Engineer for microbiological process validation (m/f/d)

Founded in 1968, SKAN is one of the pioneer companies in the specialist fields of cleanroom equipment and the development of isolators for the pharmaceutical industry. Innovative products, customer-specific solutions, and a powerful service and support organization have made SKAN a market leader and an important partner for industry and research laboratories.

At a glance

We are looking for a motivated process validation engineer (PVE) for the Process Validation Microbiology (PVM) department. The PVM team consists of professionals with different cultural, academic, and professional backgrounds. Our team specializes in the development and validation of decontamination processes (H2O2 and E-Beam) for pharmaceutical isolators, which are a key element in the aseptic manufacture of sterile drugs. As a member of this team, you will have the opportunity to travel worldwide to support our pharmaceutical customers with their life-saving projects. This role therefore includes international travel to our customers of up to 50%.

Tasks

• Development, validation, and implementation of decontamination processes
• Creation of test protocols and test reports
• Enabling customer-oriented decontamination processes with a maximum degree of safety and efficiency
• Process optimization and requalification of existing processes as well as customer-oriented troubleshooting and consulting
• Conducting internal and external training for customers
• Support for cross-functional technological improvements and innovations
• Assistance in the maintenance, updating, and improvement of internal SOPs, as well as documentation and workflows

Hardskills

• A university degree (Bachelor or Master) in life sciences, engineering, or technology is required
• Ideally experience in one of the sterilization technologies (steam, irradiation, or ETO) and/or isolator decontamination (H2O2 and/or E-Beam)
• Experience in the field of cleanroom qualification in the medical technology and/or pharmaceutical industry is also valuable
• Experience in process validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) is an advantage
• Very good English skills are required, any additional foreign language is a plus

Softskills

• Especially for customer contact (internal as well as external), you bring a professional, reliable way of working and can take individual responsibility
• You are also a motivated personality who enjoys working carefully and in compliance with GMP
• You are comfortable dealing with different cultures and enjoy working collegially and in a team-oriented manner with others
• Due to assignments that cannot always be planned far in advance, you bring the necessary flexibility

We offer

• An open and collegial corporate culture
• Freedom for ideas
• Participation in sports and leisure activities
• Support through further training, especially at our SKAN Academy
• Intensive and job-oriented induction
• Short decision-making paths and flat hierarchies
• Open communication policy
• 5 weeks of vacation and the possibility for additional vacation days

Further information

We look forward to receiving your complete application documents (CV, diplomas, and work references), which you can submit directly via our career page.

For this vacancy, we rely on direct applications and do not work with external agencies. Submitted dossiers from agencies will not be processed.

If you have any questions, please contact Viviane Braxton.