Jobs at Avantor

Designs, builds, installs, documents, and supports electrical, instrumentation, PLC, HMI, and control systems for manufacturing equipment. Responsibilities include creating schematics and CAD models, coordinating vendors and installations, planning equipment upgrades, troubleshooting electrical systems, sourcing project materials, preparing technical documentation, and supporting maintenance and manufacturing teams. The role is onsite in Carpinteria, California, with 5–10% travel to other company locations.

Manage sales activities in assigned territory, drive growth through consultative selling, prospect new customers, and maintain relationships with existing clients.

Leads medium- to large-scale engineering and capital projects from concept through completion. Manages schedules, budgets, contractors, vendors, risks, quality, safety, and regulatory compliance while resolving technical challenges. Performs engineering calculations, develops P&IDs and site layouts in AutoCAD, creates 3D equipment models in SOLIDWORKS, and supports construction, commissioning, validation, and continuous improvement. Provides technical guidance and mentorship to project engineers and cross-functional stakeholders.

Manages sales activities across an assigned Los Angeles territory, from prospecting and lead generation through closing and account growth. Builds relationships with academic and medical research customers, identifies needs, recommends tailored scientific products and services, manages pipelines, develops territory plans, and collaborates with sales leadership, manufacturer representatives, specialists, and internal teams. The role requires frequent customer-site visits, consultative selling, business development, and ongoing account management.

Leads medium-scale process improvement and bioprocess manufacturing engineering projects in a GMP environment. Responsibilities include developing, validating, commissioning, and optimizing processes, equipment, tooling, utilities, and maintenance programs. The role manages engineering deliverables, budgets, schedules, reliability initiatives, root-cause failure elimination, process documentation, equipment specifications, and compliance with cGMP and ISO requirements. It collaborates with customers, vendors, production, maintenance, quality, and engineering teams while supporting capital planning and multiple concurrent projects.

Leads manufacturing process improvement, scale-up, equipment upgrades, and production issue resolution. Collaborates with R&D, quality, maintenance, and operations to implement safer, more efficient, reliable, and repeatable processes. Uses DMAIC, Lean, SPC, and data analysis to identify opportunities, design corrective actions, manage projects, and sustain improvements. Trains personnel, coordinates cross-functional teams, supports new product transitions, and addresses quality, safety, capacity, throughput, and cost challenges.

Process Engineer III will lead silicone and biochemical manufacturing process improvements, optimization, scale-up, transfers, equipment selection, validation, commissioning, and reliability initiatives. Responsibilities include process data analysis, SAP recipe and quality documentation, Kaizen and Lean activities, root cause analysis, PFMEA, project budgeting, and cross-functional coordination with production, quality, customers, and vendors. The role requires maintaining cGMP and ISO-compliant engineering records and supporting safe, efficient plant operations.

Lead distribution process improvements using industrial engineering and Lean methods to optimize inventory flow, performance, and resource utilization. Manage distribution projects, analyze supply chain data, create SOPs and training, implement system or automation enhancements, perform benchmarking, and collaborate with supply chain, procurement, IT, and vendors to resolve complex logistics issues and recommend improvements.

Manages a large customer territory, serving as the primary contact for post-sale support, account retention, negotiations, and sales growth. Consultatively sells products and services to Pharma, Biotech, and Industrial customers, develops new business, manages pipelines, prepares proposals, and executes territory strategies. Builds customer and manufacturer relationships, identifies opportunities, supports pricing and profitability, and mentors junior sales representatives. The role requires frequent customer travel throughout the San Francisco Bay area.

Design, develop, and maintain Customer Data Platform solutions and data pipelines to create unified customer profiles, manage identity resolution, enable audience segmentation and activation, ensure data quality and governance, and support integrations with marketing, CRM, and cloud data systems.

Own and expand major customer accounts across the Bay Area through consultative, solution-based selling. Build senior stakeholder relationships, identify growth opportunities, coordinate cross-functional teams, manage account plans and forecasts, analyze performance data, and negotiate complex commercial agreements. The role requires frequent onsite customer engagement, strong communication and strategic planning skills, a valid driver's license, and proficiency with business software and CRM tools.

Manages US reseller and distributor accounts, develops account plans, supports revenue growth, and serves as the primary commercial contact. Responsibilities include pricing programs, commercial agreements, negotiations, escalated customer issues, account governance, and cross-functional coordination with finance, legal, operations, and customer service. The role also supervises one Inside Sales partner, supports process improvements, and requires extensive travel to customer locations.

Sell Avantor products and services to assigned territory: prospect, manage pipeline, develop proposals, execute consultative sales, build customer and manufacturer relationships, meet sales quotas, use company sales processes and tools, and travel to customer sites.