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Lead API Scale-Up in a Cutting-Edge GMP Facility!

**Title:** Process Engineer – API Manufacturing

**Location:** St. Louis, MO

**Pay Rate:** $45-55/hr.

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About the Role

We’re seeking a Process Engineer with 3-7 years’ experience in GMP API manufacturing. You’ll translate bench chemistry into robust, plant-ready processes, optimize yield/quality, and support tech transfers across kilo lab, pilot, and commercial scales. Experience with continuous manufacturing platforms and designing/identifying scalable equipment will be key as we expand capabilities. Occasional travel to customer sites is expected.

Key Responsibilities

+ **Scale-up & Tech Transfer:** Convert lab procedures to scalable unit operations (reaction, crystallization, filtration, drying), author/execute transfer packages and PPQ protocols.

+ **Continuous Manufacturing:** Develop, implement, and optimize continuous processes for small-molecule APIs, ensuring robustness and regulatory compliance.

+ **Equipment Design & Scale:** Evaluate, design, and/or identify appropriate scalable equipment for lab, pilot, and commercial applications; partner with engineering to ensure fit-for-purpose systems.

+ **Validation & Compliance:** Lead/author process validation docs, batch records, change controls; investigate deviations/OOS and drive CAPA.

+ **Cross-Functional Collaboration:** Work closely with R&D/Analytical, QA/QC, Supply Chain, and external customers to meet timelines and CQA/CQPs.

+ **Documentation:** Write SOPs, reports, and technical summaries suitable for regulatory inspections.

Qualifications

+ BS in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or related discipline

+ 3-7 years in GMP small-molecule API manufacturing/scale-up

+ Bench chemistry background with strong understanding of reaction mechanisms, impurity control, and crystallization science

+ Solid grasp of cGMP, data integrity, and regulatory expectations; strong technical writing

+ Hands-on experience with **continuous manufacturing approaches** and **equipment design/selection for scale-up** strongly preferred

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