Manufacturing Specialist

ECHO Consulting Group is a leader in providing solutions for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical devices, and food industries. ECHO Consulting Group delivers high-quality solutions in CQV, quality management, regulatory compliance, manufacturing support, and project management. We are committed to offering exciting career opportunities in a workplace that values trust, respect, teamwork, creative talent, enthusiasm, and diligence. We are looking for talented professionals who are passionate about quality, collaboration, and delivering results. We believe great talent deserves great rewards. That’s why we offer a competitive compensation package and professional development.

Summary of Role:

With minimal supervision, support the execution of manufacturing/quality systems such as non-conformances, process validation, procedures, training, and new product introductions. Apply process, operational, scientific expertise, basic compliance knowledge, and analytical and troubleshooting skills to support manufacturing operations. May serve as primary production process owner for process support systems and assist with process ownership responsibilities on more complex process systems.

Responsibilities:

Applied Process Expertise

• Initiate, revise, and approve manufacturing procedures. Ensure all procedures reflect current operations. Serve as a document owner.

• Assess process performance by observation of floor operations and review of performance data. Evaluate, plan, and implement solutions for process improvement opportunities.

• Provide troubleshooting support.

• Assist in generation of training materials and may assist in providing training on scientific or technical aspects of the process.

Process Monitoring

• Support establishment of process monitoring parameters and control limits. Collect process-monitoring data and support the assessment of deviations.

• Provide support of timely execution of the process monitoring quarterly reports.

Non-Conformance and CAPA

• Ensure that all Non-conformances are triaged within the established goal.

• Responsible for authoring investigation reports.

• Responsible for execution of corrective actions.

• Responsible for managing NC/CAPA closure within established goal.

• Monitor and communicate incidents trends.

• Review equipment/system Root Cause Analysis investigations and support trend evaluations.

Process Validation

• Assist with generation of process validation protocols and reports.

• Assist with the execution of the process validation.

• Support collection and analysis of process validation data.

Regulatory

• May participate in regulatory inspections

New Product Introductions & Process or Equipment Modifications

• Participate in the NPI process to assess requirements for documentation, materials, training, and equipment modifications.

• Assess, prioritize, justify, and provide implementation and project management support for process or equipment modification projects.

Change Control

• Assist manufacturing change owner on CCRB packages impacting the process.

Projects and Initiatives

• Participate on the assessment or implementation of special projects or initiatives.

Shift: Administrative

Location: Juncos, PR

Education:

Doctorate degree OR Master's degree and 3 years of Manufacturing Operations experience OR Bachelor's degree and 5 years of Manufacturing Operations experience or Associate’s degree and 10 years of Manufacturing Operations experience or High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Manufacturing Operations experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience of bio-processing unit operations
Knowledge in Root Cause Analysis methodologies (Fishbone, Six Boxes, Fishbone, 5 Why’s, Kepner Tregoe)
Familiar with Lean Manufacturing Practices
Ability to communicate and collaborate with technical and management staff within manufacturing, process development, and quality.
Proficiency in GDP (Good Documentation Practices) on a regulated environment
Knowledge in systems/Tools: Trackwise, VEEVA, MES, Smart Sheet, ChatGPT, Copilot, Power BI, Spotfire, CDOCS, and process monitoring platforms
Strong Technical Writing/presentation abilities, and excellent written/verbal communication skills in English and Spanish
Teamwork Oriented
Able to work under minimal supervision and/or high workload and pressure
Able to work extended hours
Excellent interpersonal skills

Skills:

• Detailed technical understanding of bioprocessing unit operations.

• Skilled in performance of GMP production operations.

• Regulatory knowledge and interactions.

• Participate and help lead cross-functional teams.

• Ability to communicate and collaborate with technical and management staff within manufacturing, process development, and quality.

• Organizational, technical writing, and presentation skills.

• Basic project management skills.

• Basic knowledge of control charting.

Equal Employment Opportunity

ECHO Consulting Group, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or membership in any other class protected by federal, state, or local law.

We assure you that your opportunity for employment with ECHO Consulting Group, Inc. depends solely on your qualifications.