Process Engineering Director jobs in Fort Collins, CO

Summer 2024 Internship - 40 hours/week - up to 12 weeks, starting late May.  Candidates must be local to Northern Colorado for consideration.

About Tolmar

 Do you want to learn new skills, explore pharmaceutical research and manufacturing, network with experts and build a resume that opens doors? Join us to launch your career. We’ll support you with training, employee connections, and our shared vision for specialty pharmaceuticals.

Tolmar, Inc. is a fully integrated pharmaceutical company based in Colorado that develops, manufactures, and globally distributes branded and generic prescription pharmaceuticals in the areas of urology, oncology, and dermatology. Tolmar is a leader in the Engineering and manufacturing of specialty injectable products such as ELIGARD® and FENSOLVI®.

Passion guides our commitment to providing the highest level of support to the health care providers and patients within the disease states that our products treat. Our highly experienced commercial leadership team and specialty sales force embody dedication with purpose. Tolmar is dedicated to advancing our pipeline of products and expanding our portfolio to serve important patient medical needs.

 About Process Engineering

 The Tolmar Process Engineering team is responsible for maintaining and improving the manufacturing processes for our commercial products. We work with the quality and commercial teams to ensure that any changes needed for the manufacture of our commercial products result can be made without any compromise to the quality of our finished product. We also look to update and improve the existing processes to improve the consistency and quality of manufacturing.

Proposed Work Description 

The nature of business is that priorities can shift according to the needs of the company/department and therefore the work described below is a sampling of the kinds of work we expect this position to entail:

• Assist Process Engineers with the implementation of lifecycle management post-approval change project for ELIGARD.
• Assist with drafting of study protocols and reports.
• Assist with execution of process improvement and process validation protocols.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities 

• Good documentation practice and technical writing ability.
• Mechanical aptitude and ability to operate equipment.
• Knowledge of engineering principles and pharmaceutical industry.
• Effective written and oral communication.
• Working knowledge of spreadsheets and word processing.
• Ability to work independently as well as cooperatively in a team environment.
• Knowledge of statistical experimental design methods (Design of Experiments - DOE) preferred.
• Experience with manufacturing operations preferred.

Core Values

The Intern is expected to work within the framework of Tolmar’s Core Values:

• Consistently work with the highest standards of ethics and compliance.
• Take ownership of your actions, success, and setbacks.
• Respect each other and understand that honest collaboration is at the heart of our company's success.
• Go the extra mile to make things happen.
• Be committed to all we do and the patients we serve.
• Embrace change with enthusiasm.
• Strive to learn about and understand the needs of customers and patients and act with great speed and efficiency no matter the task.

Education & Experience 

• Pursuing a degree in Engineering or Physical Sciences discipline, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• Completion of Physical Chemistry course preferred.
• Have achieved an overall cumulative GPA of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) or higher.

Working Conditions

•  Work is performed primarily in a laboratory environment but could include office, clean room, or production floor.
• Dress is casual but business- or business-casual dress may be required on occasion.

Compensation and Benefits

• Pay: $19.00 per hour
• Benefits include medical insurance and 401k contributions