Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Process Engineer
What Does a Professional in this Career Do?
A Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Process Engineer designs and maintains manufacturing equipment, facilities and processes for a pharmaceutical company. Maintains process controls for the specific sterile processing requirements of pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Job Outlook
There were 23 Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Process Engineer job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 317 in the United States.
In combination with other careers in the Chemical / Process Engineer industry, which includes the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Process Engineer career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2016:
Salary
Many new Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Process Engineer jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.
National
The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $109,667.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $109,667.
Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Process Engineer postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $94,270.
Education and Experience
Posted Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Process Engineer jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.
| Education Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Associate's Degree | 0% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 56.47% |
| Master's Degree | 12.3% |
| Doctoral Degree | 3.79% |
| Other | 4.42% |
Posted Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Process Engineer jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.
| Years of Experience | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 0 to 2 years | 29.17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 42.86% |
| 6 to 8 years | 16.67% |
| 9+ years | 11.31% |
Skills
Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Process Engineer positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.
Baseline Skills
A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.
- Operations (29.65%)
- Packaging And Labeling (25.55%)
- Management (22.4%)
- Writing (21.77%)
- Consulting (21.14%)
- Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) (19.87%)
- Communication (19.24%)
- Leadership (16.72%)
- Teamwork (16.72%)
- Planning (15.46%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Project Engineering (34.71%)
- Good Manufacturing Practices (39.86%)
- Pharmaceuticals (59.79%)
- Commissioning (24.05%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Mechanical Design (19.59%)
- Process Validation (18.56%)
- Supply Chain (10.65%)
- Qualification Protocols (IQ/OQ/PQ) (11%)
- Factory And Site Acceptance Testing (9.28%)
- Biotechnology (14.78%)
- Quality Management Systems (11%)
- Construction (8.59%)
- Corrective And Preventive Action (CAPA) (20.27%)
- Systems Engineering (7.56%)
- Biomanufacturing (9.97%)
- Medical Devices (8.25%)
- Fermentation (7.22%)
- Application Programming Interface (API) (7.9%)
- Chromatography (5.5%)
- HVAC (4.47%)
- Biology (15.46%)
- Automation (31.27%)
- Chemistry (3.44%)
- Building Management System (4.81%)
- Asset Management (8.93%)
- Procurement (8.59%)
- Biopharmaceuticals (17.53%)
- Auditing (11%)
- Continuous Improvement Process (16.15%)
- Calibration (7.9%)
- Business Process Automation (10.31%)
- Change Control (16.84%)
- Dashboard (9.97%)
- Instrumentation (12.37%)
- Chemical Engineering (10.65%)
- Control Systems (8.93%)
- DeltaV Distributed Control System (4.47%)
- Mechanical Engineering (4.81%)
- Serialization (11%)
- Standard Operating Procedure (5.5%)
- Process Engineering (17.87%)
- Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) (11.34%)
- Project Management (48.45%)
- Maintenance Engineering (15.46%)
- New Product Development (11.68%)
- Process Control (7.9%)
- Valves (Piping) (16.84%)
- Human Machine Interfaces (7.9%)
- Reliability Engineering (13.75%)
- Production Equipment (1.72%)
- Technical Writing (8.25%)
- Risk Analysis (11.34%)
- Manufacturing Processes (11.68%)
- Process Improvement (9.97%)
- Root Cause Analysis (6.87%)
- Programmable Logic Controllers (7.9%)
- Technology Transfer (4.81%)
- Data Science (15.81%)
- Environment Health And Safety (19.59%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Process Engineer skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- Engineer
- Process/Project Engineer
- Project Engineer
- Pharmaceutical Engineer
- Process Engineer
- Controls Engineer
- Quality Engineer
- Test Engineer
- Biopharmaceutical Representative
- Packaging Engineer
Similar Occupations
If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.
- Validation Specialist
- Manufacturing Project Engineer
- Manufacturing Automation Engineer
- Mechanical Project Engineer
- Industrial Engineer (General)
Common Employers
Here are the employers that have posted the most Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Process Engineer jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.
United States
- Precision Medicine Group (27)
- AbbVie (11)
- E-Tech Group Ltd (10)
- Mmr Consulting (10)
- Trinity Consultants (7)
- Civica (7)
- Abbott Laboratories (5)
- System One (5)
- Actalent (4)
- Medtronic (4)
North Carolina
- Precision Medicine Group (8)
- Mmr Consulting (2)
- United Therapeutics Corporation (2)
- AstraZeneca (2)
- Eurofins (1)
- It Engagements (1)
- Bestco (1)
- Biogen (1)
- Pioneer Data Systems (1)
- Gfl Environmental (1)
NC State Programs Relevant to this Career
If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!
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