Sr. Upstream Bioprocess Specialist

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

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Your Role: Sr.

Upstream Bioprocess Specialist

The Sr.

Upstream Bioprocess Specialist is a technical process leader on the Upstream operations team responsible for manufacturing execution, changeover, and production control.

The role is dedicated to the execution and oversight of cellular expansion from benchtop through production bioreactor processes.

Shift: 12 hour Day shift 5a-5:15p; 2-week rotation (M,T,F,Sa,Su,W,R)

Please note that weekend work will have a 4% premium and work outside of your shift hours will have 10% premium. 

Your Responsibilities:  


* Executes the operation with team serving as process lead, coach, trainer, and responsible party.


* Performs and verifies Maintenance, process setup, troubleshooting, change over, process intervention.


* Serve as the operations representative and subject matter expert for cross-functional process support team.


* Real-time problem solving, process intervention, and technical experiment delivery, and continuous improvement.


* Ensure process documentation is prepared and completed with accuracy and concurrence.

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications): 


* Education: High School Diploma / GED 


* Experience: minimum of 3 years experience with cellular growth/expansion processes.

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications): 


* Production scale filtration


* Formal Root Cause Investigation training


* Fermentation


* Proficiency with SAP


* GMP manufacturing


* Aseptic experience

Additional Information:  


* Travel: Minimal


* Location: Elanco Animal Health Elwood, KS


* Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States.

Elanco does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position.

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