Senior Technology Transfer Engineer

About the Position

We are seeking a Senior Technology Transfer Engineer to join our R&D team in Swords, Ireland, focusing on new product introductions and ensuring seamless scale-up from lab to commercial scale.

Responsibilities

• Leadership and execution of technology transfer activities for new product introductions within R&D.
• Focus on the successful introduction of new products to the Swords site.
• Leading multiple, complex tech transfers simultaneously (small molecule, HPAPI, or peptide) into manufacturing.
• Ensuring seamless scale-up from lab/pilot to commercial scale.
• Ensuring process robustness, GMP compliance, and repeatable product quality.

Requirements

• Minimum of an honour’s degree in chemical or process engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 7–10 years’ experience in the bulk pharmaceutical industry with technology transfer experience.
• Experience leading cross-functional, customer-facing teams.
• Strong working knowledge of relevant cGMP, safety, and environmental regulations.

Core Skills

• Technology transfer
• API pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Plant operations
• Chemical process engineering
• Process engineering tools
• Regulatory and safety guidelines

Secondary Skills

• Leadership
• Project management
• Problem solving
• Communication skills
• Teamwork
• Strategic thinking

We Offer

• Excellent opportunities for career enhancement and personal development.
• Competitive base salary.
• Annual bonus linked to business results.
• A well-established further education program.
• Pension scheme.
• Private Healthcare Insurance.

About the Company

SK pharmteco is a global Contract Development and Manufacturing organisation (CDMO) with state-of-the-art facilities in Korea, US, France, and Ireland. We are part of SK Inc., a Korea company with revenues of $99 billion in 2023. Our mission is to ‘produce and deliver life-changing therapies that improve patient outcomes and save lives’. The SK pharmteco Small Molecule, Europe, facility located in Swords, Co Dublin, Ireland has led the way in the development, scale-up, and commercial manufacture of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and Chemical Intermediates for over 60 years. With a talented workforce, exceptional technical capabilities, and facilities, we have made some of the world’s most important medicines and continue to do so. Further information on SK pharmteco can be found at www.skpharmteco.com.