue special project as assigned by Engineering Supervisor or Engineering and Operations Manager
  

Qualifications/Requirements:

• 8+ years' experience in building or operating process equipment, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry
  
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Biomedical)
  
• Familiarity with pumps, valves, instrumentation, fittings, and analytical measurement tools
  
• Ability to speak easily and accurately about process equipment with current or potential customers
  
• Ability to effectively communicate requirements to vendors and manufacturers
  
• Insight into customer processes and operational needs
  
• Effective project management skills
  
• Problem-solving mentality to creatively troubleshoot unexpected process or equipment issues
  
• Strong interpersonal communication and leadership skills
  
• Willingness to assist outside of everyday job responsibilities if required by Engineering Supervisor or Engineering and Operations Manager
  
• Must be energetic, positive, detail-oriented, and self-motivated
  

Physical Demands/Travel Requirements:

• Travel 2 to 8 weeks in a year to visit domestic and international customer sites for installations or other meetings
  
• Exposure to pressurized non-hazardous liquids and live electrical equipment
  

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We believe a diverse workforce is crucial to our growth as a global supplier of advanced materials. Asahi Kasei is an equal opportunity employer.

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