Mgr, Engineering Position Available In Durham, North Carolina

Job DescriptionThe Maurice R. Hilleman Center for Vaccine Manufacturing is located in Durham, NC. This state-of-the-art facility established in 2004, manufactures our Company’s lifesaving vaccines in bulk and finished forms. Due to the importance of this facility in our Company’s Vaccine Manufacturing network, the facility has seen rapid growth in production volumes and new employees over the last several years, as well as future anticipated growth as part of the new product vaccine tech transfers to the facility.

The Process Support Lab at the Durham site is seeking a Manager with outstanding interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills. The PSL Manager will be responsible for participating in lab execution as well as leading a team of scientists and engineers that are study leads for processing steps. The candidate must have demonstrated people management skills, as well as ability to support and mentor others on data analysis, technical writing, and lab execution / operations. The Manager will be responsible for leading and/or supporting their team to lead diverse experiments in lab-scale vaccine process development, technical transfer support, and post commercial process enhancements activities for multiple pipeline vaccine programs as needed based on our dynamic project portfolio. To be successful in this role, you will need to be an energetic, technical contributor with strong social, communication, partnership, and leadership skills.

The candidate will be required to work in a fast-paced environment. Off-shift or weekend coverage will occasionally be needed to assist the technical team, based on project-specific assignments and/or the vaccine production schedule.

Primary Duties:

Manage PSL study leads on the team, including downstream unit operations.

Serve as a team Subject Matter Expert in technical data analysis. Leverage these skills to serve as a mentor in up-skilling and supporting peers in statistical tool and graphing techniques for experimental design, analysis, and process monitoring of manufacturing and Quality Operations testing, as needed.

Provide technical review and/or approval of PSL team experimental design proposals, analysis, technical protocols and reports.

Leverage diverse technical background (upstream, downstream, drug product) to lead and support late-stage process development, scale-down model development/ execution/ implementation, process characterization, commercial technology transfer, and qualification studies. Support workstreams associated with the development and implementation of processes, systems and facilities related to vaccine drug substance and drug product.

Actively participate on cross-functional teams to advance project goals and deliverables related to vaccine processes or analytics.

Lead technical, operational, and business system process improvement projects.

Provide SME knowledge for manufacturing investigations (Product, process, and testing deviations)

Required Education, Experience and Skills:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science AND a minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience ORMaster’s degree in Engineering or Science AND at least three (3) years of relevant experience ORPh.D. with relevant academic experienceProven leader with demonstrated people management experienceProficient using statistical tools (JMP or Minitab) for experimental design, data analysis and control chart trending.

Hands-on experience and technical knowledge in at least one area of large molecule bioprocessing (ie, upstream, downstream and/or drug product)Experience authoring technical documentation within a cGMP contextProject strategic plan development and managementAbility to foster a collaborative work environment focused on mentorship, coaching, and Subject Matter Expert developmentPreferred Experience and SkillsVaccine or biologics manufacturing within an aseptic, cGMP environmentLarge molecule process development, or relevant, experience including scaling (up and down) or tech transfer of downstream large molecule drug substance processes (chromatography, centrifugation, filtration)On-the-floor cGMP manufacturing support including providing immediate responses on the shop floor to deviations and potential deviationsAbility to drive studies and experiments in the context of a long-term commercialization planDesign of Experiment (DOE) and One Factor at a Time (OFAT) experimental designAbility to provide scientific mentorship and guidance to technical colleagues#EBRG VETJOBsCurrent Employees apply HERECurrent Contingent Workers apply

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RegularRelocation:

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NoTravel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not ApplicableShift:

1st –

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N/ARequired Skills:

Applied Engineering, Applied Engineering, Business Process Re-Engineering (BPR), Chemical Engineering Fundamentals, Chemical Plant Operations, Chromatography, Collaborative Communications, Conflict Resolution, Cytometry, Cytopathology, Data Analysis, Deviation Management, Driving Continuous Improvement, Equipment Maintenance, Estimation and Planning, Fast-Paced Environments, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Hydrogenation, Instrumentation, Management Process, Manufacturing Processes, Oxidation Processes, People Leadership, Polymer Processing, Production Process Development {+ 4 more}

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06/9/2025•A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFOREthe listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.

Requisition ID:

R350376PDN-9efc18dc-d759-4c12-ad66-8867691501bb