LAPORTE is seeking a senior pharmaceutical validation engineer or specialist with ideally at least 5 years of experience in the validation and qualification of pharmaceutical equipment to join its Greater Edmonton team. Our validation engineer will play a key role in managing validation activities, including drafting master documents, executing protocols, and ensuring compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).

Responsibilities:

• Drafting master validation documents (e.g., Validation Master Plan (VMP), risk analysis, cleaning matrix, User Requirements Specification (URS));
• Draft and execute equipment/system (IQ/OQ/PQ), process, and cleaning qualification protocols;
• Coordinate and ensure compliance with GMP during validation activities and general operations;
• Support our clients’ QA/Compliance teams in initiating change notices or reporting deviations to trigger CAPA, Change Control, deviations, or other relevant actions within the scope of validation activities;
• Manage client accounts.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in science, engineering, or other relevant disciplines;
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, in a manufacturing setting, or in consulting;
• Strong knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP);
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes;
• Willingness to travel (to client sites).

Benefits
What we offer:

• Competitive Salary: Competitive salary commensurate with experience and industry standards;
• Health and Wellness Programs: Comprehensive group health insurance coverage from day one (medical, dental, vision, childcare);
• Retirement Plans: Employer-contributed RRSP plan at 4%;
• Flexible Work Arrangements: Hybrid work mode, with a minimum of 2 days per week in the office;
• Professional Development: A work environment that encourages empowerment and professional growth. Professional reimbursement fees (e.g., APEGA, APEGS, EGBC, etc…) covered by the company;
• Career Advancement Opportunities: Mentorship programs, training, cross-department opportunities, etc.;
• Work-Life Balance: 3 weeks of regular vacation with 1 week of paid vacation during the Christmas holidays. 1 week of Personal/Sick leave ;
• Inclusive Culture: A diverse, flexible, and non-conformist work environment that values equity, work-life balance, and promotes efficiency in daily tasks with enormous growth opportunities;
• Team-Building Activities: Lunch & Learn sessions, team retreats, outdoor activities, family get-togethers, and workshops;
• Other Benefits: Public transport and telephone reimbursement

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About the Role:

As a member of the Smart Roadside team, your mission will be to create and enhance Drivewyze applications to meet the current and future needs of our customers as part of a talented team of Software Developers, QA, Product Managers, and other internal partners.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be involved in maintaining and expanding existing applications, plus design and developing of new applications, building on, and expanding the Drivewyze ecosystem to meet current requirements and addressing future challenges we don’t even know about yet. This includes portal applications, back-end services, APIs, supporting tools, security and architectural changes.

Job Accountabilities:

• Design, architect, develop, code and test applications on our servers and cloud platform. The following tech stacks are currently in use:

• C#, ASP.NET, Microsoft SQL Server, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Postgres.

• Elixir, Erlang, and Linux.

• Develop, manage, maintain, and improve web APIs and microservices based on current cloud architecture applicable to the platform.

• Apply industry best practices with your knowledge and expertise to execute an idea from concept to delivery as a member of a collaborative agile team.

• Document design, architecture, and system integrations as required.

• Explore, evaluate, recommend, and implement new technologies to maximize efficiency and effectiveness for new and existing product ideas. 

What you bring:

• Post-secondary education or equivalent experience in Computer Science, computer or electrical engineering or related degree, or a diploma and applicable work experience

• 5+ years previous experience in application development including back-end services, mobile applications, and databases.

• You love solving problems, are motivated and methodical, and have high attention to detail.

• Take pride in consistently writing clean, reliable, and secure code.

• A believer in testing and peer code reviews.

• You support what you build and understand that building applications is more than just writing code. Working with your development team and the support team, you are passionate about ensuring applications continue delivering value long after deployment.