Mylan Teoranta
At VIATRIS, we see healthcare not as it is but as it should be. We act courageously and are uniquely positioned to be a source of stability in a world of evolving healthcare needs.
Viatris empowers people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life.
We do so via:
Access – Providing high quality trusted medicines regardless of geography or circumstance;
Leadership – Advancing sustainable operations and innovative solutions to improve patient health; and
Partnership – Leveraging our collective expertise to connect people to products and services.
Job Description & Qualifications
Our global portfolio includes best-in-class, iconic brand-name products as well as global key brands; generics, including branded and complex generics; and other offerings across a wide range of therapeutic areas. We are committed to helping create healthier communities worldwide through education, outreach and better access to treatment.
For those driven to live their lives with purpose, Viatris helps employees realise their full potential by creating a collaborative culture that fosters courage and resilience. Viatris is more than just a place to work. This is a place to make a difference in the world.
The Role & What You Will Be Doing
As part of the Technical Services function the Technical Services Engineer – Product/Process will be responsible for supporting the development & optimization of aseptic pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and driving continuous improvement initiatives as well as technical transfer and New Product Introductions. This role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams, including Production, Quality, Regulatory and Engineering, to enhance efficiency, scale-up processes, perform NPIs and troubleshoot manufacturing challenges.
Every day, we rise to the challenge to make a difference and here’s how the Technical Services Engineer role will make an impact:
- Design, develop, and optimize pharmaceutical manufacturing processes to ensure robust, scalable, and cost-effective production.
- Conduct and document process risk assessments (e.g., FMEA), implementing effective risk mitigation strategies.
- Lead investigations into process deviations and non-conformances, including thorough root cause analyses.
- Support process scale-up, technology transfer, and commercialization of new pharmaceutical products.
- Prepare and execute Process Validation (PV) protocols, including Performance Qualification (PPQ) and Continued Process Verification (CPV).
- Generate and manage change controls to support product and process modifications in accordance with site procedures.
- Contribute to regulatory submissions by providing process data and technical justifications for CMC sections.
- Deliver on-the-floor technical support for routine manufacturing, process troubleshooting, and deviation resolution.
- Analyze manufacturing data to identify trends, reduce process variability, and drive continuous improvement of CQAs.
- Facilitate seamless technology transfers between development, pilot, and commercial manufacturing sites.
- Collaborate with R&D and Operations teams to define and ensure control of Critical Process Parameters (CPPs) and Critical Quality Attributes (CQAs).
- Implement continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, and innovative technologies to enhance yield, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.
About Your Skills & Experience
For this role, we’re looking for a candidate who has an effective combination of the following qualifications, skills and experiences:
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Biotechnology, or a related field.
- Experience: 2–7 years of experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing, process engineering, or technical services. Experience in sterile injectables or biologics manufacturing.
- Strong knowledge of aseptic processing, terminal sterilization, and lyophilization.
- Experience with process validation (PPQ), DOE, and statistical process control (SPC).
- Proficiency in cGMP, Annex 1, FDA, EMA, and ICH guidelines for sterile products.
- Proficient in the generation of cGMP documentation e.g. protocols, report, change control etc.
- Practical experience with filling machines, isolators, autoclaves, depyrogenation tunnels, and lyophilizers, modes of operation, critical process parameters etc.
- Good knowledge of aseptic behaviours, filter integrity testing, single use systems etc.
- Proficiency in data analysis tools (e.g., Minitab) and process modeling software.
At Viatris, we are dedicated to building a truly diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t fully align with every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.
Benefits at Viatris
At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others. Some of our benefits include the following on top of a competitive salary:
- Excellent career progression opportunities
- Work-life balance initiatives
- Bonus scheme
- Health insurance
- Pension
Diversity & Inclusion at Viatris
At Viatris, diversity and inclusion are essential to our mission. The diversity we foster in all aspects of our business can be one of our greatest strengths in redefining healthcare not as it is, but as it should be. If you would like to know more about what diversity, equity and inclusion means to us, please visit https://www.viatris.com/en/Careers/Diversity-and-Inclusion
Sustainability at Viatris
Corporate social responsibility is fundamental to the Viatris mission. We work to advance responsible and sustainable operations and leverage our collective expertise to empower people to live healthier at every stage of life, recognizing that our actions affect the stakeholders and communities we serve. To learn more about our efforts, please visit https://www.viatris.com/en/about-us/corporate-responsibility
At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others.
Viatris is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
