Process Engineer Intern

About the Role

Sumitomo Biorational Company is seeking a Process Engineer Intern to learn and be exposed to various engineering tasks.

Key Responsibilities

• Learn and be exposed to monitoring, troubleshooting, and improving current fermentation, recovery, and formulation processes.
• Be assigned a product with emphasis on optimization to increase yield and reduce cycle times, focusing on safety and environmental impact.
• Collaborate with Research and Development Scientists and Production Engineers to determine feasibility of proposed methods.
• Work in the lab to help develop and optimize processes, write/update operating instructions, and implement methods in production.
• Be exposed to good laboratory practices while using lab fermentors and recovery equipment and documenting experiments.
• Write a project charter, applicable protocols and procedures, and a final method transfer report.
• Support and comply with all safety and environmental training policies and programs.
• Under supervision, track and trend yield and quality data for each batch to identify and eliminate special cause variation and recommend continuous improvement projects.
• Chart, track, and analyze other production data to recommend lean manufacturing projects.
• Identify, develop, and implement creative practical solutions to improve the economics of the fermentation, recovery, and formulation processes.
• Write, update, and maintain production master batch records, work instructions, and other standard operating procedures and training manuals.
• Proactively identify problems and develop solutions to improve manufacturing operations and safety.
• Assist production with troubleshooting, drive root cause analysis investigations, and implement fail-safe solutions as corrective/preventive actions (CAPA).

Qualifications

• Majoring in bioengineering, biotechnology, biochemical engineering, biology, chemical engineering, or related fields is required.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be able to work independently and as part of an interdisciplinary, diverse team.
• Excellent computer skills are desired.
• Must have flexibility to work some limited off-shift and weekend hours to support all production shifts when needed.