As the Senior Bioprocess Project Engineer, you will lead the bioprocess equipment design, construction, commissioning and optimization for GOOD Meats large scale cell culture manufacturing facility, the worlds first and only commercially produced cell culture cultivated meat product.

In this role, you will be responsible for implementing GOOD Meats unique cultivated meat bioprocess cell culture and harvest process through sanitary and sterile bioprocess equipment and operation design, with intrinsic knowledge of utilities, facility layout, automation, preventative maintenance, operability and safety. In close collaboration with internal partners (Process Engineering, Manufacturing, Product Development, Quality) and external engineering partners and equipment suppliers, you will lead all phases of design from conceptual to detail, manage deliverables timeline, execute release testing (FAT, SAT, commissioning) and turnover to manufacturing.
Our ideal candidate will have more than 7 years of experience in bioprocessing project/process engineering and/or operations of commercial cell culture bioprocess facilities. You should have an innate curiosity for understanding and solving unique and complex cell culture and harvesting systems challenges from a physical and chemical perspective and a deep experience in sanitary and sterile design of equipment and manufacturing facilities.

You will be empowered to think creatively in seeking innovative solutions. You will be able to adapt to changing requirement, timelines and priorities. You have a holistic understanding of the cell culture process, operations and equipment challenges. Finally, you will want to be a vital contributor to creating the reality of sustainable, ethical, and delicious foods.

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What youll do*

• Lead the design of green field cell culture facility by adapting bioprocess engineering and sanitary principles to cell culture process and equipment in a food production environment;
• Provide technical leadership and expertise to internal and external partners to implement projects on-time, within budget while meeting unique requirements;
• Leverage experience to develop creative and innovative solutions to unique cultivated meat process requirements and regulations;
• Collaborate with external engineering and equipment providers to develop, review and approve technical documentation (P&ID, 3D Models, URS, GA dwgs, etc) as equipment SME for GOOD Meat;
• Develop process equipment as-built drawings and documentation for new facility;
• Draft and execute FAT, SAT and commissioning protocols for bioprocess equipment and automation (media prep, media hold, bioreactors, harvest equipment);
• Manage fast-paced CAPEX project timeline with internal and external partners;
• Monitor and communicate project status clearly and timely;
• Develop maintenance plan, calibration plan, spare parts and other plant sustainability programs for ongoing operations;
• Assist the transfer and scale up of cell culture manufacturing processes for cultivated meat;
• 10 - 25% travel as required to domestic manufacturing site.

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What youll bring*

• Bachelor of Science degree in chemical / biochemical engineering or equivalent related field;
• 7+ years of experience in biotech/pharmaceutical industry required; Biopharma experience preferred;
• Experience in utility CAPEX projects and/or commercial operations;
• Experience operating in a cGMP environment;
• Strong technical writing skills;
• High level of professionalism, with the agility and flexibility to manage changing priorities;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal;
• You're able to thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment -
• You're a strong individual contributor and a collaborative team player; able to operate with a high degree of autonomy and independence;
• You're comfortable and able to work effectively with our multi-disciplinary matrixed organization to meet project deliverables;
• Able to operate with a high degree of autonomy, professionalism and independence;
• You're innovative, technical, resourceful, and well organized;
• Strong computer skills, including all MS Office applications.

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Additional Information & Requirements*

This is a full-time regular position based out of our Headquarters in Alameda, CA. At this time work will be hybrid with the expectation to be onsite a minimum of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

This role requires the ability to travel without restrictions domestically 10-25% of the time.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee must be able to lift up to 50 pounds and is frequently required to work standing for extended periods of time as well as climb stairs/ladders and elevated work platforms.

Proof of full COVID-19 vaccination is a condition of employment, subject to accommodation as required by law. CDC defines fully vaccinated as: 2 weeks after your second dose in a 2-dose series, such as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines; or 2 weeks after a single-dose vaccine, such as Johnson & Johnsons Janssen vaccine.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Eat Just Inc. and its subsidiaries participate in E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employees Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

Eat Just is a food technology company with a mission to build a healthier, safer and more sustainable food system in our lifetimes. The company's expertise, from functionalizing plant proteins to culturing animal cells, is powered by a world-class team of scientists and chefs spanning more than a dozen research disciplines. Eat Just created Americas fastest-growing egg brand, which is made entirely of plants, and the worlds first-to-market meat made from animal cells instead of slaughtered livestock. The company has been recognized as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, Entrepreneurs 100 Brilliant Companies, CNBCs Disruptor 50 and a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. JUST Egg has been named among Popular Sciences 100 Greatest Innovations and Fast Company's World Changing Ideas and the history-making debut of GOOD Meat was heralded as one of 2020's top scientific breakthroughs by The Guardian, Vox and WIRED.

For more information on JUST Egg, visit https://ju.st.
For more information on GOOD Meat, visit http://goodmeat.co.

Location: 300 Wind River Way, Alameda, CA 94501

Job Type: Full-time

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