I W Taylor.com
Tools and Life Skills for
Pharmaceutical Process Engineers

About Me
Iain W. Taylor B.Sc M.ISPE, M.IChemE C.Eng
1999 Chartered Engineer with the Engineering Council and full member of the
Institution Of Chemical Engineers.
1984-1989 Degree in Industrial Chemistry B.Sc Hons 2.1. Paisley University.

Skills
• Over twenty years experience working in a cGMP, manufacturing environment.
• Process Engineering calculations and plant design.
• HAZOP procedures.
• Plant commissioning, troubleshooting and validation execution.
• Hazardous Area Classification & DSEAR/ATEX
• DCS/PLC process engineering functional design and FAT/ SAT Commissioning.
• Verbal communication through presentations for marketing, briefings and lecturing
• Written reports and validation protocols, SOP’s, P&ID, URS, IQ, OQ, PQ & PFD.
• Team leadership of project teams.
• Familiar with main Microsoft packages and AutoCad used daily at work

Employment Background

Abbott Laboratories, Germany
Feb 2013-Currently
Freelance Lead Process Engineer
Currently leading a team of Engineers for Detailed design build
commissioning and qualification for a new dedicated API primary and
secondary facility expansion and building extension. The facility design has
Inverting bag centrifuge and vacuum dryer with milling and pack off. The
Project also included a new pellet coating expansion. All supporting utilities
and ancillary equipment including vent gas scrubbing, distillate condenser,
vacuum skid. Responsible for all Process Engineering aspects of the
project. Including P&IDs, facility design, layout, equipment specification
and sizing FDA and c.GMP codes. ATEX, Zoning HSE & HAZOP.

M+W Shanghai PR China 1 year 10 months
May 2011-Feb 2013
Lead Process Engineer
Lead a team of Process Engineers for Concept, Basic & Detailed design for
a new multi purpose API primary facility. The facility design has over 40
reactors with all supporting utilities and ancillary equipment including
hydrogenation, cytotoxic and high potent bays. Responsible for all Process
Engineering aspects of the project. Including P&IDs, facility design, layout,
equipment specification and sizing to China GB, FDA and c.GMP codes.

Teva Pharmaceuticals, Runcorn, UK (2 years 4 months)
Dec 2008 - May 2011
Freelance Project/ Process Engineer
Secondary pharmaceutical sterile filling facility. Responsible for
project/process engineering of new compounding and clean room facilities
at Teva Runcorn. Management of projects, time plans, cost estimates and
expenditure against budget, HSE risk assessment and HAZOP
management. Lead project and design meetings. Liaise with project
customers, managers and operations. Responsible for Autocad layout and
P&ID design, DQ calculations and checking, commissioning & validation
VP, IQ, OQ. Supervision of contractors and permit to work. Clean room
qualifications. Equipment lists, defined specifications & data sheets for
order of equipment. Equipment & systems experience include; isolators,
mixing vessels, disposable mixing system, pressure relief, CIP, SIP,WFI,
pure steam, and LAF booths.

CEL International / Blue Star China (8 Months)
Apr 2008-Nov 2008
Freelance Design Process Engineer
Coventry design office based contract. Chinese Aramid Fibre Factory front
end design. Prepared data sheets on Bentley software, UFD’s, PFD’s
P&ID’s. Responsible for utilities consumption estimates and heat load. Belt
filter and Polymer Conveying, design calculations and HAZOP.

CEL International /Pfizer, Sandwich, Kent, UK (6 Months)
Sept 07 –March 08
Freelance Validation/ Process Engineer
Responsible for execution of project IQ and OQ for an API plant after major
upgrade project. Checked, prepared and executed validation documents,
performed plant walk downs to confirm installation conformed to the P&ID.
Checked the installation met validation requirements, also spent some of
my time at Pfizer on shift commissioning the installation.

Glaxo SmithKline Dartford, Kent, UK (3 years)
2004 -2007
Freelance Process Engineer
Design/Commissioning Engineer responsible for all Process
Engineering aspects within a variety of projects. Equipment selection,
design and sizing calculations. I conducted several hazardous area
classification studies. Projects involved HAZOP, SIL and validation
documentation, data sheet specification, line and valve list preparation,
PFD development, P&ID mark up and plant commissioning. Main
projects involved; mills, pumps, filter driers, boiler plant steam recovery,
bag house filter, venturi scrubbers, filter dryers, glove boxes, LAF
Booths, PLC automation and chemical reactors. I received a personal
recognition award during this work.

MarkWarner and Club Med, Italy and Greece. (3 yr Career Sabbatical Period)
2001-2004 Freelance Dive Resort Manager
Manager for SCUBA dive resorts. Responsible for accounts, customers,
staff, marketing, dive planning and safety. Traveled extensively in Europe.

SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals Irvine, Scotland. (10 years)
2000-2001 Project Engineer
Responsible for running project teams. Feasibility studies.
User requirement specifications, FEED, maintaining time
plans, budgets and project quality systems,
1995-1999 Senior Process Engineer
Project owner for fermentation plant automation, design,
installation and commissioning of a DCS System
responsible for quality/validation URS, FAT, IQ, OQ, PQ.
I earned a personal recognition award for this work.

1993-1995 Shift Team Leader
In charge of twelve man production shift. Responsible for
all day to day fermentation plant operations.

1991-1993 Process Engineer
Responsible for fermentation plant maintenance to cGMP,
PSSR and technical support to manufacturing.

ICI Organics, Grangemouth, Scotland (1 year)
1990-1991 Development Engineer
Responsible for laboratory development of dyes. Production plant
technical support. COSHH.