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Competences — pharmaceutical engineer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e2a495fb-68a3-46f9-8753-6ce566a7a085).

Essential

  • adjust engineering designs (skill/competence)
  • analytical chemistry (knowledge)
  • apply health and safety standards (skill/competence)
  • approve engineering design (skill/competence)
  • assess environmental impact (skill/competence)
  • biological chemistry (knowledge)
  • chemistry (knowledge)
  • drug administration regulations (knowledge)
  • engineering principles (knowledge)
  • engineering processes (knowledge)
  • ensure compliance with environmental legislation (skill/competence)
  • ensure compliance with safety legislation (skill/competence)
  • examine engineering principles (skill/competence)
  • forecast organisational risks (skill/competence)
  • good manufacturing practices (knowledge)
  • human physiology (knowledge)
  • industrial research and development (knowledge)
  • monitor plant production (skill/competence)
  • perform scientific research (skill/competence)
  • pharmaceutical drug development (knowledge)
  • pharmaceutical industry (knowledge)
  • pharmaceutical manufacturing quality systems (knowledge)
  • test production input materials (skill/competence)
  • use technical drawing software (skill/competence)
  • work with chemicals (skill/competence)
  • write batch record documentation (skill/competence)
  • write technical reports (skill/competence)

Optional

  • analyse medication's impact on brain (skill/competence)
  • chemical preservation (knowledge)
  • computational chemistry (knowledge)
  • conduct public presentations (skill/competence)
  • contribute to registration of pharmaceutical products (skill/competence)
  • design pharmaceutical manufacturing systems (skill/competence)
  • develop pharmaceutical drugs (skill/competence)
  • electrical instrumentation engineering (knowledge)
  • evaluate pharmaceutical manufacturing process (skill/competence)
  • improve safety of medicines (skill/competence)
  • industrial software (knowledge)
  • intellectual property law (knowledge)
  • laboratory techniques (knowledge)
  • manage chemical testing procedures (skill/competence)
  • manage pharmaceutical production facilities construction (skill/competence)
  • mechanical engineering (knowledge)
  • packaging engineering (knowledge)
  • perform chemical experiments (skill/competence)
  • pharmaceutical chemistry (knowledge)
  • pharmaceutical legislation (knowledge)
  • pharmacology (knowledge)
  • pharmacovigilance legislation (knowledge)
  • provide technical expertise (skill/competence)
  • quality assurance methodologies (knowledge)
  • scientific literature (knowledge)
  • software architecture models (knowledge)
  • supply chain management (knowledge)
  • test chemical samples (skill/competence)
  • test pharmaceutical process (skill/competence)
  • toxicology (knowledge)
  • types of packaging materials (knowledge)
  • use chemical analysis equipment (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 8 ads, as of 2026-07-18)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • process validation — 50 %
  • root cause analysis — 50 %
  • risk assessment — 38 %
  • process monitoring — 38 %
  • continuous process verification (cpv) — 38 %
  • data trending — 38 %
  • equipment qualification — 38 %
  • aggregation — 25 %
  • process optimization — 25 %
  • regulatory compliance — 25 %
  • serialization — 25 %
  • technology transfer — 25 %
  • troubleshooting — 12 %
  • serialization implementation — 12 %
  • validation studies — 12 %
  • regulatory filing — 12 %
  • process improvement — 12 %
  • process qualification — 12 %
  • problem solving — 12 %
  • process automation — 12 %
  • process characterization — 12 %
  • process development — 12 %
  • lyophilization — 12 %
  • pharmaceutical manufacturing — 12 %
  • pharmaceutical process design — 12 %
  • aseptic manufacturing — 12 %
  • aseptic processing — 12 %
  • capital project management — 12 %
  • equipment selection — 12 %
  • equipment sizing — 12 %

Methods

  • lean manufacturing — 38 %
  • weibull analysis — 38 %
  • six sigma — 38 %
  • kaizen — 25 %
  • fmea — 25 %
  • fmea (failure mode and effects analysis) — 25 %
  • GMP — 25 %
  • qbd (quality by design) — 25 %
  • rcm (reliability-centered maintenance) — 25 %
  • reliability engineering — 12 %
  • qbd — 12 %
  • RCA — 12 %
  • rcm — 12 %
  • project management — 12 %
  • OE methodologies — 12 %
  • haccp — 12 %
  • kaizen methodologies — 12 %
  • LEAN methodologies — 12 %
  • cGMP — 12 %
  • CIP — 12 %
  • COP — 12 %
  • CAPA — 12 %
  • SIP — 12 %
  • sustainability operations — 12 %

Responsibilities

  • capa development — 38 %
  • equipment lifecycle management — 38 %
  • data analysis — 25 %
  • cost reduction — 25 %
  • process improvement — 25 %
  • technical investigation — 25 %
  • yield improvement — 25 %
  • yield improvement projects — 12 %
  • technical documentation development — 12 %
  • technical investigation leadership — 12 %
  • technical leadership — 12 %
  • team collaboration — 12 %
  • troubleshooting — 12 %
  • utility system design — 12 %
  • technology transfer — 12 %
  • technology transfer support — 12 %
  • stakeholder communication — 12 %
  • project coordination — 12 %
  • project execution — 12 %
  • project management — 12 %
  • regulatory audit support — 12 %
  • regulatory compliance — 12 %
  • regulatory compliance support — 12 %
  • fault analysis — 12 %
  • process equipment selection — 12 %
  • process implementation — 12 %
  • process risk assessment — 12 %
  • process standardization — 12 %
  • process support — 12 %
  • cost reduction projects — 12 %
  • cpv program maintenance — 12 %
  • cad designer direction — 12 %
  • collaboration with manufacturing teams — 12 %
  • auditing support — 12 %
  • equipment maintenance — 12 %
  • design documentation preparation — 12 %
  • engineering initiative support — 12 %
  • issue resolution — 12 %