What are the responsibilities and job description for the Instrument Automation Engineer II position at Legend Biotech?
Company Information
Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating, and one day curing, life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, we are developing advanced cell therapies across a diverse array of technology platforms, including autologous and allogenic chimeric antigen receptor T-cell and natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy.
Legend Biotech entered into a global collaboration agreement with Janssen, one of the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, to jointly develop and commercialize ciltacabtagene autolecuel (cilta-cel) in 2017. Our strategic partnership is designed to combine the strengths and expertise of both companies to advance the promise of an immunotherapy in the treatment of multiple myeloma.
Legend Biotech is seeking Instrument Automation Engineer II as part of the Technical Operations team based in Raritan, NJ.
Role Overview
This position will be responsible for providing support to implement and maintain computerized systems in the cGMP Clinical and Commercial Cell Therapy Manufacturing plant. This individual will be responsible in handling day-to-day activities inclusive of project execution and management, vendor management, data life cycle management, Quality events, remediation and improvement efforts of computerized systems for equipment, systems and processes in support of personalized cell therapy production through safe and compliant manufacturing operations according to cGMP requirements. This role will require computerized systems experience, ownership and leadership, ability to work independently, drive effective communication, coordination and collaboration across relevant cross functional groups to establish a strong, compliant program to enable robust production, testing and release of product to patients in a cGXP environment.
Key Responsibilities
Legend Biotech maintains a drug-free workplace.
Benefits:
Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating, and one day curing, life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, we are developing advanced cell therapies across a diverse array of technology platforms, including autologous and allogenic chimeric antigen receptor T-cell and natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy.
Legend Biotech entered into a global collaboration agreement with Janssen, one of the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, to jointly develop and commercialize ciltacabtagene autolecuel (cilta-cel) in 2017. Our strategic partnership is designed to combine the strengths and expertise of both companies to advance the promise of an immunotherapy in the treatment of multiple myeloma.
Legend Biotech is seeking Instrument Automation Engineer II as part of the Technical Operations team based in Raritan, NJ.
Role Overview
This position will be responsible for providing support to implement and maintain computerized systems in the cGMP Clinical and Commercial Cell Therapy Manufacturing plant. This individual will be responsible in handling day-to-day activities inclusive of project execution and management, vendor management, data life cycle management, Quality events, remediation and improvement efforts of computerized systems for equipment, systems and processes in support of personalized cell therapy production through safe and compliant manufacturing operations according to cGMP requirements. This role will require computerized systems experience, ownership and leadership, ability to work independently, drive effective communication, coordination and collaboration across relevant cross functional groups to establish a strong, compliant program to enable robust production, testing and release of product to patients in a cGXP environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Acts as a subject matter expert (SME) for 21 CFR Parts 210, 211, 11, EU Annex 11 among others.
- Successfully implement and maintain company standards, policies and procedures.
- Handling day-to-day activities inclusive of project execution and management, vendor management, data management, life cycle management, issues, deviations, corrections, remediation and improvement efforts within the plant of all computerized systems.
- Conducts site-specific computerized system data management monitoring including but not limited to execution against SOPs, data backup, disaster recovery, user account management, etc.
- Perform periodic audit trail and user account reviews for computerized systems.
- Maintains and troubleshoot equipment network connectivity.
- Ability to provide training to end users.
- Proactive critical thinking and problem solving in support of ad-hoc queries.
- Manages multiple and complex projects, provides status reports and coordinates with other departments or outside contractors/vendors to complete tasks.
- Acts as an SME for internal and external agency inspections.
- Supports technical and quality investigations, CAPAs and corrections.
- Develops and performs any required remediation efforts and associated CAPA plans.
- Authors, owns and executes policies and procedures, summary reports and associated data for conformance to regulations, SOPs, specifications and other applicable acceptance criteria.
- Responsible for managing data integrity via software controls (Deskman, Windows, etc).
- Executes, owns, assesses and participates in the development, revision and review of change controls, SOPs, and other documentation.
- Participates in authoring Risk Assessments, FMEAs, Periodic Qualifications, Project Plans, Master Plans, and Annual Product Reviews.
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Engineering, Automation, Information Technology or equivalent technical discipline is required.
- A minimum of 6 years relevant work experience is required with expertise in 21 CFR Part 11, 58, 210 and 211, Eudralex regulations and ICH guidelines. It is preferable that the candidate have experience working in an aseptic manufacturing facility, preferably cell therapy, testing facility, quality assurance, or manufacturing compliance.
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of GMP data integrity standards.
- Knowledge of cGMP regulations and FDA/EU guidance related to manufacturing of cell-based products.
- Strong interpersonal and written/oral communication skills.
- Ability to quickly process complex information and often make critical decisions with limited information.
- Ability to independently be responsible for a portfolio of ongoing projects.
- Ability to pay attention to details and follow the procedures.
- The candidate must be highly organized and capable of working in a team environment with a positive attitude under some supervision.
- Ability to summarize and present results, and experience with cross-functional team collaborations is a requirement.
- Ability to identify/remediate gaps in variety of processes.
- Experience authoring and executing documentation including but not limited to: SOPs, Work Instructions and forms.
- Experience with TrackWise / COMET, CMMS, TruVault, IDP, Kaye, Nucleoview, Deskman, Tanium and Maximo is preferred.
- Familiarity with laboratory IT infrastructure.
- Proficient with using Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Excel, Word, Teams, and Powerpoint).
- Language: English
Legend Biotech maintains a drug-free workplace.
Benefits:
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Matched 401K
- Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account
- AD&D Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- Paid Maternity Leave
- Paid Paternity Leave
- Pet Insurance
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- Accident Insurance
- Legal Insurance
- Commuter Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
