This Award given by the Process Industries Division is designed to recognise and reward those developing engineers who have demonstrated innovative and responsible professional leadership, and the potential for future distinction and commitment to serving others.
The winner will receive £1,500 max. and a certificate.
The Award looks for developing engineers who have graduated from an IMechE accredited or related engineering first degree course, or MSc postgraduate course within the past 10 years. They must be in postgraduate work position since graduation, exercising their learning at university in their work place and at the same time developing themselves in a substantial and responsible manner professionally and technically.
Download and submit the application form. Closing date: 18 March 2019.
Managers, please tell your colleagues about this prestigious award and encourage eligible candidates to apply, perhaps as a step to preparing the future leader of your organisation.
Reuben is currently lead process engineer on a new medicines project to treat HIV. Functioning as a long acting injectable medicine, milling to nano particle sizes was required. This involved a redesign of paint milling machines to meet the needs of sterile products – a Clean in Place, Sterilise in Place system. One mill has now been installed and validated to produce clinical trial batches, with a view to supply registration batches by 2018.
The wider team working on the project has recently been cited “Highly Commended” by the President of Global Manufacturing Supply at GSK in 2016; Reuben cities this as one of his biggest career achievements to date along with being awarded the Young Achievers award in the Pharmaceutical division by the North East Process Industries Cluster.
Reuben’s process engineering career began with studies in mechanical engineering at Queen's University, Belfast via a scholarship due to exemplary A-level results. Understanding the need for practical skills and with a firm interest in pharmaceutical production, Reuben secured a project engineering position for his industrial placement year with GSK at Barnard Castle.
Joining GSK full time in 2012, Reuben started a second MSc degree course in process systems at Cranfield University and graduated within three years whilst working at GSK. His academic achievements allowed for an early chartership application, which saw Reuben receive IMechE chartered engineer status in March 2016.
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